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ODS Special Awards
Nominations Due: August 1st
Mary Ann Judkins Memorial Instructor Award
 Darrel & Michelle Purdy
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This award for an outstanding instructor is given each year in memory of Mary Ann Judkins. It will awarded at the ODS Awards Dinner/ODS Championship Show in September. Mary Ann was a competitor, instructor, and ODS judge who succumbed to cancer at an early age. To nominate someone please refer to the criteria below, and if the instructor meets these standards, send in a letter of recommendation to the ODS Office by August 1st. The following criteria will be considered. This person should; be a current ODS member, be supportive of the students and efforts regardless of goals, have broad variety of experience in training students at different levels, be continuing their own education in dressage, be involved locally and/or statewide in the horse community, attend and support students in their competitions, give expert advise on suitable horses for the student, have prominence in the area of instruction, retain students over a period of years, and show leadership in the dressage community. |
Mary Ann Judkins Memorial Instructor Award Past Recipients
| 1993 Mary Ann Judkins
1994 Teri Emrich 1995 Janet Harvey 1996 Barbara Cathcart 1997 Harriet Hauser 1998 Kathy Everman |
1999 Ernst Herrmann
2000 Debbie Evans 2001 Judith McName 2002 Linda Jones 2003 Mary Spini |
2004 Brooke Voldbaek
2005 Janice Dill 2006 Darrel Purdy & Michelle Ives-Purdy 2007 Julie Hook |
Nominations Due: August 1st
Teresa Dunlap Trophy - Special Recognition Award
This award, originally a perpetual traveling trophy donated by Oregon State University and Crescent Valley Equestrian Center, was first presented in 1988 in memory of Teresa Dunlap. It is awarded at the ODS Award Dinner/ODS Championship Show to the person who has done the most to further dressage in Oregon in both the last year and in previous years. A committee made up of previous winners will make a choice based on brief nominating letters received from any ODS member or group. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this person’s contributions and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st. Recipient may only receive this award once in a lifetime. Teresa was a longtime boarder CVEC, a strong promoter and supporter of dressage who, unfortunately, succumbed to cancer at an early age.
Teresa Dunlap Trophy Past Recipients:
| 1988 Joyce Heinke
1989 Joyce Steinbock 1990 Barbara Funk 1991 Joyce Stride 1992 Donna Longacre 1993 Linda Coates-Markle 1994 Ann Hartell |
1995 Carey Evans
1996 Gaye McCabe 1997 Linda Landre 1998 Dagmar Fancher 1999 Winnie Heiney 2000 Linda Wick 2001 Alice & Lynn Loomis |
2002 Justin & Ginny Rattner
2003 Janet Snazuk 2004 Cynthia Prater 2005 Tory Kelly 2006 John Craven 2007 Carol Jackson |
Nominations Due: August 1st
Support Person Extraordinaire Award
 Carol Weidner and her husband Don Weidner | The purpose of this award is to recognize those who work hard behind the scenes helping our competitors ride and show. To be considered they must not receive any pay for their work. Do you know someone who fits the above criteria? If so, nominate them by writing a letter describing why this person deserves an award and mail it to the ODS Office by August 1st . This award is sponsored by Karla Baur, M.S.W. EMDR Equestrian Performance Enhancement Consultant. The awards committee will review the nominations. The winner will be announced at the ODS Awards Dinner/ODS Championship Show. |
ODS Support Person Extraordinaire Award Past Recipients:
| 1995 Karla Baur
1996 Don Weidner 1997 Stan Young 2003 Pete Jorgensen 2004 Sylvia Kantas |
2005 Kaye Phaneuf
2006 Sarah Diebert 2007 Lynn Bury |
 2001 Winner Betty Brown doing one of the things that she does best - heading up the volunteer efforts at the ODS Championship Show. | Nominations Due: August 1st Volunteer of the Year The purpose of this award is to recognize a special volunteer who has done outstanding service for ODS as a volunteer. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this person's contributions and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st. The winner of this award will automatically be submitted to USDF as a nomination for USDF Region 6 Group Member Organization (GMO) Volunteer of the Year award. ODS Volunteer of the Year Past Recipients:
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 Award recipients Nancy Connolly (pictured left) and Bernadine Diers (pictured right). | Nominations Due: August 1st Sportsmanship Award This award was created in 2005 in honor of Lynn Lunde, former NFL football player and lifelong sportsman and is sponsored by Quailhurst. The purpose is to recognize an individual who, under adverse circumstances or situations, displays a positive and supportive outlook toward fellow competitors and show management. If you feel someone deserves this recognition, please write a letter describing this why this person deserves an award and mail it to the ODS Office. It must be received no later than August 1st. ODS Sportsmanship Award Past Recipients:
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Nominations Due: August 1st
Chapter Newsletter Award
The Oregon Dressage Society would like to recognize outstanding efforts to write, produce and publish newsletters.
