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Competition Awards
The KWPN of North America offers one of North America’s most expansive competition awards programs for dressage, hunters, and jumpers, and has recently expanded into combined driving and eventing. The KWPN-NA’s competition awards program has two components: individual show awards (presented at participating competitions), and year-end awards.
Individual Show Awards
Bienvenu ZSH (Sir Sinclair keur D-OC x Eleonora ster x Notaris keur)Photo: courtesy Owner
The KWPN-NA is proud to partner with show managers from across the country to offer the USDF All Breed Awards and the High Point Dutch Award for KWPN and KWPN-NA registered horses competing at shows throughout the year. Best of all, it’s FREE – we supply beautiful ribbons to present at your show, providing an additional incentive for exhibitors to participate. As a competition manager, all you have to do is apply using the easy online form below. And competitors, want to win more ribbons? Encourage your favorite show to apply!
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Requirements:
- Competitions must be USEF or affiliate-licensed unless otherwise approved by the KWPN-NA office.
- Horses must be registered as KWPN or KWPN-NA and a copy of breed registration papers that say “KWPN” must be provided to show secretary. These papers must, in turn, be available if requested by the KWPN-NA office to verify registration. Horses registered with any registry or studbook other than KWPN or KWPN-NA are not eligible.
- The competition must provide a copy of the results to the KWPN-NA office within ten (10) days, indicating the recipients of the KWPN-NA awards. Photos of the winners are also appreciated and will be shared on social media, providing free publicity for your show! Send your results and photos to .
Divisions Offered
Warsteiner, 2019 Grand Prix Champion (Riverman ISF x Welona keur pref x Roemer pref), Photo: SusanJStickle.com
Divisions Offered:
- Dressage:
- Training/First Levels
- Second/Third/Fourth Levels
- FEI Levels
- Young Horse Tests and Developing Horse
- Hunters:
- Green Hunters
- Regular Hunters
- Hunter Breeding
- Jumpers:
- Preliminary
- Intermediate
- Open
- Young Horse
- Eventing:
- Beginner Novice through Advanced
- Young Event Horse and Future Event Horse
- CIC and CCI competitions
- Combined Driving (CDE’s only):
- Preliminary
- Intermediate
- Intermediate II/Advanced/FEI
Shows offering KWPN-NA High Score Awards
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Year-End Competition Awards
Dressage
Icoon, 2019 Training Level Champion (Dream Boy x Erriena x San Remo), Photo: Tamara with the Camera
To recognize accomplishments by KWPN horses in the dressage arena, the KWPN-NA participates in the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) All Breeds Program. To be eligible for the USDF All Breeds Program, the owner has to be a current member of the KWPN-NA. Additionally, the horse competing for the award must be in the owner’s name with the KWPN-NA (not just with USDF/USEF). If the owner and the rider are different people, the rider does not have to become a member of the KWPN-NA to make the horse eligible. If the horse is owned by more than one person, only one owner has to be a current member. Awards are determined at the end of the USDF competition year (end of October). Champion and Reserve Champion will be mailed and awards (Champion through fifth place) will be mentioned in the next Stallion Directory and Handbook. If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact . Please note that these are just the requirements for KWPN-NA, and in addition, competitors must meet all eligibility criteria for the USDF. To learn more, please contact or visit the USDF website www.usdf.org for more information.
Hunters/Jumpers
Brighton and Tiffany Foster in 2016
To recognize accomplishments by KWPN horses in the jumper / hunter arena, the KWPN-NA participates in the United States USEF and USHJA All Breeds Program. To be eligible for these All Breeds Programs, the owner has to be a current member of the KWPN-NA. Additionally, the horse competing for the award must be in the owner’s name with the KWPN-NA (not just with USEF/ USHJA). If the owner and the rider are different people, the rider does not have to become a member of the KWPN-NA to make the horse eligible. If the horse is owned by more than one person, only one owner has to be a current member. Awards are determined at the end of the competition year. Champion and Reserve Champion will be mailed and awards (Champion through fifth place) will be mentioned in the next Stallion Directory and Handbook. If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact . Please note that these are just the requirements for KWPN-NA, and in addition, competitors must meet all eligibility criteria for the USEF and USHJA.
Eventing
I’m Sew Ready (Lupicor x Jarda) and Phillip Dutton, Jenni Autry Photo.
To recognize accomplishments by KWPN horses in eventing, the KWPN-NA has partnered with the United States Eventing Association (USEA). To be eligible, the owner has to be a current member of the KWPN-NA. Additionally, the horse competing for the award must be in the owner’s name with the KWPN-NA (not just with USEA). If the owner and the rider are different people, the rider does not have to become a member of the KWPN-NA to make the horse eligible. If the horse is owned by more than one person, only one owner has to be a current member. Awards are determined at the end of the USEA competition year and will be determined according to USEA rankings. Champion and Reserve Champion will be mailed and awards (Champion through fifth place) will be mentioned in the next Stallion Directory and Handbook. If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact . Please note that these are just the requirements for KWPN-NA, and in addition, competitors must meet all eligibility criteria to compete in USEA competitions. If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact , and to learn more about USEA competitions, visit www.useventing.com.
Combined Driving
Combined Driving Competition
To recognize accomplishments by KWPN horses in combined driving, the KWPN-NA participates in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Horse of the Year (HOTY) Program. To compete for the combined driving breed awards via USEF, the owner has to be a current member of the KWPN-NA. Additionally, the horse competing for the award must be in the owner’s name with the KWPN-NA (not just with USEF). If the owner and the rider are different people, the rider does not have to become a member of the KWPN-NA to make the horse eligible. If the horse is owned by more than one person, only one owner has to be a current member. Awards are determined at the end of the USEF competition year (end of November) will be determined according to USEF HOTY rankings. Champion and Reserve Champion will be mailed and awards (Champion through fifth place) will be mentioned in the next Stallion Directory and Handbook. Please note that these are just the requirements for KWPN-NA, and in addition, competitors must meet all eligibility criteria for the USEF. If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact , and to learn more about the USEF HOTY program, visit www.usef.org.
