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2023 Award Winners

HCS, USA SADDLERY TRAINING LEVEL AWARDS
FOR ADULT AMATEURS AND JUNIOR/YOUNG RIDERS


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https://www.hcsusasaddlery.com/
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2023 Saddle Award Winner
Congratulations to Alexa Briscoe who has won the HCS, USA Saddlery saddle!  Alexa was the AA training level high score for five shows during the 2023 FADS Show Season.

Frederick Area Dressage Shows (FADS) is a series of dressage schooling shows offered by farms in the Frederick County (Maryland) area.  For the 2023 show season, HCS, USA Saddlery awarded a Kent and Masters S-Series Dressage Surface Block Dressage Saddle to Alexa Briscoe. 
 
HCS, USA Saddlery (https://www.hcsusasaddlery.com/) HCS, USA Saddlery is an equestrian saddlery company located in Clear Spring, MD.  Owned by Annette Gavin and three other qualified saddle fitters, they provide riders with a professional saddle, fittings, and purchasing experience.  They carry saddles, girths, stirrup leathers, bridles, bits, saddle pads, boot wraps, lunging equipment, saddle fitting kits, studs, and many accessories.  All leather products are made of the finest English leather.  For saddles, they carry Albion, Black Country, Fairfax, Hastilow & Sons, Ideal, Kent & Masters, Ryder, Thorowgood, and Vale Brothers and many top-quality secondhand saddles.  They also carry a large selection of used saddles.
 
The HCS, USA Saddlery staff are the largest group of Society of Master Saddlers Registered and Qualified Saddle Fitters (SMS) in North America.  Annette Gavin and her partner Amber Markley are two of only 46 Master Saddlers in the world and two of only 16 Qualified Bridle Fitters.  HCS, USA Saddlery has two additional fully-trained and SMS qualified saddle fitters on staff available for appointments.
 
With a desire to support local equestrian events, HCS, USA Saddlery aims to encourage riders.  They therefore offered the HCS, USA Saddlery Training Level Awards for Adult Amateur (AA) and Junior/Young Riders (JYR) to riders in 2023 FADS shows.  For this awards program, the training level highest percentage score AA or JYR rider for each FADS show received a show award ($25 gift certificate).  At the end of the FADS show season, the rider that won the most show awards won a saddle from HCS, USA Saddlery.
 
The 2023 saddle winner is Alexa Briscoe who, riding her five-year-old German Hanoverian gelding Lincolntime, won five show awards.  Congratulations to Alexa!
 
The HCS, USA Saddlery Training Level Award will be repeated for the 2024 FADS show season.

Thank you to HSC, USA Saddlery for sponsoring this award.
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Alexa viewing Lincolntime’s back symmetry.
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After measuring Lincolntime’s back, Annette tries out gullet sizes.
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Annette installing the correct gullet into the saddle.
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Annette checking the saddle fit on Lincolntime.
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Lincolntime and his new saddle.
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Alexa and Lincolntime trying out the new saddle.

2023 Show Award Winners
Show award winners please contact HCS, USA Saddlery to arrange for your show award.
DATE

26 Mar 2023

15 Apr 2023

29 Apr 2023

7 May 2023

13 May 2023

20 May 2023

27 May 2023

28 May 2023

17 Jun 2023

1 Jul 2023

9 Jul 2023

22 Jul 2023

6 Aug 2023

12 Aug 2023

19 Aug 2023

8 Sep 2023

24 Sep 2023

7 Oct 2023

21 Oct 2023

22 Oct 2023

29 Oct 2023
SHOW

By Chance Farm

By Chance Farm

Blue Horse Farm

By Chance Farm

Woodvale Farms

Plantation Valley St.

Wyndham Oaks

Celebration Farm

By Chance Farm

Blue Horse Farm

By Chance Farm

Wyndham Oaks

Celebration Farm

Blue Horse Farm

By Chance Farm

Wyndham Oaks

By Chance Farm

Woodvale Farms

Wyndham Oaks

Blue Horse Farm

By Chance Farm
NAME

Maya Kuntze

Maya Kuntze

Michelle Scheddel

Maya Kuntze

Ciana Rutledge

Leah Steinour

Joanne Pedone

Kristen Cunningham

Eileen Childs

Ryley Soper

Alison Hardman

Stephanie Redwine

Eileen Foley-Breck

Sarah Campion

Tiffany Shaw

Alexa Briscoe

Alexa Briscoe

Alexa Briscoe

Alexa Briscoe

Alexa Briscoe

Claire Abbamonte
STATUS

AA

AA

JYR

AA

JYR

AA

AA

AA

AA

JYR

JYR

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA
TEST

Tr-2

Tr-2

Tr-1

Tr-2

Tr-2

Tr-1

Tr-2

Tr-3

Tr-2

Tr-1

Tr-1

Tr1

Tr1

Tr3

Tr1

Tr1

Tr1

Tr2

Tr2

Tr2

Tr3
PERCENT

69.483%

70.517%

70.962%

71.897%

72.931%

66.923%

70.000%

74.400%

66.897%

70.385%

68.621%

66.923%

65.769%

76.800%

68.654%

73.654%

77.115%

73.103%

76.379%

77.931%

68.800%
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  • If you want to add your show to the FADS Show List, please see the INFORMATION FOR FARMS tab. 
  • If you have a question about a specific show and/or want to volunteer at a specific show, please contact the show manager or show secretary directly (see SHOWS tab(s)). 
  • For other inquiries, please email [email protected].
DISCLAIMER:  FADS is not an organization or club and it has no money; it is simply a web site that lists casual dressage schooling shows in the Frederick, MD, area.  All shows on the FADS Show List are the responsibility of the sponsoring farm / show manager / show secretary.  Therefore, FADS, the FADS Webmaster, and the FADS Advisers are not liable for any aspect of any shows on the FADS Show List.
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