Any ODS chapter in good standing with ODS may submit its own newsletter for the contest. A newsletter published as part of a magazine is not eligible for nomination. All newsletters nominated must have been published and circulated during the current year.
Nominations are due by August 1. It is the responsibility of the Chapter to select one entry for competition, and to provide 3 original copies. Entries are to be mailed to the Oregon Dressage Society office.
The newsletter will be judged on:
- Service to readers
- Quality of content
- Quality and attractiveness of the layout
- Clarity of writing and editing
Awards will be presented at the Annual ODS Year End Banquet. Winner of this award will automatically be submitted as a nomination to the USDF Newsletter of the year award.
ODS Chapter Newsletter of the Year Past Recipients:
| 2001 North Willamette Valley
2002 North Willamette Valley 2003 Central Oregon Chapter 2004 Siskiyou Chapter |
2005 Central Oregon Chapter
2006 Central Oregon Chapter 2007 Central Oregon Chapter |
Nominations Due: August 1st
 2004 winner Janet Jones and her lovely equine partner Simplyirisistible at the 2004 US Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Rancho Murieta, California. | Connie J. Keith Memorial Trust Award:
Either a lifetime guaranteed quartz movement clock and plaque, that shall not cost more than $175.00 Application: to apply, competitors must submit a copy of their U.S. Equestrian amateur card or signed declaration of amateur status, a copy of their ODS membership card, and a copy of the front of their qualifying tests to the ODS office. Recipients will be chosen from those qualifying by a drawing. Requirements of Eligibility: Adult Amateur owner-rider, 35 years of age or older at the beginning of the ODS awards year, with a minimum of two ODS Championship Show qualifying scores at Training Level, First Level, or Second Level, from a minimum of two separate judges at USEF/USDF/ODS recognized shows during the competition year on any number of his/her own horse(s). Competitor need not show at the Championship Show. Eligibility Limitations: Any recipient who previously received this award at any of the designated levels shall not be eligible to again receive the award at that same level. That person shall be eligible to receive the award at a higher level in subsequent competition years. Recipients shall not be eligible if any of the qualifying scores were received while exhibiting a non-owned horse, including but not limited to any leased or borrowed horse. ODS Connie J. Keith Trust Award Past Recipients:
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To be determined at ODS Awards Dinner/ODS Championship Show
ODS Chapter Merit Award
A cash award for the ODS chapter who provides the best gift basket to the ODS Annual Auction, will be given each year at the Awards Dinner at the Championship Show. The winner of this award will be chosen by popular choice vote in conjunction with the ODS Auction.
ODS Chapter Merit Award Past Recipients:
| 2004 Chehalem Mountain Chapter
2005 Chehalem Mountain Chapter |
2006 Pacific Crest Trail Chapter
2007 Cascade Chapter |
President’s Choice Horse Ambassador
 2004 President's Choice Horse Ambassador Jakarta, ridden and owned by Mike Osinski. | The recipient is selected by the President of ODS. It is presented to the horse who has best represented dressage in Oregon and beyond, thru competition or demonstrations. This horse is not necessarily at the highest levels but demonstrates the attributes that make him or her a "Goodwill Ambassador".
