Perpetual Trophies

Each year, USDF sponsors The US Dressage Finals, a prestigious Level 5 competition for horses and riders that have qualified at one of the USEF/USDF Regional Finals held throughout the country. Each November, top qualifiers from across the country compete in this national head-to-head championship that showcases competitors in adult amateur and open divisions, at …
The Greengate Farm Awards are given to the American Breeders of the USDF Finals Hanoverian & Rhineland Winners. Rachel and Warren Ehrlich of Greengate Farm, a prominent Hanoverian breeding farm in Massachusetts, developed and sponsor the Greengate Farm Award given to recognize the breeders of American-born Hanoverian & Rhineland horses that have been USDF Dressage …
Starting in the 2009 season, the American Hanoverian Society has offered awards for young horses who compete in the Materiale classes in dressage shows and sport horse breed shows. In these classes, the horses are ridden in groups and evaluated and scored for their gaits mainly and for their conformation in a minor way. The …
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 …