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About The AHS Awards Program

The American Hanoverian Society Awards Program rewards Hanoverian and Rhineland horses competing in sport. Our awards program is one of the most robust offered by any warmblood registry awarding those competing in 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.

Note: Those competing for USDF All-Breeds dressage and sport horse breeders classes do NOT need to fill out the Performance Awards Application below, that is only for hunters, jumpers, and eventers.

Determine Eligibility

Please use the information in the Awards Eligibility Chart to help determine the requirements for the AHS Awards Program. To be eligible for awards, owners must be current AHS Members and they must be the current owner of record of their horse with the AHS by JULY 30th of the current competition year. For hunters, jumpers, and eventers, the below performance application must be submitted to the AHS office by SEPTEMBER 30th of the current competition year.

Dressage

In Dressage, we sponsor the Hanoverian All-Breeds Awards through the United States Dressage Federation and give 14 awards for all the levels of competition including Freestyles. The Dressage Horses of the Year are chosen from among these winners. To be eligible for the AHS All-Breeds awards program:

  1. You must be a member of the AHS. If you are not a current member, join or renew here.
    • AHS memberships are active on a calendar year basis - January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed annually.
  2. Your Hanoverian or Rhineland horse must be registered/papered/recorded with the AHS. If in doubt, contact Ivy at  
  3. The owner must be the horse's owner of record with the AHS. If s/he's not, then complete the transfer of ownership form  or complete the recording of an import horse form.
  4. If you haven't already, sign up for the All-Breeds Awards with USDF.
  5. Compete and collect awards at the end of the year.
    • If the owner/rider cannot attend the AHS Annual Governance Meeting to receive the horse's award(s), it will be mailed to the owner of record.

Eventing

For Eventing, the AHS awards a High Score Award at each of the 5 levels of the sport recognized by the USEA and the USEF – from Novice through Advanced. To be eligible for the AHS awards program:

  1. You must be a member of the AHS. If you are not a current member, join or renew here.
    • AHS memberships are active on a calendar year basis - January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed annually.
  2. Your Hanoverian or Rhineland horse must be registered/papered/recorded with the AHS. If in doubt, contact Ivy at  
  3. The owner must be the horse's owner of record with the AHS. If s/he's not, then complete the transfer of ownership form  or complete the recording of an import horse form.
  4. Fill out the AHS/ARS Performance Award Application below.
  5. Compete and collect awards at the end of the year.
    • If the owner/rider cannot attend the AHS Annual Governance Meeting to receive the horse's award(s), it will be mailed to the owner of record.

Hunters and Jumpers

In the Hunters and Jumpers, the AHS recognizes the top Hanoverians and Rhinelands competing in all of the USEF-recognized divisions including the Hunter Breeding divisions. We also recognize the Young Jumper Award Program.

  1. You must be a member of the AHS. If you are not a current member, join or renew here.
    • AHS memberships are active on a calendar year basis - January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed annually.
  2. Your Hanoverian or Rhineland horse must be registered/papered/recorded with the AHS. If in doubt, contact Ivy at
  3. The owner must be the horse's owner of record with the AHS. If s/he's not, then complete the transfer of ownership form  or complete the recording of an import horse form.
  4. Fill out the AHS/ARS Performance Award Application below.
  5. Compete and collect awards at the end of the year.
    • If the owner/rider cannot attend the AHS Annual Governance Meeting to receive the horse's award(s), it will be mailed to the owner of record.

Sport Horse Breeding

For the Sport Horse Breed Shows Awards, the AHS tracks the points earned by the Hanoverians competing in the USDF Breed Shows and rewards the highest scoring young horses – both fillies and colts, the highest scoring mature mares, and the highest scoring AHS-licensed stallion.

  1. You must be a member of the AHS. If you are not a current member, join or renew here.
    • AHS memberships are active on a calendar year basis - January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed annually.
  2. Your Hanoverian or Rhineland horse must be registered/papered/recorded with the AHS. If in doubt, contact Ivy at  
  3. The owner must be the horse's owner of record with the AHS. If s/he's not, then complete the transfer of ownership form  or complete the recording of an import horse form.
  4. If you haven't already, sign up for the All-Breeds Awards with USDF.
  5. Compete and collect awards at the end of the year.
    • If the owner/rider cannot attend the AHS Annual Governance Meeting to receive the horse's award(s), it will be mailed to the owner of record.

Performance Awards Application

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