Awards Program

The American Hanoverian Society Awards Program was developed to reward Hanoverians competing in sport. It has evolved over the years and awards are now given for Dressage, Eventing, Hunters, and Jumpers, and Sport Horse Breed Shows. In addition to the regular year-end performance awards in the categories below, a number of Perpetual Trophies have been established to acknowledge outstanding individual performances in sport as well as during the Annual Inspection Tour.

Awards Eligibility Chart
Please use the information in the Awards Eligibility Chart to help determine the requirements for the AHS Awards Program. To be eligible for awards, the owner of the horse must be a current AHS member as of September 30, and the horse must be properly transferred and/or recorded in their name.

DO YOU COMPETE IN THE HUNTERS & JUMPERS or EVENTING?
Horses competing in these disciplines MUST be enrolled in the AHS Awards Program in order to be eligible for year-end awards! Please complete and submit the Performance Awards Form by September 30th of the competition year!

The AHS awards Champions and Reserve Champions at the seven levels of Eventing. Congratulations to our 2025 winners listed below. Additionally, each Champion is assigned a percentage factor that reflects the increasing difficulty of the levels in the sport. The horse with the most points after the difficulty factor has been applied will be named …
Hunter and Jumper awards recognize outstanding achievement, performance, and sportsmanship within two distinct yet complementary disciplines. Hunter awards celebrate horses who exemplify exceptional style, movement, form over fences, and consistency in the show ring. AHS awards honors overall division champions and reserve champions who demonstrate classic hunter elegance. Jumper awards focus on speed, accuracy, and …
Rick to provide copy for this award. 2021 marked the inaugural year that the AHS presented this Perpetual Jumping Trophy to the Hanoverian with the highest score in the Jumper division.  The AHS is grateful to Bent Hickory Farm for their generosity and vision in supporting this award. Bent Hickory Perpetual Jumper Trophy YearHorsePedigreeOwnerBreederRider 2021No …
This award was originally conceived by Maurine (Mo) and Jim Swanson of Rolling Stone Farm in Slatington, Pa., as a new year-end award for American Hanoverian Society breeders and owners in 2006. The Swanson's commissioned a beautiful painting that hangs in the AHS office in Lexington, Ky. Each year, the names of the winners are …
The Hartwig Memorial Trophy is awarded annual to the "Best North American-Bred Young Mare." This award is to reward the young mare that has the best-combined scores from her Studbook Inspection and her Mare Performance Test. Eligible mares are three- and four-years-old in the current calendar year. The Hartwig Memorial Trophy rewards those young mares …
In July of 1998, the American Hanoverian Society saw the passing of two of its most prominent members in former President Hermann Friedlaender and long-time board member Dr. Reto Engler. Each in his own way served the Society with distinction for many years. John and Tracy Weyl, owners of Maplewood Farm in Lexington, Ky., approached …
Each year, breeders large and small from all corners of North America descend upon Devon’s showgrounds for three days of exciting and intense breed competition. In 1990, Priscilla Hanford, then AHS vice president, generously commissioned a beautiful bronze of a Hanoverian mare accompanied by an equally exquisite foal to be presented as a perpetual trophy …
The Benchmark Farm Trophy is a stunning custom glass sculpture commissioned on behalf of our generous sponsor and will be displayed in the AHS office. The names of each year’s winners will be engraved on a plaque affixed to the trophy’s base. The glass itself features an elegant etching of a mare in beautiful form …