Horse Ambassador – President’s Choice Past Winners:
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ODS YEAR-END AWARDS FOR
Eligibility Requirements
The following activities shall not affect the amateur status of a person who is otherwise qualified:
ODS League HORSE/RIDER AWARDS FOR
60% Award: Any ODS member who earns a qualifying score (60% or better) at Introductory Level or above in a single show season will receive an award. The horse, rider, competing level, and number of qualifying scores will be reported in Flying Changes magazine. click here for order form.
Eligibility Requirements:
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2004 ODS League Shows 60%+ Winners
1995 Winner: Son of a HUH and Diane Royce
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2003 ODS Freestyle Scores
ODS Dressage/Sporthorse Breeding Division Awards
The following in-hand divisions will be recognized for year-end awards by ODS. They may be offered and may vary at the discretion of competition management, but classes other than these will not count toward year-end awards:
In-Hand Awards
Materiale
Eligibility Requirements
Click here to see 1999 Results
ODS HORSE/RIDER AWARDS FOR
*** USEF / USDF / ODS RECOGNIZED SHOWS
ODS Plates: A small brass plate will be awarded to each ODS member in good standing who earns a score of 60% or better at Training Level or above, including Musical Freestyles, in a single show season. (Shows must be approved by USEF, USDF and ODS.) Recipients will continue to receive plates every year thereafter if they receive a 60% or higher score. The plate is engraved with the horse's name, level of competition and number of 60% or higher scores in that show season. A personalized wall plaque is available for purchase for mounting the plates (click here for order form).
***ODS / USEF / USDF RECOGNIZED SHOWS
The show year shall be defined as November 1 - October 31 with exception of 2007, where the awards year has been modified to be October 1 - October 31. Scores must be earned during the current show year and are not transferable. (ODS League shows and practice shows do not count).
1. Awards must be earned at ODS/ USEF/USDF recognized competitions during the current show year.
2. Only current members of ODS in good standing shall be eligible to receive ODS awards.
3. Horses must be owned and ridden by a current member of ODS in good standing at the time scores are earned.
4. Only scores earned from current USEF or FEI tests will apply towards awards.
5. Competitors are not required to submit award report forms in order to be eligible for ODS/ USEF year-end awards (exception -Connie J. Keith Award).
6. Amateur status is defined according to USEF rules. An amateur owner must ride his/her own horse or a leased horse with a lease on file.
7. Professional status is defined according to USEF rules as follows: a person becomes a professional, for horse show purposes, if he/ she engages in any of the following activities after his/her 18th birthday.
(a) Accepts remuneration for riding, driving, showing in halter/in hand, training, schooling or conducting clinics or seminars.
(b) Accepts remuneration for giving instruction in equitation or horse training (persons acting as counselors at summer camps who are not hired in the exclusive capacity of riding instructors and persons giving instruction and training to the handicapped are excluded).
(c) Accepts remuneration for employment in another capacity (i.e. secretary, bookkeeper, veterinarian, groom, farrier) and gives instruction, rides, drives, shows in halter/in hand, trains or schools horses, other than horses actually owned or leased by him/her, when his/her employer or a member of the family of said employer or a corporation which a member of his /her employer or a member of the family of said employer or a corporation which a member of his/her family controls, owns, boards or trains said horses.
(d) Accepts remuneration for the use of his or her name, photograph or other form of personal association as a horseman in connection with any advertisement or article to be sold.
(e) Accepts prize money in Equitation or Showmanship classes.
(f) Rides, drives or shows in halter /in hand in competitions, any horse for which he/she or a member of his/her family or a corporation which a member of his/her family controls, receives remuneration for boarding, training, riding, driving or showing in halter/in hand.
