Horse of the Year

Horse of they Year designed by Wendy Morris-Tank

 

The FHANA Horse of the Year program is designed to acknowledge and reward those horses that are excelling in various disciplines.

Nominations will come from the following area and must be submitted by November 30:

Mare Show  Nomination-nomination comes from the the winners of the mare shows with the recommendation coming from the Sports Committee
Riding nomination-nomination comes from the membership at large or chapters.  This nomination is based on riding sport performance accolades during the award year.
Driving nomination-nomination comes from the membership at large or chapters. This nomination is based on riding sport performance accolades during the award year.
Mare nomination-nomination comes from the membership at large or chapters.  This nomination is not based on sport performance, but on breeding accolades.  Because it is an award for a specific year, the mare or an offspring must have been entered in an inspection during the award year.
Approved Stallion-Additional information will be required from the KFPS with the recommendation coming from the Sports Committee

 

A.    All Nominations will be submitted by Nov. 30

B.    Each year a horse may be nominated for only one of the five HOTY categories

C.    Nominations will be submitted using the FHANA Horse of the Year Nomination Form

D.    The Sports Committee will present the top horse of each nomination category to the FHANA Board of Directors during the December Board meeting for their approval.  Each of those 5 horses will receive the title “FHANA’s Horse of Distinction”.

E.    The voting would take place from Jan. 1-15 and will be a popular vote from the membership. Each email address would receive one vote.

F.     A horse may be nominated as many times as possible until the horse has won the award.

G.     A horse can only win the award once in it’s lifetime.

H.    The horse receiving the most votes will become “FHANA’s Horse of the Year”

Award nomination form