NSW officials and competitors have taken the lion's share of the third Equestrian Federation's National Sports Achievement Awards.

Boyd Exell, who has dominated carriage driving, was named Overseas Athlete of the Year.

Exell was born in Bega and is now based in Leicester, England, where he has become the world's top four-in-hand carriage driver

He won both this year's and last year's FEI World Cup Driving finals.

Exell is six-time winner of the British National Championship driving a single horse in 2000 and a four-in-hand in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 and last year.

In 2003 and 2009 he won the CAIO at Aachen, in Germany, and in 2004, 2006, 2008 and this year, the International Driving Grand Prix at Royal Windsor, in the UK.

Horse of the Year was the showjumping stallion Vivant, owned by Bev Edwards, Chris and Helen Chugg and ridden by Chris Chugg.

Vivant won the Australian National Jumping Championships last year, making it a hat-trick.

Chris Chugg was named Domestic Rider of the Year.

Coach of the Year was George Sanna, an NCAS level three coach and coach educator.

George has helped produce some of Australia's outstanding jumping riders and has also coached a number of teams to national and international success.

The Equestrian Event of the Year was also awarded to a NSW dressage event, the Sydney CDI, which showcases Australia's premier dressage horses.

A new award, Owner of the Year, went to Caroline Lieutenant, owner of Brett Parbury's dressage partner Victory Salute, now in training in Europe for the World Equestrian Games.

Young Athlete of the Year was Megan Bryant, who is successful in dressage and eventing.

This award is given to young riders aged 14-21.

Rose Read was named Administrator of the Year.

She is the director of two of Australia's top events, the Weekend of World Cups and Sydney Three-Day Event.

The Official of the Year went to NSW showjumping course designer Graeme Watts, who has spent many years as a jumping official, course designer and judge. He is an FEI Level One Course Designer and EA Level Three jumping judge.

Queensland won two awards, the Club of the Year, Fig Tree Pocket Equestrian Club, which runs three horse trials a year catering to 160 to 180 competitors each time, plus two dressage days, and the Event Volunteer of the Year, was Carol Lok.

The Weekly Times horse writer Fran Cleland was awarded the Special Services Award.

Another Victorian, former Equestrian Australia chairman Geoff Sinclair, received the EA Order of Merit.

Western Australia won two awards. Sharon Jarvis was awarded Para Athlete of the Year, which recognises athletes who have an exceptional performance, and Geoff McGuire, won a Special Services Award for outstanding commitment to equestrian sports in Western Australia.