(g) Gives instruction to any person or rides, drives or shows in halter/in hand in competitions any horse, for which activity another person in his/ her family or corporation which a member of his/her family controls will receive remuneration for the activity.
(a) The writing of books or articles pertaining to horses.
(b) Accepting remuneration for officiating as a judge, steward, technical delegate, course designer, announcer or participating as a TV commentator, or accepting bona fide remuneration for services as a veterinarian, groom, farrier, tack shop operator or breeder, or for accepting bona fide remuneration for boarding services.
(c) Accepting reimbursement for expenses without profit.
(d) Accepting a small token of appreciation, other than money, for riding, driving or showing in halter / in hand. (Note: horse board, prize money, partial support or objects of more than $300, are considered remuneration not small tokens of appreciation. Also note: accepting any amount of money, whether more or less than $300, is considered remuneration. ).
(e) Having the occupation of veterinarian, groom, farrier or owning a tack shop or breeding or boarding stable in itself, does not affect the amateur status of a person who is otherwise qualified.
Championship Show Results: Scores earned at the ODS Championship Show will count towards awards for the current show year only. Scores from all open classes, however, may be used as qualifying scores for the following year's championship show.
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2003 ODS Recognized Shows 60%+ Winners
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2004 ODS Recognized Shows 60%+ Winners
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2005 ODS Recognized Shows 60%+ Winners
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2006 ODS Recognized Shows 60%+ Winners
ODS LEAGUE SHOWS
1. Shows must be ODS League approved. (Scores from *** USEF / USDF / ODS recognized shows and practice shows do not count.)
2. Only scores earned from current USDF or USEF tests will apply towards awards.
3. Only horses ridden by a current member of ODS in good standing at the time the score was earned shall be eligible to receive ODS awards. The rider need not be the owner.
4. The show year shall be defined as November 1 - October 31 with exception of 2007, where the awards year has been modified to be October 1 - October 31. Scores must be earned during the current show year and are not transferable.
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2005 ODS League Shows 60%+ Winners
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2006 ODS League Shows 60%+ Winners
1997 Winner: Wendy Redhouse
2002 Winner: Alvaro and Kathleen Doyle with an average score of 68.937%
2003 Winner: Picasso and Whitney Bard with an average score of 72.708%
2004 Winner: Whispered Dreams and Deborah Dougherty with an average score of 71.389%
2005 Winner: Belynda Moore and Weydor Daz with an average score of 70.175%
2006 Winner: Molly Martin and Liberty LHF with an average score of 75.3473%
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2004 ODS Freestyle Scores
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2005 ODS Freestyle Scores
Click here for a PDF File listing the 2006 ODS Freestyle Scores
Updated 5/01/2007
a) Weanling fillies
b) Weanling colts and geldings
c) Yearling colts and geldings
d) Yearling fillies
e) Two-year-old colts and geldings
f) Two-year-old fillies
g) Three-year-old colts and geldings
h) Three-year-old fillies
a) Fillies and Mares
b) Colts and Stallions
1. Awards must be earned at ODS/USEF/USDF recognized competitions during the current membership year (November 1 - October 31 with exception of 2007, where the awards year has been modified to be October 1 - October 31) -- (ODS League shows and practice shows do not count).
2. Horses must be owned and handled/ridden by current members of ODS in good standing at the time scores are earned.
3. No minimum number of horses are required.
4. Scoring for awards in these classes will be based on an averaged score system.
5. A minimum of two scores from two separately recognized shows is necessary to qualify for year-end awards in each of these divisions. At the end of the competition year, the highest average scoring horse in each of the above divisions will be recognized and published in Flying Changes.
6. Competitors are not required to submit award report forms in order to be eligible for year-end awards.
Click here to see 2000 Results
Click here to see 2001 Results
Click here to see 2002 Results
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