Dressage Horse of the Year
The deadline is rapidly approaching for the Dressage Horse of the Year program.
Please send copies of your tests to the National Office before December 31, 2016.
This program was created to award riders all across the country for their accomplishments in
Gaited Horse Dressage. Some riders are not able to travel across the country for the National,
but are still great Ambassadors for Gaited Dressage, and deserve appreciation for show casing
their Tennessee Walking Horses.
Let's review the rules for score submission. You must have signed up for the program in June in
order to receive an award.
SCORE SHEET SUBMISSION:
• Mail the score report form with a copy of the cover page from each of the five tests
attached to the NWHA Office to the attention: Dressage Award Submission
• Pages must include: Horse and Rider Name, Name and Date(s) of Competition,
Judge(s) name, and final score percentage
• DO NOT SEND the actual test. Please only submit a copy
To find the median of five scores, list the scores in order of percentages earned, from highest to
lowest. The top three scores must be from three different judges. The middle, or third score, is
the median average. Therefore, be sure to send the five highest scores the horse earned during
the year that meet the above requirements.
• At least (1) one of the (5) five tests submitted must be at the highest test of the level, except for
the Intro Junior which only requires scores from Intro A and B. Junior Champion Intro Level
may be English or Western, but not a combination of both
• Scores must be earned from USDF “L” Graduate judges, or higher
• Submit (5) five scores from the same level AND
• Must be from at least (3) three different competitions AND
• Must be from at least (3) three different USDF/USEF dressage judges.
Note: Top (3) scores must be from different judges
Best of luck to everyone !!!
Joann Williams
NWHA National News 26