Horse Awards

Champion Overall Best Condition Horse

The horse with the highest accumulated Best Condition (BC) points ridden by any number of PNER members of any age is honored. BC points are accumulated when there are at least two starters and a BC horse is recognized at the event. The recognized BC horse receives one BC point per mile, prorated by the number starters when there are fewer than 10. (Includes endurance and/or limited distance events.)
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: The minimum completion requirement does not apply.

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Champion Junior Best Condition Horse

The horse with the highest accumulated Best Condition (BC) points ridden by any number of Junior PNER members is honored.  Junior BC points are accumulated when there are at least two Junior starters, a Junior BC horse is recognized at the event, and the horse receives the highest veterinarian score in the Junior BC judging.  All Juniors completing the event are eligible to show their horse for Junior BC judging when offered by the ride manager.  The horse receives one Junior BC point per mile, prorated by the number of Junior starters when there are fewer than three.  (Includes endurance and/or limited distance events.)

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:  The minimum completion requirement does not apply.  Please note that ride managers are not required to recognize or conduct Junior BC horse judging at their events.  Therefore, the ride manager must have conducted Junior BC horse judging at his/her ride event and the name of the Junior horse with the highest BC veterinarian score must be provided to the PNER Points Secretary by the ride manager.

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100-Mile Horse Lifetime Achievement
Horses consistently competing in one-day 100-mile events are remarkable. This is a milestone award and is based on the quantity of one-day 100-mile completions in the PNER region over the lifetime of the horse.
Milestones are acknowledged at 300, 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 miles. Beyond 2000 miles, recognition is conveyed in 1000-mile increments.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: The minimum completion requirement does not apply.

Drinkers of the Wind (sponsored by Ron Sproat & Carol Giles) Enrollment required by December 1
This award honors horses that embody the meaning of endurance. The award celebrates equines with long endurance careers who continue, mile-after-mile, to consistently complete endurance distance events.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: A minimum 5000 accumulated lifetie endurance miles must be recorded for the horse to be eligible. The horse must successfully complete at least one endurance event during the current ride season and endurance events outside the PNER region are included in determining eligibility. The horse must by owned by a PNER member.
An enrollment submittal must be sent to the Awards Coordinator at awards@pner.net by December 1 to verify eligibility requirements have been met. A list of nominees and any submitted materials will be forwarded to the award sponsor. The minimum completion requirement does not apply.

Veteran Horse (sponsored by Lois Fox)
For the horse with outstanding performance in endurance oer the years with any number of riders of any age. To be considered, the horse must have a minimum of 2500 career endurance miles and have competed in longer distance rides for at least three years. Historical miles may have been accumulated outside the Pacific Northwest Region. Emphasis will be placed on high mileage and consisent performance on 75-100 mile distances. This award is determined by the award sponsor.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: The minimum completion requirement does not apply.

Top 3 High Mileage Horses
Horses with the highest total accumulated miles (endurance and/or limited distance) are recognized. The horse may be ridden by any number of PNER members of any age.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: The minimum completion requirement applies

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Gaited Horse (sponsored by the Guice Family) Enrollment required by August 1
The gaited horse with the highest accmulaed miles (endurance and/or limited distance) is recognized. The horse ay be ridden by ay number of PNER members of any age.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: Horses must be registered with a recognized gaited horse breed association. An enrollment form with a cop of the horse's registration papers must be submitted to the Awards Coordinator at awards@pner.net no later than August 1 to verify eligibility requirements have been met. The minimum completion requirement applies.

Enrolled as of 8/1/2018

AHA Region IV High Point Disance Champion & Achievement (sponsored by Carlene Benson) AHA enrollment/competion card required
This award recognizes purebred and half-Arabian horses registered wih the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) who complete endurance and limited distance events and accumulate 200 or more miles in a season on rides with Region IV - the state of Oregon and southern Idaho.
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: Riders must be PNER and AHA members holding an AHA competition card for the current ride season. Riders are not required to live in Region IV, but only rides on Region IV count toward his award.