Eventing Association's Year End Awards I would like to personally thank everyone this year who has held an EA Recognized event and to each of the competitors and their horses. We had a relatively secessful year and I look forward to a new year full of new events, new horses and new winners! Unfortunately, we had NO horses registered with the EA running in Beginner Novice so this year there is no BN Horse Of the Year. We did however have 2 riders who did a wonderful job in the BN classes. BN Rider of the Year Amanda with 57 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. BN Runner-up Rider of the Year Sparky with 36 points. Winner of a $25 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Novice turned out to be just like the above, with no Novice Horse of the Year, but 2 great riders. Novice Rider of the Year Amanda with 55 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Novice Runner-up Rider of the Year Lietze with 26 points. Winner of a $25 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Training Level was a mess. No one ever competed in it leaving us with no Training Horse of the Year or Training Rider of the Year. Preliminary seems to be where all the competition started with 9 horses running for the title and 4 riders egar to add Prelim Rider of the Year to their list of accomplishments. Preliminary Horse of the Year Lady Dynasty owned by Ashley with 22 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Preliminary Runner-up Horse of the Year Caddyshee Spirit owned by Ashley with 20 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Preliminary Rider of the Year Sparky with 59 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Preliminary Runner-Up Rider of the Year Ashley with 42 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. The competition only got harder with the move to Intermediate. 16 horses were in the running along with 5 riders. Each showing everything it takes to be a true champion. A remarkably close running with the top 3 horses only 4 points from eachother. Intermediate Horse of the Year Maximum Bob owned by Ashley with 24 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Intermediate Runner-Up Horse of the Year Wallstreet Whisper owned by Victoria with 23 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Intermediate Rider of the Year Victoria with 106 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Intermediate Runner-Up Rider of the Year Amanda with 86 points. Winner of a $50 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Advanced level proved only more difficult with 17 horses in the running and 4 wonderful riders. Each horse and rider exhibited exactly what it takes to be a champion and the gap was even smaller between the top horses, 3 points! Advanced Horse of the Year Amerigo Vespucci owned by Victoria with 24 points. Winner of a $250 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Advanced Runner-Up Horse of the Year Springwell Dara EA owned by Sparky with 23 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Advanced Rider of the Year Victoria with 144 points. Winner of a $250 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Advanced Runner-Up Rider of the Year Sparky with 78 points. Winner of a $100 gift certificate to any business of her choice. Horse and Rider of the Year was quite a difficult decision with many horses tieing with eachother and all the standings very very close. However, after careful consideration and long hours of debating, the EA is very solid in their decision. 2003 Horse of The Year Amerigo Vespucci owned by Victoria with 24 points and winner of the Advanced Horse of the year. Winner of a $500 gift certificate to any business of her choice. 2003 Runner-Up Horse of the Year Maximum Bob owned by Ashley with 24 points and winner of the Intermediate Horse of the year. Winner of a $250 gift certificate to any business of her choice. 2003 Rider of the Year Victoria with 250 points. Winner of a $500 gift certificate to any business of her choice. 2003 Runner-Up Rider of the Year Sparky with 234 points. Winner of a $250 gift certificate to any business of her choice. To see the full placings, please visit http://www.rootveggie.net/idle/ea/results2003.html We would again like to thank everyone who competed and offer our congradulations to all the winners. If you would like to claim your prize, please e-mail me at Horzee@hotmail.com. YOU MUST E-MAIL ME TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!