Congratulations to all of our award winners!
Thank you to everyone who submitted points! All results are now final. Please note that the results for the First Year Horse (Federal Hill Trophy) and BBN Horse (Avra Trophy) have been modified-- sorry for the delay in updating. All other results are unchanged. We hope to see all of our award winners at the banquet-- if you cannot attend, please make arrangements to have someone pick up your awards as many awards cannot be mailed.
The MCTA Annual Meeting and Banquet to celebrate the 2011 competition year was held at Summit Manor in Monkton, MD on January 14, 2012.
MCTA members who have completed eight volunteer hours in 2011 are eligible for our Year-End Awards! We award 1st through 6th place ribbons and prizes for horses and riders in the following categories: Below Beginner Novice, Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, and Training and above. We also have awards for riders who successfully complete three events, for horses in their first year of competition, Homebred Horse of the Year, Mare of the Year, and Pony of the Year. Please check the MCTA Point System and MCTA handbook for more information, as some categories may have additional qualifications.
In addition, MCTA members who have completed eight volunteer hours may apply for a grant to be used for lessons, clinics, and other educational opportunities. Please contact Sue Page at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
SUBMITTING POINTS FOR YEAR-END AWARDS
MCTA members submitting points for 2011 Year End Awards must include the following completed forms: Volunteer Form, Trophy Selection Form (Horse and Rider Registration), and Competition Record (for high score awards). All forms must be in hand before December 1, 2011 in order to count. Questions/ forms can be submitted by mail to: Eliza Herman, POB 206, Darlington, MD 21034, or by e-mail to
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. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail before December 1, please e-mail to confirm that your forms have been received!
GENERAL CRITERIA FOR ALL YEAR-END AWARDS
(excerpted from the MCTA Handbook)
1. Eight volunteer service hours provided to an MCTA sanctioned event are required.
2. The rider and, in the case of the Horse of the Year Trophies, the owner, of the horse must be an MCTA member in good standing at the time of the competition for which points are submitted, or those points will not be counted. "In good standing" means that dues have been paid in full for the calendar year. Points cannot be submitted retroactively for new members or former members whose membership has lapsed.
3. Points may be submitted only for Horse Trials and for Two- or Three-Day Events which have three distinct phases: dressage, endurance (cross-country), and stadium jumping. Placings at dressage shows or combined tests (consisting of dressage and stadium only) may NOT be counted.
4. Any one trophy may be won only TWICE by the same rider or, in the case of the Horse of the Year Trophies, the same horse. Note that the Federal Hill Trophy may be won only ONCE by any horse.
5. No rider may place in more than one RIDER category in the same year (i.e. the same person could not win both the Laubach and Sunrock Ridge Trophies or be reserve for the Highland Farms and second reserve for the *Denegri Trophies in the same year). Placings in one of the rider categories will not affect Horse of the Year status, however.
6. Except for the Horse of the Year Trophies, awards are based on rider placings so the same rider may submit points earned on multiple horses; the Horse of the Year Trophies are based on horse placings, so points may be submitted for the same horse when ridden by different riders and/or owned by various owners - as long as all riders and owners are MCTA members as specified above and the riders are in the same age group, i.e. Young Riders/ Juniors or Seniors, but not both.
7. Riders who complete, without being eliminated, all three phases of three events over the course of the season, will be eligible to receive a Triumph Award, even if no points/ placings have been earned.