Acadamosby Award

He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.

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Acadamosby Award–“Oscar,” to his fans–was foaled the same evening as the Academy Awards in March 1990. Oscar was bred by Jamee L. Golan Bornstein of East Troy, Wisconsin, who owned both his sire, the Leon Bars stallion Mosby, and his dam, the Windum (TB) mare Madcap Maggie.

“He was born to be a star, and a star is what he became,” says AQHA Professional Horseman Jason Martin of Pilot Point, Texas, who rode the 16-3 hand bay gelding to numerous AQHA championships and titles. “He was known for his presence and expression when he entered the arena. He would command the attention of the judges and spectators. He loved to put on a show!”

And show, he did. The only three-time AQHA World Championship Show Superhorse, Oscar is the all-time leading horse in performance championships, with 38 world, reserve world, high-point and reserve high-point titles.

The only horse in history to win two classes at the World Show in four consecutive years and the only horse to ever win four AQHYA world championships in a single year, Oscar was a 21-time champion at the All American Quarter Horse Congress, a four-time Congress all-around champion and three-time Congress reserve all-around champion.

The gelding was “a horse that changed my life and the lives of all who rode and cared for him,” says AQHA Professional Horseman Charlie Cole.

“Oscar was an absolute star, an Academy Award winner, if you will,” says Chelsea Knox, who now lives in Temecula, California, but acquired the then-3-year-old gelding as a Christmas present when she was 13 in San Clemente, California. “Oscar’s presence was his ace in the hole. You could not take your eyes off him. In a ring full of beautiful, talented horses and riders, Oscar had the ‘It’ factor, and he had it ’til the day he died. He was epically talented and a trustworthy competitor, but his best role–the one he was truly special at–was as a beloved family member and a little girl’s dream horse.”

Acadamosby Award died on August 29, 2024, at 33 years old. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2025.

Biography updated as of September 2025.