Congratulations to the participants in our 2002 AHHA Awards Program. We can be truly proud of all the Holsteiners out there competing and it is our pleasure to recognize some of them tonight. The Holsteiner Breed continues to make its mark in competition worldwide and our association continues to flourish. We had more than 180 entrants in our award program and these recipients represent some of the best and brightest stars in the equestrian world.

I would like to offer my sincerest gratitude to all of those who have generously donated to the awards program over the years. It is only through this generous spirit that we are able to continue to grow this important program.

I would like to thank the Awards Committee, and in particular, Rebecca Rigdon, Doris van Heeckeren, Cheryll Frank, and Pat Sullivan for their efforts in tracking and tabulating the awards presented tonight

Good Luck in 2003,

Jos Severiens
President

CHAMPION:    Rachmaninoff MF / Rachmaninoff     77.4
Sex: Colt Age: 2002
Riverman -- Windsong -- Weltstern
Breeder: Maryanna Haymon
Owner: Maryanna Haymon
Rider/Handler: Maryanna Haymon

CHAMPION:    Justagift
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Ratibor -- Baby By Bugs -- Sky Bugs Sam
Breeder: Klaus/Carole Biesenthal, IL
Owner: Vicki M. Slavik
Rider/Handler: Lisa S. Slavik

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Chawton    2204
Sex: Gelding Age: 1993
Cheenook -- Happy Hearts -- Hearts of Lettuce
Breeder: Kristine M. Kaufeld
Rider/Handler: Roger Turner, Diana Turner

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Chawton    622
Sex: Gelding Age: 1993
Cheenook -- Happy Hearts -- Hearts of Lettuce
Breeder: Kristine M. Kaufeld
Rider/Handler: Roger Turner, Diana Turner

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Columbia / Precisely    483
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Corofino -- Rampe -- Ronald
Breeder: Hans-Werner Sachau
Owner: Amely Comly & Alexandra Comly
Rider/Handler: Alexandra Comly

CHAMPION:    Columbia / Precisely    1080
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Corofino -- Rampe -- Ronald
Breeder: Hans-Werner Sachau
Owner: Amely Comly & Alexandra Comly
Rider/Handler: Alexandra Comly

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Fixe / Silver Dream    501
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Silbersee -- Nix -- Roman
Breeder: Willi Bruegge
Owner: Amely Comly & Alexandra Comly
Rider/Handler: Alexandra Comly

THIRD PLACE:    Classic Amadeus    430
Sex: Gelding 1990
Calvadur -- Thanne -- Landgraf I
Rider/Handler: Rachel Mikrut, Becky Warner

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Classic Amadeus    139
Sex: Gelding 1990
Calvadur -- Thanne -- Landgraf I
Rider/Handler: Rachel Mikrut, Becky Warner

3RD PLACE:    Fixe / Silver Dream    69
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Silbersee -- Nix -- Roman
Breeder: Willi Bruegge
Owner: Amely Comly & Alexandra Comly
Rider/Handler: Alexandra Comly

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Lichtenstein    1352
Sex: Gelding Age: 1992
Le Santo -- Orthella -- Othello
Breeder: Lutz Wallem
Owner: Rancho Corazon
Rider/Handler: Guy McElvain, John McConnell

3RD PLACE:    Corcel    685
Sex: Gelding Age: 1995
Columbus -- Lady Luck -- Lord
Breeder: Rancho La Querencia
Owner: Rancho La Querencia, Ltd. Co

CHAMPION:    Liocalyon    24300
Sex: Stallion Age: 1992
Liostro -- Zoellnerin -- Calypso II
Breeder: Hans Joachim Gerkin
Owner: Barbara Ellison
Rider/Handler: Barbara Ellison

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Lavita    15550
Sex: Stallion Age: 1992
Latouro -- Serde -- Capitol
Breeder: Hermann Ehling
Owner: Barbara Ellison
Rider/Handler: Lu Thomas

3RD PLACE:    Courchevel    6644
Sex: Gelding Age: 1992
Columbus -- Roquetta -- Rulla Roque
Breeder: Sharon McElvain
Owner: Rancho Corazon
Rider/Handler: Sharon McElvain, Guy McElvain

