Year End Awards
The DDC Award Year is December 1 - November 30
The Dallas Dressage Club Year-End Awards Program recognizes the dedication, consistency, and accomplishments of our horse and rider teams throughout the competition season.
Join or renew today to ensure your scores count toward year-end awards and to stay connected with the North Texas dressage scene!
Year End Awards will be presented at the Dallas Dressage Club Annual Banquet:
🏆Champion & Reserve Champion at each level/division
🏆3rd through 6th place horse/rider combinations
RECOGNIZED SHOWS
The following Levels in 3 Divisions will be awarded:
Training
1st Level
2nd Level
3rd Level
4th Level
Intermediaire I / Prix St. Georges
Intermediaire II / Grand Prix
1st – 4th Freestyle
FEI Freestyle
SCHOOLING SHOWS
Introductory
Training
1st Level
2nd Level
3rd Level
4th Level
Western Dressage
Driving Dressage
Eventing Dressage
Note FEI Equivalencies:
• FEI Pony & FEI Children’s = Second Level
• FEI JR = Third Level
• FEI YR = Prix St. Georges
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
1. Join or renew your DDC Membership for the award year.
2. Rider must have completed at least 4 volunteer hours at any DDC activity or event in the membership year. Volunteer hours can be gifted between members or donated at $25 / hour to achieve Year End Award eligibility.
Introductory – 4th Level
The horse/rider team must submit four (4) scores from at least two (2) different competitions from at least two (2) different judges.
At least one of the four scores used to calculate placing must be from a non-breed restricted dressage show or class.
At least one of the four scores must be from a DDC show.
FEI Level
The horse/rider team must submit three (3) scores earned from at least two (2) different competitions from at least (2) different judges.
At least one of the four scores must be from a DDC show.
FEI Pony and FEI Childrens will be considered equivalent to Second Level
FEI JR will be considered equivalent to Third Level
FEI YR will be considered equivalent to PSG
Freestyles 1st – FEI
The horse/rider team must submit three (3) scores earned at three (3) different competitions from three (3) different judges.
At least one of the three scores must be from a DDC show.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
The deadline for submitting scores to the awards chair is December 10th of the award year for 2025. It is the rider’s responsibility to confirm receipt of any scores submitted via email or regular mail with the awards representative by the December 10th deadline. Scores may be submitted in the following format:
THE FRONT OF THE TEST SCORE SHEET.
The front of the test score sheet must include rider name, horse name, show name, show US Equestrian Federation recognition number, date, test, score, and judge’ s name. Information must be legible for the score to count.
WEB PRINT OF SCORES FROM US DRESSAGE FEDERATION OR US EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION WEBSITES.
For example, print of USDF Score Check- (http://www.usdf.org/scorecheck/scorecheck.asp) may be submitted for rider/horse scores from USDF website.
Need to check your Schooling Show Scores? Go to horseshowoffice.com and do a search, for Dec 2023 go to www.foxvillage.com.
2. Eligible scores must be 55% or higher and received at US Equestrian Federation recognized dressage shows or unrated dressage schooling shows per USDF awards guidelines. Scores must be from a USDF L-program graduate or US Equestrian Federation rated dressage judge. Scores must be from the current USDF, US Equestrian Federation or F.E.I. dressage tests. Please circle or highlight the scores you are wanting considered. Identify the Level, Horse and Tests being submitted.
3. Only one score may be counted per ride. For rides that have 2 or more judges (i.e. FEI or championship classes), only the average of the scores may be submitted.
Riders are responsible for reviewing scores and ensuring that data is correct. Corrections must be requested by submitting the front of the test score sheet to DDC’s Awards Chair prior to December 10, 2023 deadline.
Important Notes
COMPUTATION
A rider’s highest three or four eligible recorded scores will be used to compute average percentages and rankings within each level/division.
FEI LEVEL AWARDS
The horse/rider team must submit:
• Three (3) scores
• Earned at a minimum of two (2) different competitions
• From at least two (2) different judges
FREESTYLE AWARDS
1st–4th Level Freestyle & FEI Freestyle requirements:
• Three (3) scores
• Three (3) different competitions
• Three (3) different judges
Tests that DO NOT count toward DDC Year-End Awards:
• USEF/FEI 4, 5, and 6 Year Old Tests
• Paraequestrian Tests