Paint & Color Breeds
Offering of halter classes expanded, along with new performance classes
The Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show is home to the vast majority of world-level Open and Amateur Paint Horse competition hosted by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA). The Fall World Show is also home to the Association’s slot classes, the Hart Non-Pro Versatility Challenge and the Breeders’ Futurity classes (which grow in scope annually).
One of the benefits of splitting the World Show into Summer and Fall is an expanded timeframe in which to offer classes, and one of the most obvious avenues of expansion is for Amateur Solid Paint-Bred competition. This year, APHA will offer 13 new Amateur Solid Paint-Bred classes during the Fall World Show:
Halter classes—
- Amateur SPB Weanling Mares
- Amateur SPB Yearling Mares
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Mares
- Amateur SPB Weanling Stallions & Geldings
- Amateur SPB Yearling Stallions
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Stallions
- Amateur SPB Yearling Geldings
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Geldings
Performance classes—
- Amateur SPB Showmanship
- Amateur SPB Western Horsemanship
- Amateur SPB Western Pleasure
- Amateur SPB Hunt Seat Equitation
- Amateur SPB Hunter Under Saddle
“We encourage all of our members to help get the word out about this exciting and lengthy list of new class offerings for non-professionals who own and ride Solid Paint-Bred horses,” said APHA Director of Amateur Activities & Show Marketing Amy Stapleton. “We hope it will inspire some new faces to come compete at the World level on horses that may not have extensive APHA show records yet.”
The Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show will be held November 4-13, 2010, at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The show will feature all Open and Amateur World competition with the exception of reining and cattle events, which are held during the Summer World Show. Pre-entry deadline is September 10, 2010, but entries are accepted with a late fee until 5 p.m. the day prior to the class.
Visit aphaworldshow.com/fall for details as they are available, or check out the latest issue of the Paint Horse Journal.
More about the American Paint Horse Association
Since APHA was founded 48 years ago, it has registered nearly 1 million American Paint Horses at a rate of around 30,000 horses per year. The Association currently serves approximately 76,000 active members in 59 nations and territories. APHA works not only to record Paint Horse pedigrees, but also to preserve and promote the history, breeding, training, racing, showing, sales and enjoyment of American Paint Horses.
To learn more about APHA and becoming a member, contact the Association at (817) 834-2742, or visit apha.com.
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