VOTE NOW for Horse of the Year!

February 8, 2024

VOTE NOW for Horse of the Year!

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Vote now for our 2023 Performance Horse of the Year! 

 

We have 13 nominees in de disciplines Jumping, Hunters, Eventing, Dressage & Combined Driving. There will be only one winner, that will be announced at the Annual General Meeting in Ocala on the 15th of March. The AGM will be video’d and partly livestreamed so stay tuned for that!
Click the link to vote, the deadline is February 28th. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YDK8DNB

The nominees are:
  • F.J. Ramzes (Juventus x Rampal)
FEI Grand Prix dressage Lehua Custer

Breeder: Cornell University from the USA

F.J. Ramzes (Juventus x Rampal) FEI Grand Prix dressage Lehua Custer

  • Finale (Contester II x Vosmaer)
Grand Prix dressage, Great American/USDF Open GP Level Regional Champion with Chelsey Sibley

Breeder: Chelsey Sibley from the USA

Finale (Contester II x Vosmaer) Grand Prix dressage, Great American/USDF Open GP Level Regional Champion with Chelsey Sibley Picture by Tamara Torti – Tamara with the Camera

  • Haute Couture (Connaisseur x Krack C)
FEI Grand Prix dressage with Katherine Bates
Breeders: J.M. van Uytert & A.J.C. Drost in the Netherlands

Katherine Bateson-Chandler and Haute Couture at the 2023 CDI Ocala
Photo © Q2 Photography

  • First Apple (Vivaldi x Partout)
FEI Grand Prix dressage with Sarah Tubman
Breeder: N. van Maaswaal in the Netherlands

First Apple (Vivaldi x Partout) FEI Grand Prix dressage with Sarah Tubman

  • Fire Fly (Briar Junior x OOseven)
FEI Grand Prix dressage with Anna Marek

Breeder: A. Geessink in the Netherlands

Anna Marek and Firefly Grand Prix Special CDI3*. Photo by Q2 Photography.

  • Jewel’s Goldstrike (Bretton Woods x Scandic)
FEI Grand Prix dressage,  Julio Mendoza Loor at Pan-Am Games

Breeder: MTS. Van Esch in the Netherlands

Horse Illustrated Oct 25, 2023 65 
Julio Mendoza Loor and Jewel’s Goldstrike, Ecuador, 2023 Santiago Pan American Games dressage individual gold medalists. Photo by Allen MacMillan

  • Hansel (Blue Hors Don Olymbrio x Metall)
FEI Grand Prix dressage Ashley Holzer

Breeder: M.A. van de Goor in the Netherlands

Ashley Holzer and Hansel returned to the show ring to win the Grand Prix for Freestyle CDI3*.
Photo by Q2 Photography

  • Joppe K (Rousseau x Santano)
FEI Grand Prix dressage with Jennifer Williams
Breeder: J.H. Kamperman in the Netherlands

Jennifer Schrader-Williams and Joppe K. Photo credit: Emma Miller
https://psdressage.com/the-gift-horses-give-us-jennifer-schrader-williams-on-the-closing-of-a-chapter-and-beginning-of-the-next/

  • Impressive (Fist Class x Balmoral) 
FEI CDI Driving with Leslie Berndl

Breeder: Burrline, LLC from the USA

Photo courtesy of Melanie Guillemot

  • Gelvera (Quality Time TN x Numero Uno)
FEI Jumping 1.60m with Alise Oken

Breeder: MTS Stultiens in the Netherlands

Alise Oken and Gelvera. Photo courtesy USA Jumping

  • Fedarman B (Eurocommerce Washington x Fedor)
FEI CCI5*-L Eventing with Boyd Martin
Breeders: MTS G. & G.F. Brinkman in the Netherlands

Boyd Martin has taken over the ride on Fedarman B for the parents of Annie Goodwin, who died in July in a cross-country schooling accident. Shannon Brinkman Photo

  • Geluk HVF (Jazz x Contango)
FEI CCI3*-S Eventing with Bethany Hutchins

Breeders: Marian & Bethany Hutchins from the USA

Bethany Hutchins-Kristen (USA) and Geluk HVF- 29.4
Open Preliminary Winners.
Photos courtesy of Shannon Brinkman Photography and team.

  • Diadora (Vingino x Caretino)
High Performance Hunter with Kristen Bumpus
Breeder: Fam R. Ebbinge in the Netherlands

Diadora & Kristen Bumpus at the USHJA International Hunter Derby at HITS Ocala

Click the link to vote, the deadline is February 28th. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YDK8DNB