Who do you want to win an Animal Health Trust Award?

Who would you like to see honoured at this year’s Animal Health Trust awards?

The nominees for the dressage, eventing and showjumping awards have been announced by the welfare charity.

Dressage:

• Stephen Clarke – dressage judge and the first Brit to judge at an Olympics
• David Hunt – founder and president of the International Dressage Trainers Club
• British gold medal winning team – Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer, Charlotte Du Jardin, Emile Faurie, who became the first British dressage team to win gold at a European Championships

Eventing:

• Mitsubishi Motors – sponsors of Badminton since 1992
• Jean Russell – a volunteer fence judge for more than 25 years
• Rachel Tolley – the groom of Miner’s Frolic who helped the horse pull through when he was suffered colitis earlier this year

Showjumping:

• The Pony European Championship gold medal winning team – Amy Inglis, Beth Vernon, Graham Babes and Jessica Mendoza
• Beth Vernon – European Pony individual gold medalist 2011
• Nick Skelton – Senior European team and individual bronze medalist

The awards will be presented at a ceremony in London on 3 November.

To vote, email the name of the person you would like to nominate with the title of the award in the subject box to equestrian.awards@aht.org.uk by Friday 14 October.

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