Edited Press Release
Read the full nomination guidelines here.
Since its inception in 2002, there have been many worthy nominees for the Equine Industry Vision Award. Anyone is eligible to be nominated, re-nominated, or to nominate a candidate for the award. Nominees may include individuals and/or organizations. Candidates may be considered for a single outstanding visionary achievement or for sustained outstanding contributions that have made a profound impact on the equine industry.
The 2015 Equine Industry Vision Award will be announced during a breakfast ceremony sponsored by Zoetis on June 19, 2015, during the AHP Seminar in San Antonio, Texas. The names of award recipients are engraved on the Equine Industry Vision Award Perpetual Trophy on display at the Zoetis offices. The winner receives a smaller version of the award as a memento of this unique recognition created in the finest full lead crystal by master artisan Peter Wayne Yenawine and commissioned by Zoetis.
Click here to download a nomination ballot. All materials will be due by Feb. 6, 2015.
Past award winners are truly visionaries who have contributed to the growth and preservation of the equine industry.
PAST RECIPIENTS
- Patti Colbert (2014)
- Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH Int’l)(2013)
- Equine Land Conservation Resource (2012)
- Robert Cacchione (2011)
- John Nicholson (2010)
- Charlotte Brailey Kneeland (2009)
- Sally Swift (2008)
- David O’Connor (2007)
- Stanley F. Bergstein (2006)
- John Ryan Gaines (2005)
- American Quarter Horse Association (2004)
- Don Burt (2003)
- Alexander Mackay-Smith (2002)
Many great people out there.
I agree with Galadriel, long list of great horse people and organizations out there.
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I want to nominate GUY MCLEAN- a wonderful Australian who is magical how he trains his horses- so much love and understanding and he recites beautiful Australian poetry.
In The Year of The Horse … Billygoboy, Honors Dishonored, Friends of Sound Horses all deserve awards …for trying ..to put an end …to the abhorrent practices of the Big Lick…