Multiple awards!
Each year Ontario Dressage presents awards to its Year-End winners in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Virtual circiuits. As well as the Ontario Dressage Challenge winners and Ontario Dressage Silver Team winners.
PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible for an Ontario Dressage awards (including the Ontario Dressage Silver Team Championships), you MUST be a member of Ontario Dressage no later than July 1st of the current year.
If you have won an award, you will be contacted via our e-newsletter and by email.
Ontario Dressage is proud to offer the following programs to its members:
Ontario Dressage Lisa McGunigle-Hunt "Volunteer of the Year" Award
In 2012, Cadora-Ontario initiated the “Lisa McGunigle-Hunt Volunteer of the Year Award". Lisa passed away earlier that year, and this award was created to honour her contributions to the sport of dressage. Lisa, in addition to being an EC judge and an active competitor, coach, and trainer at all levels, made a significant contribution as a volunteer to Ontario Dressage in its early years. In addition to being on our Board of Directors, she was the Director for Hamilton Cadora, acted as Chef d’ Equipe for the Ontario Young Rider Team (traveling with them to many competitions both in Canada and the U.S.), and, most importantly, was editor of the Cadora-Ontario newsletter at that time which – with her seemingly endless computer skills – took the newsletter in a new direction and made it something members wanted to read.
Deadline: September 30th
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Photo: Lisa McGunigle-Hunt
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE “VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD” FUND
Anyone wishing to donate to the “Lisa McGunigle-Hunt Volunteer of the Year Award” fund is welcome and invited to do so. If you are considering making a contribution, please contact Caroline Peck and send your e-transfer to ontariopayments@cadora.ca so that a tax receipt can be issued.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Chair of Ontario Dressage.
Year-End Ontario Silver Dressage Awards
To be eligible to for a year-end Silver Dressage Award, a competitor must:
- be an Ontario Dressage Member no later than July 1st of the competition year and
- acquire three scores (minimum) from three different Silver competitions between November 1st, 2024 and October 31st, 2025.
- The minimum average of your top three scores must be at least 55%.
Year-end awards are given in each class level and category (Open/Amateur/Junior) as follows:
- Walk/Trot (+ corresponding CADORA Inc freestyle),
- Training Level through Fourth Level (+ corresponding EC freestyles)
- Prix St. Georges
Please note: Interim standings will be posted for those competitors who meet the eligibility requirements noted above.
1st and 2nd placings are awarded in each class level and category with additional placings (up to a maximum of eight) based on the number of eligible competitors at each level. Five eligible competitors are required for each additional award.
Award winners are decided by totalling the three highest scores received by each horse/rider combination in Silver dressage competitions during the season, excluding the Silver Dressage Championships. A minimum average score of 55% must be achieved to be eligible for a competitor to achieve an award .
Results are tracked by Ontario Dressage.
Year-End Ontario Silver award winners will be honoured at some point in the year. Information will be published either on Facebook and in an e-newsletter.
Year-End Ontario Dressage Bronze Awards
To be eligible to for a year-end Bronze Dressage Award, a competitor must
- be an Ontario Dressage member by July 1st of the current year and
- compete in the same class/level in a minimum of three (3) EC BRONZE competitions during the dates November 1st, 2024 and October 31st, 2025.
- The minimum average of your top three scores must be at least 55%.
Year-end awards are given in each class level and category (Open/Amateur/Junior) as follows:
- Walk/Trot (+ corresponding CADORA Inc freestyle),
- Training Level through Fourth Level (+ corresponding EC freestyles)
- Prix St. Georges
Please note: Interim standings will be posted for those competitors who meet the eligibility requirements noted above.
1st and 2nd placings are awarded in each class level and category with additional placings (up to a maximum of eight) based on the number of eligible competitors at each level. Five eligible competitors are required for each additional award.
Award winners are decided by totalling the three highest scores received by each horse/rider combination in Bronze dressage competitions during the season. A minimum average score of 55% must be achieved to be eligible for a competitor to achieve an award.
Results are tracked by Ontario Dressage.
Year-End Ontario Bronze award winners will be honoured at some point in the year. Information will be published either on Facebook and in an e-newsletter.
Ontario Dressage Challenge Award
In order to be a part of the Ontario Dresssage Challenge Award, riders must be Ontario Dressage members and compete in a minimum of three (3) Silver dressage competitions as well as the Silver Dressage Championships. This is a user-friendly programme in that competitors' scores are tracked and tabulated by Ontario Dressage.
Winners are determined by totalling their three (3) competition scores and their two (2) technical scores obtained at the Silver Dressage Championships; all scores must be 60% or higher. Winners are one of JR, AA or O at each level (Intro through Fourth, freestyles not included). [N.B. In the event that the Silver Dressage Championship is not held, these awards will not be given.]
Ontario Scholarship Program
Programme discontinued as of January 1, 2020
Ontario Dressage Roster of Riders
Membership in this elite, results-driven club is not something you can apply for—it must be earned! Each year, a prestigious list is compiled and published to recognize Ontario’s top Silver Dressage riders. This exclusive group includes winners of the Ontario Dressage Challenge, Champions from the Silver Dressage Championships, and victorious members of an Ontario Silver Team at the Silver Dressage Championships.
Ontario Dressage Sponsorship Program
Ontario Dressage groups in the province with 10 members (or more) may apply to Ontario Dressage once/calendar year for funding.
Sponsorship will be awarded based on the purposefulness and viability of the activity for which funding is requested.
Please complete the Google Form.
