The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced nominees for the 2024 Horses of the Year and Equestrians of the Year. The International and National Horses of the Year will be announced Jan. 25 at the 2024 SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner, and the International and National Equestrians of the Year will be announced Jan. 23 during the 2024 Pegasus Awards Dinner. Both events take place during the 2025 USEF Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky.

Horses and equestrians are nominated by their USEF affiliate organizations or USEF breed or discipline committees, and the finalists are selected by the USEF awards committee. The final Horses of the Year and Equestrians of the Year are determined by member voting.

Voting is open now through Dec. 31. Click here to vote. Note that you must be logged in to your USEF account to vote. After submitting your selections, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your vote. You must confirm your ballot in order for your votes to count. 

For more information on each equestrian nominee, click here. For information on each horse nominee, click here. 

International Equestrian of Honor nominees:

• Karl Cook (Rancho Santa Fe, California) Jumping
• Liz Halliday (Lexington, Kentucky) Eventing
• Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Florida) Para Dressage
• Fiona Howard (Boston, Massachusetts) Para Dressage

National Equestrians of Honor nominees: 

• Nick Haness (San Clemente, California) Hunter/Jumper
• Ashton Kiesner (Louisville, Tennessee) Arabian
• Kirstin McKillop (Alamo, California) Arabian
• Lynn Peeples (Creekside, Pennsylvania) Morgan
• Colby Powell (Scottsdale, Arizona) Arabian
• Andrew Sellman (Scottsdale, Arizona) Arabian
• James Taylor (Medina, Ohio) Morgan

International Horse of Honor nominees: 

• Caracole de la Roque (Zandor—Pocahontas d’Amaury, Kannan) 12-year-old Selle Français mare owned by Signe Ostby
• Diabolo (Diarado—Roulett M, Aljano 2) 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Diabolo Group
• Diamond Dunes (De L’Or—Wibella, Wolkentanz) 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Dressage Family LLC, Sharon Day, Fiona Howard, Julian Howard and Hof Kasselmann
• Floratina (Fidertanz—Rubina, Rubin Royal OLD) 16-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Rowan O’Reilly

National Horses of Honor nominees:

• CH The Crowd Went Nuts! (Undulata’s Nutcracker—Elegant Heirloom, Harlem Town) 8-year-old American Saddlebred gelding owned by Diane Sembler Kamins
• McQueen (Cornet Obolensky—Sanea, Marlon) 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Walkenbach Equestrian LLC