4TH PLACE:    Lichtenstein    2450
Sex: Gelding Age: 1992
Le Santo -- Orthella -- Othello
Breeder: Lutz Wallem
Owner: Rancho Corazon
Rider/Handler: Guy McElvain, John McConnell

5TH PLACE:    Corcel    1571
Sex: Gelding Age: 1995
Columbus -- Lady Luck -- Lord
Breeder: Rancho La Querencia
Owner: Rancho La Querencia, Ltd. Co

6TH PLACE:    Columbia / Precisely    1080
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Corofino -- Rampe -- Ronald
Breeder: Hans-Werner Sachau
Owner: Amely Comly & Alexandra Comly
Rider/Handler: Alexandra Comly

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Lavita    15550
Sex: Stallion Age: 1992
Latouro -- Serde -- Capitol
Breeder: Hermann Ehling
Owner: Barbara Ellison
Rider/Handler: Lu Thomas

3RD PLACE:    Courchevel    750
Sex: Gelding Age: 1992
Columbus -- Roquetta -- Rulla Roque
Breeder: Sharon McElvain
Owner: Rancho Corazon
Rider/Handler: Sharon McElvain, Guy McElvain

CHAMPION:    Radcliffe    69.64
Sex: Gelding Age: 1998
Rantares -- Felicitous -- Coriolan
Breeder: Cheryl Kellerman
Rider/Handler: Amy Leach

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Cadillac    69.61
Sex: Stallion Age: 1995
Columbus -- Laguna -- Laredo
Breeder: Rancho La Querencia
Rider/Handler: Karen Perkins

3RD PLACE:    Casco Bay / Harmony's Casco Bay    68.80
Sex: Stallion Age: 1997
Candidus -- Catherine --Impulsivo
Breeder: Wolf Run Farm
Owner: Harmony Holsteiners
Rider/Handler: Kathyrn Meistrell

4TH PLACE:    Ahorn's Calypso    67.20
Sex: Stallion Age: 1995
Ahorn Z -- Episode II -- Calypso I
Breeder: Walter Kleinwort
Owner: Patterson Farm, Inc.
Rider/Handler: Shari Patterson

5TH PLACE:    Cassiato    66.76
Sex: Gelding Age: 1998
Concerto II -- Calinka S -- Landgraf I
Breeder: Struve Eduard
Owner: Susan Ennis
Rider/Handler: Karen Ball, Susan Ennis

6TH PLACE:    Colossal    64.93
Sex: Stallion Age: 1998
Caesar -- Fedora -- Con Brio
Breeder: Arlene Rigdon
Owner: Freedom Hill Farm
Rider/Handler: Rebecca Rigdon

CHAMPION:    Cadillac    68.71
Sex: Stallion Age: 1995
Columbus -- Laguna -- Laredo
Breeder: Rancho La Querencia
Rider/Handler: Karen Perkins

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Milan    68.60
Sex: Mare 1997
Caesar -- Chelsea -- Calmé [E]
Breeder: Rebecca Rigdon
Owner: Rebecca Rigdon
Rider/Handler: Rebecca Rigdon

3RD PLACE:    Hershey's Kiss    67.43
Sex: Mare Age: 1993
Rantares -- Cierra -- Lacoste
Breeder: Mary A. Kendall-Mallory
Owner: Sara Anderson
Rider/Handler: Sara Anderson

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Fandengo    66.18
Sex: Mare Age: 1991
Sucramonte -- Lady of the Moon -- Gladwin
Breeder: Peggy Phaklides
Owner: Susan E. Van Skike

3RD PLACE:    Congo    65.58
Sex: Stallion Age: 1994
Caesar -- Brystol -- Calmé [E]
Breeder: Arlene Rigdon
Rider/Handler: Shannon Daamer

4TH PLACE:    Hollywood    63.15
Sex: Mare Age: 1993
Rantares -- Upper Class -- Fasolt
Breeder: Mary A. Kendall-Mallory
Owner: Rita Kells-Pitlik
Rider/Handler: Rita Kells-Pitlik

5TH PLACE:    Capezio    61.84
Sex: Gelding Age: 1992
Columbus -- Design Appeal -- Quadravan
Breeder: Rancho La Querencia
Rider/Handler: Joan Naden Clay

