Around the Rings – 2024 Florida PHC Holiday Classic

All pro photos credit: Andrew Ryback Photography, courtesy of FPHC.

The Florida Paint Horse Club’s Holiday Classic, held in conjunction with the Georgia Paint Horse Club Ugly Sweater Extravaganza, made its mark at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, FL from 12/5 through 12/8.

The joined forces of the two clubs offered exhibitors two four-judge PORs, with judges Keith McDonough, Robert Meneely, Sherry Haynes, Jennifer Goss, Shane G Young, Clint Fullerton, Jonathan Meilleur, Sandy Curl, and Michael R Ochetto.

The result was 2,820+ entries, with 478 stalls over four days!

The #1 APHA show in the US in 2023 has brought together the magic of the holidays in WEC-Ocala combined with creative fun and education, like random giveaways, Chrome Cash winners, and Ride the Pattern clinics by judges Sandy Curl and Daren Wright.

Thank you to official show photographer Andrew Ryback Photography for a gallery of candids! Find your arena photos here: https://arp.photostockplus.com/albums/

From show coordinator Amanda Palmer:

What an incredible wrap to the 2025 show season. The Holiday Classic show boasted over 475+ stalls, 2827+ entries over 4 days. We are already very busy planning our 2025 Holiday Classic Show. We will be making some exciting changes to make this show even bigger and better in 2025, so stay tuned for some big announcements next week …..

We appreciate all our Judges and staff for all your hard work in making this show so successful. We also appreciate the hard work and dedication that our Marketing Director Sara Torres put into this show.

Special thanks to our Sponsors and vendors – your support of our show helps to make this show the best it can be.

To ALL our exhibitors we appreciate each and every one of you!!!!

UPDATED … CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR HIGHPOINT AND SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS…….