Ride America Joins Forces With Paint Alternative Competition Program
December 9, 2015 Comments Off on Ride America Joins Forces With Paint Alternative Competition Program
This move will help expand participation in recreational riding by awarding PAC credits for hours spent riding or driving one’s Paint Horse and provide additional year-end and incremental recognition awards to participants.
Continue reading …Don’t Forget: December 15th Stall Reservation Deadline For Gold Coast, Gulf Coast, Fox Lea, and FITS
December 8, 2015 Comments Off on Don’t Forget: December 15th Stall Reservation Deadline For Gold Coast, Gulf Coast, Fox Lea, and FITS
For all of you looking to kick off the 2016 show season with a bang, December 15th is a very important date. This is the deadline to guarantee all stall reservations for the Gold Coast Circuit, Gulf Coast Circuit, Fun In The Sun Extravaganza, and Fox Lea Winter Circuit.
Continue reading …NCEA Announces November Riders of the Month: Smith, Gasser, McMullen, Dotson
December 8, 2015 Comments Off on NCEA Announces November Riders of the Month: Smith, Gasser, McMullen, Dotson
The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Tuesday announced its November Riders of the Month, recognizing outstanding performances from the third month of the 2015-16 collegiate equestrian season.
Continue reading …WCHA News: NEW Location For BC Futurity, Dec. 15th Stallion Deadline, Online Member Renewal
December 8, 2015 Comments Off on WCHA News: NEW Location For BC Futurity, Dec. 15th Stallion Deadline, Online Member Renewal
The WCHA Breeder’s Championship Futurity will have a new location! Springfield, IL Sept. 23-25, 2016. Click here to view the State Fairgrounds.
Continue reading …Tie and Championship Run-Off Result in Casey Deary and Shesouttayourleage Winning NRHA Futurity
December 7, 2015 Comments Off on Tie and Championship Run-Off Result in Casey Deary and Shesouttayourleage Winning NRHA Futurity
After scoring an impressive 224 and tying the current leader Franco Bertolani and Inferno Sixty Six, the riders decided to run off for the championship keeping the crowd very anxious. Loping in first was Bertolani and Inferno Sixty Six, owned by Slide Or Die LLC, scoring 223.5. Deary and Shesouttayourleage, owned by Robert Curtis, entered the arena for the second time, and after receiving a score of 224.5, history was made – Casey Deary became the 2015 NRHA Lucas Oil Open Level 4 Futurity Champion!
Continue reading …Breed With Confidence Using APHA Genetic Testing
December 4, 2015 Comments Off on Breed With Confidence Using APHA Genetic Testing
Genetic testing is a simple procedure, done with 30 to 50 hairs (with intact roots) from your horse. Mane hair is normally used to derive DNA. However, if a foal is being tested, it is necessary to pull tail hair as roots from a foal’s mane are too small.
Continue reading …$21,620 Raised For AQHA Professional Horsemen’s Crisis Fund
December 3, 2015 Comments Off on $21,620 Raised For AQHA Professional Horsemen’s Crisis Fund
The highest selling item, a breeding to Allocate Your Assets donated by Katherine K. Tobin, sold for $2,425.
Continue reading …Meet the 2016 APHA Executive Committee Candidates: Karen Thomas and Alison Umberger
December 2, 2015 Comments Off on Meet the 2016 APHA Executive Committee Candidates: Karen Thomas and Alison Umberger
Karen Thomas of Morganton, North Carolina, and Alison Umberger of Broad Run, Virginia, are both lifetime APHA members who have committed themselves to promoting and improving the Paint Horse breed. Meet each candidate in their respective videos.
Continue reading …Check Out the 50+ Rule Change Proposals To Be Considered at 2016 APHA Convention
December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Check Out the 50+ Rule Change Proposals To Be Considered at 2016 APHA Convention
– Control AIII: The officers and directors of APHA and the AjPHA should be free of disciplinary action, either within the APHA investigative process or through the private court system.
– Control RG-020-1: Provides that all horses resulting from two Quarter Horses, a Quarter Horse and a Thoroughbred, or two Thoroughbreds be DNA genetically tested and proven to carry a Paint pattern gene as a condition of registration.
– Control YP-075: Allows 13 & Under exhibitors to show up in the 14-18 division if they choose
Continue reading …2015 Color Breed Congress Recap- 900 Exhibitors, 550 Horses, 3,575 Entries
November 30, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Color Breed Congress Recap- 900 Exhibitors, 550 Horses, 3,575 Entries
Presented by the Pinto Horse Association of America, Inc., the Color Breed Congress encompasses four separate breed shows running simultaneously. Participating breed associations included the Pinto Horse Association, the Palomino Horse Breeders of America, the Appaloosa Horse Club and the American Buckskin Registry Association.
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