The Dr. Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Award was established in 2024 in Dr. Barlow Ramsay's memory by her daughter, Barbara Cadwell. One $15,000 Award will be presented annually to the highest-placing U.S.-Bred horse in the championship Developing Prix St. Georges at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions with a minimum score of 65 percent. The Award will be split between the owner of the horse ($7,500) and the horse's breeder ($7,500).
Dr. Barlow Ramsay was a horsewoman for over fifty years and owned Annie B Farm, a sport horse breeding operation, with her daughter, Barbara Cadwell. Dr. Barlow Ramsay and her horse, Fridjoff, proudly rode for membership into The Dressage Foundation’s Century Club in 2003 as Team #27. Dr. Barlow Ramsay’s dream to advance equestrian sport took shape in 1998 when she established a Charitable Remainder Unitrust at The Dressage Foundation. She wanted to provide financial backing for a designated horse and rider with a ten-year income stream. Through this Unitrust, there have been many beneficiaries.
The sport of dressage continues to benefit through annual $30,000 grants to support upper-level training and competition for American-bred horses. The funds from Dr. Barlow Ramsay’s first Unitrust were used so successfully by the earlier grant recipients that in 2009, she established a second Unitrust with The Dressage Foundation to extend the impact of her grants for many years to come. Click here to learn more about the $30,000 Dr. Anne Barlow Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses.
Past Recipients:
U.S Dressage Festival of Champions
2025: R U 4 Me, Hannah Heritage (Breeder), Molly Martin (Owner)
Dressage at Devon
2025: Sir Ivanhoe, Nancy Girzaitis (Breeder), Kristen Parris (Owner)