SIXTH PLACE:    Canyon d'Chelly    60.50
Sex: Gelding Age: 1989
Columbus -- Calcutta -- Cor de la Bryere
Breeder: Amanda M. Boggs
Rider/Handler: Joan L. George

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Jolie    66.41
Sex: Mare Age: 1994
Columbus -- Olly Olly Oxenfree -- Fleet Velvet
Breeder: Sharon McElvain
Owner: Debbie Cranston
Rider/Handler: Karen Perkins, Jessica Cranston

3RD PLACE:    Hannah    62.51
Sex: Mare Age: 1993
Merano -- Wassissa -- Lacapo
Breeder: Mary S. Hamacher
Owner: Mary S. Hamacher
Rider/Handler: Sharon Jerdeman

4TH PLACE:    Kaleidoscope    61.71
Sex: Mare Age: 1995
Rapport -- Zanetta -- Calmé [E]
Breeder: Dale Sulzen
Owner: Cindy/Janet Schafer

5TH PLACE:    Chobé    61.29
Sex: Stallion Age: 1996
Con Brio -- Eskapade -- Caesar
Breeder: Deborah Barkin Fromer
Owner: Deborah Barkin Fromer
Rider/Handler: Deborah Barkin Fromer

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Leader HB / Leader    63.0
Sex: Gelding Age: 1993
Landslide -- Galathee -- Gabriel
Breeder: Haras de Beaupre'
Owner: Betty Gosling
Rider/Handler: Betty Gosling

CHAMPION:    Cassiano / Harmony's Cassiano    69.25
Sex: Gelding Age: 1991
Calypso I -- Gestion -- Landgraf I
Breeder: Ernst Hermann Lauck
Owner: Harmony Holsteiners
Rider/Handler: Leslie Webb

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Cin bad / Cinbad    66.67
Sex: Gelding Age: 1987
Celebrio -- Duellinde -- Feinschnitt II
Breeder: Dorothy and Wayne Miller
Rider/Handler: Jacqueline Paxton

3RD PLACE:    Sandro / Luciano    65.5
Sex: Gelding Age: 1994
Lasandos -- Petunie -- Libretto
Breeder: Helmut Bies
Owner: Jill Cordsen
Rider/Handler: Karen Ball

4TH PLACE:    Columbo    65.38
Sex: Stallion Sex: 1995
Carpaccio -- Fabelhaft II -- Coriolan
Breeder: Peter Jacob Thomsen
Rider/Handler: Bent Jensen

5TH PLACE:    Contingent Fee    62.81
Sex: Stallion Age: 1990
Con Brio -- Wonderful -- Prinz Miro
Breeder: Mary C. Wickenkamp
Owner: Michael C. & Linda J. Smith/Jami Kment
Rider/Handler: Jami Kment

6TH PLACE:    Karola I    61.09
Sex: Mare Age: 1995
Leandro -- Fascination -- Farnese
Breeder: Frans Hinrich Boyens
Owner: Paige Hookway-Finnegan
Rider/Handler: Paige Finnegan

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Coolio / Harmony's Coolio    65.33
Sex: Gelding Age: 1994
Caretino -- Carola -- Lantaan
Breeder: Heiko Clausen
Owner: Harmony Holsteiners
Rider/Handler: Susan Jaccoma

3RD PLACE:    Contingent Fee    65.28
Sex: Stallion Age: 1990
Con Brio -- Wonderful -- Prinz Miro
Breeder: Mary C. Wickenkamp
Owner: Michael C. & Linda J. Smith/Jami Kment
Rider/Handler: Jami Kment

4TH PLACE:    Luddington    58.56
Sex: Stallion Age: 1989
Lacoste -- Jack's Control -- Jacks Again
Breeder: Gail C. Dukes
Owner: April Austin
Rider/Handler: April Austin

RESERVE CHAMPION:    Caviar    57.3
Sex: Gelding Age: 1986
Calme' [E] -- Close Accord -- Truxton Fair
Breeder: Terri Neese
Owner: Michelle Worrall Tilton
Rider/Handler: Rebecca Rigdon