Intermediate Division Expands for 2024 APHA World Show

By Jessica Hein, PHJ News

Intermediate division champion and reserve champion Gist trophy buckles are back for the 2024 APHA World Championship Show, doubling some exhibitors’ chances to snag the coveted hardware. This year, APHA is offering 95 Intermediate division opportunities inside of their main World Championship classes.

New for 2024 are Intermediate division opportunities in Youth ranch and performance halter, Amateur and Open in-hand events, and slates of Amateur and Open Solid Paint-Bred events. Check out the full list below!

Intermediate division classes must be entered concurrent with the regular class by 5 p.m. the day before the class takes place.

The APHA World Championship Show takes place June 21-July 7, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Are you Intermediate division eligible?

If you answer “no” to the following questions, you’re likely eligible to enter your class’s Intermediate division at the APHA World Show:

• Have you placed in the Top 2 at the APHA World Show, AQHA World Show, NSBA World Show or All American Quarter Horse Congress within the last five years in the particular class you’d like to enter (regardless of division)?
  • This includes all classes in all divisions, excluding Novice, Intermediate division, Limited division and Walk-Trot divisions (unless you’re entering an Intermediate Walk-Trot class) and AQHA Level 1.
  • For longe line, both hunter and Western apply.
• Are you ineligible for the corresponding NSBA Limited division?

2024 Intermediate Division Opportunities

• Youth (18 & Under and 13 & Under, unless specified): 20 classes

  • Showmanship, Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt-Seat Equitation, Western Pleasure. Western Horsemanship, Trail, Western Riding, Ranch Riding (18 & Under only), Ranch Trail (18 & Under only), Ranch Rail Pleasure (18 & Under only), Ranch Pleasure (18 & Under only), Performance Halter Mares (all ages), Performance Halter Geldings (all ages)

• Amateur (19 & Over and Masters, unless specified): 29 classes

  • Showmanship, Western Horsemanship, Hunt-Seat Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle (Junior and Senior), Ranch Riding (Amateur only), Ranch Trail (Amateur only), Ranch Rail Pleasure (Amateur only), Ranch Pleasure (Amateur only), Western Pleasure (Junior and Senior), Trail, Western Riding, Western Yearling Longe Line (Amateur only), Hunter Yearling Longe Line (Amateur only), Yearling In-Hand Trail (Amateur only), 2-Year-Old Longe Line (Amateur only), Performance Halter Mares (all ages), Performance Halter Geldings (all ages), Ranch Conformation (all ages)

• Amateur Walk-Trot: 6 classes

  • Showmanship, Hunt-Seat Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Trail

• Amateur Solid Paint-Bred: 10 classes

  • Showmanship, Hunt-Seat Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Trail, Ranch Riding, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail Pleasure, Ranch Pleasure

• Open Solid Paint-Bred: 5 classes

  • Yearling Longe Line, Ranch Riding, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail Pleasure, Ranch Pleasure

• Open (Junior and Senior, unless specified): 25 classes

  • Western Pleasure, Western Riding, Trail, Hunter Under Saddle, Ranch Riding, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail Pleasure (all ages), Ranch Pleasure (all ages), Green Hunter Under Saddle (all ages), Green Western Pleasure (all ages), Green Trail (all ages), Green Western Riding (all ages), Western Yearling Longe Line, Hunter Yearling Longe Line, Yearling In-Hand Trail, 2-Year-Old Longe Line, Performance Halter Mares (all ages), Performance Halter Geldings (all ages), Ranch Conformation (all ages)

Questions? aphaevents@apha.com