Akhal‑Teke Associationof America

ATAA Awards

USDF All Breeds Awards

Adequan® / USDF All-Breeds Awards

USDF All Breed Awards for ATAA Members

The Akhal-Teke Association of America is proud to participate in the USDF All Breed Awards! Purebred and part bred Akhal-Teke horses registered with us, who meet the requirements and eligibility outlined by USDF, can be declared for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Program.

Designed to recognize the accomplishments of specific breeds in dressage, these awards are presented to horses declared for a participating registry/organization (PO) with USDF. While “Open” is the standard division and “Training through Grand Prix” are the standard levels for all-breeds recognition, optional division awards can be presented in the following categories: freestyle, adult amateur, junior/young rider, vintage cup, para-dressage rider of the year, USEF four-year-old, FEI five- and six-year-old, materiale, and dressage sport horse breeding.

The overview on this page is a simplified excerpt borrowed from USDF’s website.

An Akhal-Teke and rider in a dressage test

What the ATAA awards

Champion and Reserve in the standard “Open” division, at every standard level from Training through Grand Prix.

At this time the ATAA is not presenting the optional division awards.

Requirements

Scores Needed to Qualify

8 scores minimum

Training, First, Second, Third & Fourth Levels

  • From four different judges
  • From four different USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized competitions
  • Including two at 60 percent or higher from the highest test of the level
  • Median score of 60 percent or higher to qualify

4 scores minimum

Prix St. Georges, Intermediate I, Intermediate II & Grand Prix

  • From four different judges
  • From four different USEF-licensed/USDF-recognized competitions
  • Median score of 60 percent or higher to qualify

Eligibility

Who Must Hold What

Horse
  • A registered Akhal-Teke with VNIIK and/or the ATAA.
  • A USDF Lifetime Horse Registration (LHR) when scores are earned.
Owner
  • A USDF Participating Membership (PM) or Business Membership (BM), in good standing, when scores are earned.
  • Verify eligibility with the PO (the ATAA).
  • Verify that an all-breeds declaration has been made by accessing the USDF website.
Rider
  • A USDF Participating Membership, in good standing, when scores are earned.

How to participate

Four Steps to the Standings

  1. Declare your horse for the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Program

    For your horse to be eligible, you must make sure it has been declared with the correct breed or performance registry, called a Participating Organization (PO). Provide USDF with a copy of your horse’s breed registry papers along with a completed declaration form and the $35 declaration fee. Your horse will be declared for the PO designated on the form as long as they participate in the program. Once the declaration is made, you will be sent a confirmation email.

    Deadline: August 1 of the award year (late fees after). Current-year foals: September 30. No declarations for the current year after September 30.

    Declaration Form (PDF) ↗

  2. Verify that the all-breeds declaration is correct

    It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure a declaration has been made correctly by August 1 of the current competition year. Once made, it remains in place for future years. Verify it one of three ways:

  3. Meet the requirements to appear on the ATAA’s eligibility list

    Throughout the year, POs monitor lists of horses declared for their organization. For a declared horse to appear on the PO’s list and be marked eligible, the horse must:

    • Have a USDF Lifetime Horse Registration
    • Have a minimum of three scores of 58 percent or higher
    • From a minimum of two different competitions in the current competition year

  4. Meet the year-end award requirements to appear in the preliminary standings

    All Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds awards requirements must be met before the horse appears in the Year-End Awards preliminary standings. View the USDF Member Guide for complete award requirements. It is the owner’s and rider’s responsibility to check the standings through the season and notify USDF and the ATAA if you believe you have been incorrectly ranked or left out, and to monitor your scores on USDFScores.com.

    No corrections to official year-end results or standings after 5:00 pm EST on October 15 of the award year.

Key dates

Mark the Calendar

  • August 1Deadline to declare a horse for the current award year (late fees after)
  • September 30Deadline to declare a current-year foal; no declarations after this date
  • October 15No corrections to standings accepted after 5:00 pm EST
USDF All-Breeds Program ↗Register with the ATAA