$99,500 Added for APHA World Show English and Western Performers

By Jessica Hein, PHJ News:

All-around horses and traditional-event English and Western performers can vie for nearly $100,000 added at the 2025 APHA World Championship Show. This included sweepstakes classes for Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, trail and longe line performers along with other all-around contenders.

New for 2025 is the highly anticipated addition of English and Western versatility pattern sweepstakes classes. Pioneered by APHA, these classes demonstrate the versatility of English and Western performance horses, including forward movement, lead changes, obstacle navigation and more. They’ll be offered in Open, Amateur and Youth divisions, each with $1,000 added to the class purses.

2025 APHA World Championship Show

June 20–July 6, 2025
Will Rogers Memorial Center
Fort Worth, Texas
apha.com/worldshow

 

2025 APHA World Show English and Western Performers: $99,500 Added

Western Pleasure/Hunter Under Saddle/Pattern/Longe Line

• Breeders’ Trust 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes – $2,000 minimum added*
• Breeders’ Trust 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Stakes – $2,000 minimum added*
  • *Estimated combined total payout between both classes $50,000
• Breeders’ Trust Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes – $7,000 added**
• Breeders’ Trust Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Stakes – $7,000 added**
  • **Combined total added money between both classes
• 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $7,000 added
• 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes – $7,000 added
• 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• 4-Year-Old & Older Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro 4-Year-Old & Older Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• 4-Year-Old & Older Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro 4-Year-Old & Older Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro Western Yearling Longe Line Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro Hunter Yearling Longe Line Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Bridleless Western Pleasure Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• Western Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• Amateur Western Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• Youth Western Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• English Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• Amateur English Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added
• Youth English Versatility Pattern Sweepstakes – $1,000 added

Sponsored by APHA

Southern Belle Breeder’s Classes: $3,500 Added

• 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle – $500 added
• 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle – $500 added
• 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure – $500 added
• 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure – $500 added
• Senior Western Pleasure – $500 added
• Western Yearling Longe Line – $500 added
• Hunter Yearling Longe Line – $500 added

Sponsored by Ohio Quarter Horse Association

Gold Breeders’ Futurity: $25,000^ Total Added

^Total added money will be divided by the total number of Breeders’ Futurity entries and distributed to each class based on the number of paid entries per class.

• Hunter Yearling Longe Line
• Western Yearling Longe Line
• Yearling In-Hand Trail
• 2-Year-Old Longe Line
• 2-Year-Old In-Hand Trail
• 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure
• 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
• 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure
• 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
• 4- & 5-Year-Old Trail
• Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Showmanship
• Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Hunt-Seat Equitation
• Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Western Horsemanship
• Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Trail

Sponsored by APHA

Trail: $9,000 Added

• 3-Year-Old Trail Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
• Junior Trail Sweepstakes (held concurrently with Junior Trail) – $3,000 added
• Non-Pro Trail Sweepstakes (held concurrently with Amateur Trail) – $3,000 added

Sponsored by APHA

Details

Enter online at apha.com/worldshow.

Entries open in April and are accepted until 5 p.m. the day before classes take place, but get the best rates by pre-entering by May 15.

Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred Registry horses now compete together in all classes. No qualifying is required!

Questions? aphaevents@apha.com