Adequan® / USDF All-Breeds Awards

Designed to recognize the accomplishments of specific breeds in dressage, these awards are presented to horses declared for a participating registry/organization (PO) with USDF. While “Open” is the standard division and “Training through Grand Prix” are the standard levels for all-breeds recognition, optional division awards can be presented in the following categories: freestyle, adult amateur, junior/young rider, vintage cup, para-dressage rider of the year, USEF four-year-old, FEI five- and six-year-old, materiale, and dressage sport horse breeding. At this time, the ATAA is only awarding Champion and Reserve in the standard “Open” Division in all the standard levels (Training thru Grand Prix).

Requirements

Training, First, Second, Third, and Fourth Levels

• Minimum of eight scores:
  • From four different judges
  • From four different USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized competitions
  • Including two at 60 percent or higher from the highest test of the level
• Median score of 60 percent or higher to qualify

Prix St. Georges, Intermediate I, Intermediate II, and Grand Prix

• Minimum of four scores:
  • From four different judges
  • From four different USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized competitions
• Median score of 60 percent or higher to qualify

Eligibility

• Horse must have a USDF Lifetime Horse Registration (LHR) when scores are earned.
• Owner must:
  • Have a USDF Participating Membership (PM) or Business Membership (BM), and be a member in good standing of USDF, when scores are earned.
  • Verify eligibility with PO.
  • Verify that an all-breeds declaration has been made by accessing the USDF website.
• Rider must have a USDF PM and be a member in good standing of USDF when scores are earned.

How to Participate 

1: Declare your horse for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Program. For your horse to be eligible for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards, you must make sure that your horse has been declared for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards with the correct breed or performance registry, called Participating Organization (PO).

• Provide USDF with a copy of your horse’s breed registry papers along with a completed USDF All-Breeds Awards Declaration Form and $35 declaration fee. Your horse will be declared for the PO that is designated on the form as long as they participate in the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Program.  Once the declaration is made, you will be sent a confirmation email.

• The deadline to declare a horse for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards for the current year is August 1 of the award year or late fees will apply. The deadline to declare a current year foal for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards is September 30 of the award year. No declarations may be made for the current year after September 30.

STEP 2: Verify that the all-breeds declaration is correct. It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure that an all-breeds declaration has been made correctly for his/her horse by August 1 of the current competition year. Once a declaration has been made, it will remain in place for future competition years. Verification of an all-breeds declaration may be done three ways:

• Access your horse’s summary page on USDFScores.com and verify that the all-breeds declaration information on that page is correct.
• Visit the USDF website for currently competing lifetime registered horses without a declaration on file; see Lifetime Registered Horses Not Declared For the All-Breeds Program.
• View the Owner’s/Lessee’s Horse Portfolio on the USDF website. Please note that you must have a current USDF Group or Participating Membership and be logged into the USDF website to access this report for free.

STEP 3: Meet the requirements for your horse to appear on the POs eligibility list. Throughout the year, POs monitor lists of horses that are declared for their organization. There are USDF requirements that must be met in order for a horse to appear on a POs list. In order for a declared horse to appear on a POs list to be marked as eligible for the all-breeds awards, the horse must:

• Have a USDF Lifetime Horse Registration
• Have a minimum of three scores of 58 percent or higher
• From a minimum of two different competitions in the current competition year

STEP 4: Meet the year-end award requirements to appear in the Adequan®/USDF Year-End Awards preliminary standings.All Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds awards requirements must be met before the horse will appear in the Adequan®/USDF Year-End Awards preliminary standings. View the USDF Member Guide for complete award requirements. It is the owners and riders responsibility to check the standings throughout the competition year and notify USDF and your PO if for some reason you believe that you have been incorrectly ranked or left out. Also please monitor your current year scores on USDFScores.com to make sure all scores are listed correctly. For USDF official year-end results or award standings, no corrections will be accepted after 5:00 pm EST on October 15 of the award year.