Horse Illustrated Magazine

Edited Press Release

For 14 years, Zoetis, formerly Pfizer Animal Health, has sponsored the prestigious Equine Industry Vision Award in partnership with American Horse Publications (AHP). Nominations are now open for the award, the first of its kind to showcase innovation across the entire equine market, as well as ingenuity and service.

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)