NASS Performance Awards

Emily Christen & Silver Bells Photo by Mary Cornelius

Important Message to Performance Awards Participants

LAST DAY of NOVEMBER is the LAST DAY of Competition Year. ALL RESULTS must be turned in ON or BEFORE December 14th to the NASS Performance Awards Chair. NASS offers Performance Awards to Purebred Shagya-Arabians, Part-Shagya-Arabians and Part-Shagyas.
"NASS Year End Performance Awards Guideline" Rev. 2-09-11 **PLEASE NOTE: ALL FORMS are located inside the "Year End Performance Awards Guideline".
Year End Performance Award Sponsors: Up to five Sponsorships for each Division are available for $20 each. Sponsors will be acknowledge in the NASS Newsletter and on the NASS Performance Awards website page for that Division. Contact Elaine Kerrigan the NASS Performance Awards Chair for any questions.
Emily Christen riding "Silver Bells" Photo by Mary Cornelius

Check with the NASS Performance Awards Chair if you have any questions.
Send in your payment with the Nomination information BEFORE entering into competitions.
Place your horse NASS Registration Number on all forms.
Keep copies of your performance awards information - for your records.
Mail all important documents - Certified/Return Receipt.

DIVISIONS

Sport Horse In Hand
Sport Horse Under Saddle (Introducing New Division for 2011)
Combined Training
Dressage
Driving (Combined & Pleasure)
Hunter
Hunter Pleasure
Jumper
Competitive Trail Riding
Endurance Riding
Meritorious Sire
Meritorious Dam

All horses must be registered as Purebred Shagya-Arabians, Part-Shagya-Arabians or Part-Shagyas with NASS. The horse owner must be an Active Member of NASS at the time points are earned. In addition, owners must register their horses with the NASS Performance Awards Program. This is a one-time, lifetime registration of their horse which covers all the above categories.

Competitive Trail Riding & Endurance Riding: Points may be accumulated in endurance and/or competitive trail competition. Points may be earned on sanctioned rides which require mandatory veterinary supervision during the entire competition. The Award will be a high point award. Separate categories for Junior and/or weight divisions will be considered for addition to NASS as participation increases.

American Endurance Ride Conference , North American Trail Ride Conference, Eastern Competitive Trail Ride Association

Meritorious Dam & Sire Awards are open to any horse registered with NASS which has sired or produced offspring as long as the Horse's owner remains a member in good standing. Points are figured when a horse enters the program and at the end of each year thereafter. The registered Dam or Sire will receive 10% of the LIFETIME points of all registered offspring initially, and will then receive 10% of the yearly point accumulation earned by each son or daughter. Once the owner enters a horse in this program, points will be awarded automatically each year. A horse is eligible to receive a posthumous award only in the year it dies, but will continue to accumulate points resuming from any of its offspring. Point totals will be updated annually in the Dam and Sire Roll.

Awards are earned through a basic point schedule with the exception of dressage, which uses both earned scores and placement in class.

NASS is a member associate of United States Dressage Federation's All-Breed Council. If you wish to participate in dressage you must join USDF.

USEF requires competing horses to have an identification (ID) number. The NASS Information Officer will assist with requests for an ID.