Awards

George Dickerson drove to the USEF National Championship title with his contrasting pair: Nifty Shades of Grey, a stunning dapple gray 2014 American Dutch Harness Horse gelding, and the dark bay Falcon.

The Advanced Four-in-Hand Pony division saw another returning champion defend her title. Mary Phelps and her team of pinto American Shetland Ponies won both the marathon and the cones phases and won the division and the USEF National Champion title.

Suzanne Smith (Paradise, Texas) and her 2015 gelding, Branson, had three strong phases to top a deep Preliminary Single Pony division, highlighted by a double-clear cones round.

Topping the largest division of the show was Bettina Scherer and her 2017 Westphalian mare, SF Arendell. Scherer and “Wren” who pulled off the win as they finished first out of 16 in the division.

A talented class of eight ponies and their drivers competed for the championship in the FEI Advanced Single Pony division. In the end, it was Dana Diemer and her Welsh Pony gelding, Clarwood Mack the Knife, who came out on top.

Whaley and her perfectly matched set of chestnut ponies were the wire-to-wire winners in the Advanced Pair Pony division, leading the dressage, marathon, and cones en route to the overall National Championship.

Jacob Arnold teamed up with Steve Wilson’s 2015 KWPN geldings, Kenji V and Kenzo, along with Misdee Miller’s 2010 KWPN gelding, Frank, to defend his National Champion title in the Advanced Pair Horse division.

"When a rider stands on a podium, they never stand alone. It is incredible how many people’s dreams are intertwined in this sport of ours."

The 2022 show season has come to a close, and the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) is pleased to announce the finalized Top 10 Standings for the 2022 year in each division,

Following an expanded schedule for the 2022 horse show season that marked its busiest year ever, The Grooms Award, Ltd., has announced that it will cease operations as of January 1, 2023.