The American Trakehner Association has recently announced the creation of three annual cash prizes that will be awarded to the

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ATA Awards

The American Trakehner Association awards annual cash prizes to the best young/junior riders in two categories. The requirements for eligibility are that the horse must be at least part-Trakehner and registered with the ATA, and that the rider or his/her family be a current member of the Association.

Determination of winners occurs in mid-October each year. If you or someone you know might qualify for one of these substantial awards, please contact the ATA.

The NowPac/Koenig Dressage Prize - $2000 to be awarded to the highest scoring young/junior dressage rider on an ATA-registered horse. The winner is determined by a formula weighted by level of performance using the USDF median score system. All US entrants must qualify for the USDF Horse of the Year program. This prize comes through the generosity of ATA sponsor, the NowPac Company of Toronto, Ontario, which provides corporate packaging services in Canada and the US and from an endowment fund memorializing FEI rider, Terry Koenig, who died after a horse accident in 1991.

The Engelhardt – Diehm Eventing Prize - $2000 to be awarded to the highest scoring young/junior event rider on an ATA-registered horse. The winner is determined by USEA grading points scored during the competition year. The source of this prize is a combination of gifts from two prominent Trakehner families in Germany, who wish to encourage the use of Trakehner horses in combined training worldwide and are especially interested in American and Canadian youngsters. The Engelhardts are members of a family that lived and worked at the original Trakehnen studfarm and were participants in the famous Trek in the winter of 1944-45, when Trakehnen was destroyed forever in the devastation of World War II. Many people and horses perished during the 600 mile flight to western Germany from East Prussia in the worst winter weather in many years. The Diehm family owns the illustrious Gestuet Hoerstein, near Frankfurt, Germany, where for decades the best event horses in Germany have been bred and raised.

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ATA Awards
The American Trakehner Association awards annual cash prizes to the best young/junior riders in two categories. The requirements for eligibility are that the horse must be at least part-Trakehner and registered with the ATA, and that the rider or his/her family be a current member of the Association. Determination of winners occurs in mid-October each year. If you or someone you know might qualify for one of these substantial awards, please contact the ATA.
The NowPac/Koenig Dressage Prize - $2000 to be awarded to the highest scoring young/junior dressage rider on an ATA-registered horse. The winner is determined by a formula weighted by level of performance using the USDF median score system. All US entrants must qualify for the USDF Horse of the Year program. This prize comes through the generosity of ATA sponsor, the NowPac Company of Toronto, Ontario, which provides corporate packaging services in Canada and the US and from an endowment fund memorializing FEI rider, Terry Koenig, who died after a horse accident in 1991.
The Engelhardt – Diehm Eventing Prize - $2000 to be awarded to the highest scoring young/junior event rider on an ATA-registered horse. The winner is determined by USEA grading points scored during the competition year. The source of this prize is a combination of gifts from two prominent Trakehner families in Germany, who wish to encourage the use of Trakehner horses in combined training worldwide and are especially interested in American and Canadian youngsters. The Engelhardts are members of a family that lived and worked at the original Trakehnen studfarm and were participants in the famous Trek in the winter of 1944-45, when Trakehnen was destroyed forever in the devastation of World War II. Many people and horses perished during the 600 mile flight to western Germany from East Prussia in the worst winter weather in many years. The Diehm family owns the illustrious Gestuet Hoerstein, near Frankfurt, Germany, where for decades the best event horses in Germany have been bred and raised.