The FEI Disciplines Awards are designed to acknowledge, reward and promote the versatility of the American Saddlebred within the various disciplines and are open to both registered purebred and registered Half Saddlebred horses. Disciplines in which horses may earn points are: dressage, driving, hunter, jumper, eventing, and distance riding (competitive trail riding and endurance).
2009 Year End Award Winners (PDF)
Competition Report Forms
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), founded in 1921, is the international body governing equestrian sport recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is based on the principle of equality and mutual respect between all 135 affiliated National Federations, without prejudice to race, religion or internal politics.
The FEI is the sole controlling authority for all international events in Dressage, Jumping, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting, Reining and Para-Equestrian. It establishes the regulations and approves the equestrian programmes at Championships, Continental and Regional Games as well as the Olympic Games.
Equestrian sport has been on the Olympic programme ever since 1912 with three disciplines: Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. It is one of the very few sports where men and women compete on equal terms. It is also the only sport which involves two athletes, horse and rider, and the relationship and mutual respect built up between them is the key to a successful partnership.
In 2006, 1951 International competitions (CIs) were organised. Eighty-four National Federations organised at least one event; France was the country which organised the largest number of competitions (249), followed by Germany (179) and the United States of America (162). The view the list of the FEI events per NF, please click here. With 722 competitions, Jumping is FEI’s largest discipline, followed by Eventing (413) and Endurance (393). To view the list of FEI competitions by discipline, please click here.
For American Saddlebred and Half Saddlebred horses competing against all breeds at open shows, a plan has been implemented to recognize the Saddlebred with the highest score at that competition. A neck ribbon is presented at shows recognized by national (USEF) or discipline regulated (USDF, AERC, USPC, etc.) open all breed shows. Awards will be sent upon the request of individual competitions; so if you are planning to show this year, be sure to ask show management to contact the ARS office for a neck ribbon in each sport horse discipline. For more information, or to request a ribbon for your show, contact saddlebred@asha.net.
Rules for requesting and awarding the American Saddlebred Sport Horse High Point Award:
- The American Saddlebred Sport Horse High Point Award will be available upon request by the show management of national (USEF) or discipline regulated (USDF, AERC, USPC, etc.) open all breed shows.
- All Sport Horse disciplines will be eligible.
- The owner of the sport horse must be a member in good standing with the ASHA at the time of the event; exhibitor will be required to show ASHA membership card as proof of current membership.
- The horse must be enrolled in the American Saddlebred Sport Horse Year End Awards program; there is a one-time fee of $25.
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The owner must provide a copy of the horse’s registration certificate (either ASHA or Half Saddlebred) to show management; the certificate will have a sticker that verifies the horse is enrolled in the Sport Horse Year End Awards Program.
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