FADS SPECIAL AWARDS PROGRAM

Riders must apply for these awards.
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FADS Special Award Saddle Pad
In 2013 - 2016 three special FADS awards were offered in memory of three very special horses.  This special award program will be repeated for 2017!  An award will be provided if there are at least three applications for any category.  Stephanie Corum of SC Enterprises (click here) had the honor and privilege of knowing all of these horses very well and is sponsoring these awards in their memory.  They were special creatures that represented themselves well and deserve to be remembered.  Recipients will receive a special FADS saddle pad. 
 
Award Requirements:
  1. Scores must be from USDF, USEF, FEI dressage tests and USEF and FEI eventing tests.  Musical freestyle, rider tests, Western tests and gaited tests are excluded.
  2. Scores must be from the same horse and rider combination.
  3. Scores must be from 4 classes from 2 or more FADS 2016 Spring/Summer shows from 2 or more different judges.  
  4. Scores may be from one or more dressage levels.
  5. Horse Qualification:
        a. Cowboy Charisma Award: Application must include a copy of registration papers or Coggins to prove
            the horse is a mare.
        b. Copper Challenge Award: Application must provide a copy of registration papers, lip tattoo or some other form
            of identification proving the horse is a purebred thoroughbred.
        c. Mo Rafi Bey Award: Application must include a copy of registration papers to prove the horse is a pure-bred
            Arabian.

PENDING to open the FADS 2016 Special Awards Cover Sheet.  PENDING to open the FADS 2016 Special Award Application Form.  Applications must be received by December 15, 2017.

Cowboy Charisma Award for a Mare

     Cowboy Charisma was an Appendix Quarter Horse mare owned by Stephanie Corum.  Charisma loved the spotlight of being the only one in the dressage ring and was very successful through first level.  However, as a mare, she posed challenges for her rider.  The purpose of this award is to acknowledge the partnership that must exist between mare and rider for the combination to be successful.
     Awarded to the horse and rider combination that have the highest average scores earned on a mare.
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Cowboy Charisma

Copper Challenge Award for a Registered Thoroughbred

     Copper Challenge was the favorite horse owned by Col. Alfred R. Kitts, an Olympic alternate, respected "S" judge, instructor and horseman. A lifelong thoroughbred fan, Col. Kitts was well known to say that "A thoroughbred can do anything another breed can do, only better."
     Awarded to the horse and rider combination that have the highest average scores earned on a purebred thoroughbred.
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Copper Challenge

Mo Rafi Bey Award for a Registered Arabian

     Mo Rafi Bey was a Crabbet-bred Arabian last owned by Sue Hull.  Sue purchased him as her first horse as he was very personable, charming and trustworthy.  He epitomized everything that is good in the Arabian, was a stunning dressage mover and an outstanding teacher. 
     Awarded to the horse and rider combination that have the highest average scores earned on a purebred Arabian.
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Mo Rafi Bey
Riders must apply for these awards.
Thank you Stephanie for sponsoring these awards.

Stephanie Ruff Corum, of Germantown, Maryland, is a freelance writer and horse lover. She writes magazine articles, online content, and blogs about her horse experiences at www.theridingwriter.wordpress.com. She also is the author of two illustrated children’s books, “Goats with Coats” and “Antics in the Attic” and is the publisher and editor of Arabian Finish Line magazine. Learn more about her at www.theridingwriter.com.