Dressage NSW Annual Awards and Performance Medals
Annual Awards
Dressage NSW gives Annual Awards for excellence in the sport. Thank you to Edinburgh Horse Rugs for sponsoring the Awards this year by providing the rugs to the winners at each level.
2009 Winners [here]
The categories are:
NSW Horse of the Year at the following levels:
- Novice (Polaris Trophy)
- Elementary (Wasseiges Trophy)
- Medium (Samurai Park Trophy)
- Advanced (EFA Trophy)
- Prix St Georges Intermediate I ("small tour") (Dressage NSW Trophy)
- Intermediate II Grand Prix ("big tour") (FEI Trophy provided by Dressage NSW)
(Overall) NSW Horse of the Year
(Overall) NSW Rider of the Year
The first group of awards is presented at the NSW State Championships while the (overall) NSW Horse of the Year and Rider of the Year awards are presented at the EFA (NSW) Annual Awards Night.
How does the award system work?
The qualifying time frame for the awards is from the end of the State Championships in one year up to and including the State Championships in the next year. Riders must be members of Dressage NSW.
Young Riders: Other awards are presented to a Young Rider of the Year and Young Rider Encoragement Award. Both of these awards are determined by the State Selectors.
Previous Winners up to 2009 Some names are missing, if you can fill in some of the missing details, please contact DNSW.
Horseland provides rugs for all horses of the Year, a Perpetual Trophy and rug for the overall Horse of Year, a Perpetual Trophy for the Rider of the Year.
DNSW Performance Medals
DNSW provides Gold, Silver and Bronze medals each year.
Other Awards
Gow-Gates Services to the sport Award
For previous winners and information on the award Gow-Gates Award
Congratulations to Karen Glendenning was the winner of the 2008 Gow-Gates Award.
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