Awards
Best of the West
Sponsored By
Dave Nicholson
Criteria: The pair with the most BC’s, chosen from the overall top 10 highest WDRA mileage horse & rider pairs.
Sandy Bar
Sponsored By
Tom Noll
Criteria: 10 consecutive completions. Multiple people can win this.
Compadres
Sponsored By
Tennessee Lane/SoCo Endurance
Criteria: Two or more riders who have completed the most WDRA miles together. (Any combo of horses/distances, combined miles of 2 or more riders who rode at the same rides.) Groups must submit mileage by December 1st.
Churchill
Sponsored By
Tennessee Lane/SoCo Endurance
Criteria: Horse+Rider pair with most 100 mile completions. “Never, never, never give up.”
The Doubloon
Sponsored By
Neecee & Nelson Lane of La Veta, CO
Criteria: Exemplary sportsmanship, or horsemanship award. Must be nominated, by December 1st.
Western Traveler
Sponsored By
Tom Noll & Lynn R
(with a nod to Sally White and
Traveler of the GAHR)
Criteria: Horse and rider pair that completes a WDRA recognized ride in all “eleven” lower-48 westrern states in a single ride season.
First Decade
Sponsored By
Tom Noll & Lynn R
Criteria: Horse and rider pair that completes at least two WDRA recognized rides in each of the first ten years of the WDRA (2020 through 2029.)
Ride Manager of the Year
Sponsored By
The Eckles Family
Criteria: By vote of membership. Candidates must be RMs who hosted open WDRA rides that season.
Married Couple Award
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: Married couple with the most miles accumulated together. (Marriage being defined as 2 people who file a joint tax return, regardless of sex.) Couples must submit mileage by December 1st.
Family Club
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: Open to any family with two or more multigenerational family members riding together, Bronze Level – two generations, Silver Level – three generations ride together, Gold Level – four generations ride together. Families must submit mileage by by December 1st.
Trifecta Team
Sponsored By
Tom Noll
Criteria: Horse and rider team that complete three or more different recognized events in a year (by different we mean: Endurance, Ride and Tie, Endurance Driving, Mounted Orienteering, etc)
High Mileage Points
Horse-Only
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: May be a horse with multiple riders
High Mileage Points
SR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: SR may have multiple horses, SR=Senior division, 26+yo
High Mileage Points
SR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Senior Rider
High Mileage Points
YR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: YR may have multiple horses, YR=Young Rider, 16-25yo
High Mileage Points
YR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Young Rider
High Mileage Points
JR Rider
Sponsored By
Christoph Schork
Criteria: JR may have multiple horses, JR=Junior Rider, 0-15yo
High Mileage Points
JR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Junior Rider
High Competition Points
Horse-Only
Sponsored By
Global Endurance Training Center
Criteria: May be a horse with multiple riders
High Competition Points
SR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: SR may have multiple horses, SR=Senior division, 26+yo
High Competition Points
SR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Senior Rider
High Competition Points
YR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: YR may have multiple horses, YR=Young Rider, 16-25yo
High Competition Points
YR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Young Rider
High Competition Points
JR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award, Tonya Oaks-Stroud
Criteria: JR may have multiple horses, JR=Junior Rider, 0-15yo
High Competition Points
JR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award, Tonya Oaks-Stroud
Criteria: One horse + One Junior Rider
Most Rides Finished
Horse-Only
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: May be a horse with multiple riders
Most Rides Finished
SR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: JR may have multiple horses, JR=Junior Rider, 0-15yoSR may have multiple horses, SR=Senior division, 26+yo
Most Rides Finsihed
SR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Senior Rider
Most Rides Finished
YR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: YR may have multiple horses, YR=Young Rider, 16-25yo
Most Rides Finished
YR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Young Rider
Most Rides Finsihed
JR Rider
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: JR may have multiple horses, JR=Junior Rider, 0-15yo
Most Rides Finished
JR Pair
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: One horse + One Junior Rider
XP Ride Manager
Sponsored By
WDRA Annual Award
Criteria: Ride manager with the most starts that year, in honor of the historical ride managers with the most starts ever – The XP Ride managers, Dave and Annie Nicholson.
Virtual Distance Award
WDRA
Criteria: Horse + Rider Team with the highest virtual mileage. Mileage submitted by riders. (Miles verified by virtual event managers.)