The Executive Committee approved a recommendation from the Western Dressage Task Force to adopt western dressage as an AQHA-recognized discipline in 2018. The Executive committee also approved the use of task forces to investigate the health of the hunter division, review of the show leveling system and the viability of a special-event rodeo held in conjunction with the Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show.

The Arizona Paint Horse Club is proud to present the Summer Celebration Show, May 14-15 at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona. Judges for the show will be Rick McClain and Tina White.

Exhibitors at the 2016 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships shined their boots and dusted off their hats for the first day of competition yesterday at the Gov. James B. Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show kicked off at 8 a.m. with Level 1 youth working hunter.

The APHA Executive Committee recently approved a motion that will allow solid Paint-bred horses with two Regular Registry parents the opportunity to compete in most non-world championship classes alongside their Regular Registry counterparts, based on feedback from the World Show Advisory Committee.

The event is scheduled for July 27-30, 2016 at the C Bar C Expo Center in Cloverdale, Indiana. The event is triple judged offering triple points and a one-day, four judge warmup show on July 26th, plus an IBHA approved triple judged show on July 25th.