The Omni Louisville Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky was this year’s site for the US Equestrian Federation (USEF) Annual Meeting, January 15-18, 2026. This glamorous historic, yet modern, hotel was the perfect setting for the much-deserving group of equestrians and equines to receive their honors which included many members of our Morgan family.
At the Thursday night 2025 Pegasus Awards Dinner, excellence and service across our sport was honored. Many of our awardees, their families and friends, were there to receive their honors to joyous, appreciative applause from the audience. It was lovely to see many of our members there in attendance. The awards presented were as follows:
- The C.J. “June” Cronan Trophy – Allyson Nord Wandtke
- The Ellen Scripps Davis Memorial Breeders’ Award – Kohler Stables
- Pegasus Medal of Honor - Carrie Mortensen
- Pegasus Medal of Honor - Ling Fu Wylie
- The Richard E. McDevitt Award of Merit - John Green (posthumously)
- The Vaughan Smith Trophy – Amanda DuPont
You may read more about these and other awardees at Thursday’s gala by clicking HERE.
Then, the year’s most outstanding equine athletes were celebrated at Saturday night’s 2025 SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Gala. The grand Morgan horse, Graycfliff Tony Hawk GCH, was celebrated as a USEF National Horse of the Year Finalist. How exciting! We all are proud of this exceptional Morgan and his dedicated, loving team.
To learn more about Graycliff Tony Hawk GCH and all of the nominees, click HERE. And, read about the national and international winners HERE.
Congratulations to all of the honorees! And, thank you to those that made the exemplary effort to nominate the many wonderful people and horses honored. The enthusiasm for equestrian sport was effervescent at the convention with even the hotel staff intrigued and curious. Wondering…what great things will 2026 have in store for us!?!