In 2015 alone, the Breeders’ Trust program pumped more than $578,000 in to the Paint Horse industry; Breeders’ Trust-nominated horses earned a total of 73,729 points worth $7.85 each—a .5 percent increase over 2014.

The Platinum Breeders’ Futurity is an elite weanling halter futurity that takes place at the APHA World Championship Show, and starting in 2016, it will be exclusively for Non-Pro exhibitors. It’s designed to showcase the offspring of APHA Breeders’ Trust-subscribed stallions and the mares bred to these stallions.

The Youth World Championship Show takes place ​June 27–July 9 in Fort Worth, Texas. Youth World Show classes will run Jun 28–July 6, with a supplemental event held July 7–9; additional details on this supplemental event will be released at a later date.

The tentative schedule for the American Quarter Horse Association’s 2016 Adequan® Select World Championship Show is now available online. The Adequan® Select World, which is August 26 – September 3 at the Amarillo National Center in Amarillo, features the world’s top amateur riders, age 50 and over, and their American Quarter Horses. To view the tentative schedule of events, visit www.aqha.com/selectworld.

The 2016 Pinto World Championship Show Premium Book is now online! The 2016 PWC will take place June 13-25 at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It’s nice to see many up and coming, young trainers break into the top money earners on the NSBA Open Western Pleasure Riders’ List like Pasley Puthoff, Tate Oakley, RJ King, and more!

“Clea represents all that is right about APHA,” APHA Executive Director Billy Smith said. “If her energy and optimism were a virus, I’d hope we could all catch it.”

More than $500,000 has been raised for cancer charities in the past. Be a part of helping that total grow in 2016!