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Last Chance Events This Weekend to Qualify For APHA World Show

July 29, 2015 Comments Off

The 2015 APHA World Championship Show is coming up fast, and this weekend is your last chance to make sure your Paint is qualified to participate in the world’s premier Paint Horse competition. Remember, APHA World Show qualification is based only on a horse’s participation, never on points.

2015 Appaloosa World Show Update: Online World Sale Details and Estimated Time Schedule

July 28, 2015 Comments Off

This year’s ApHC World Sale will be exclusively online at www.equineauctiononline.com (the same site that was used for the most recent Stallion Service Auction). Although the sale will be conducted during the week of the ApHC World Show, it’s not necessary to haul your sale horse to Fort Worth. Bidders will be able to view your horse information online and make a purchase at the close of the sale. The consignment deadline for the sale will be September 30th, 2015.

Paint Horse Championship Comes to the Midwest

July 28, 2015 Comments Off

Get ready, Zone 5 Paint Horse exhibitors—the Midwest Paint Horse Championship is coming to Iowa in September. In addition to the Zone 5 Show’s regular slate of classes, the competition will also offer 15 designated Paint Horse Championship classes. The event takes place at the Iowa Equestrian Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 26-27.

Inaugural $1,000 Buckeye Classic Scholarship Winner is Kirsten Nickles!

July 27, 2015 Comments Off

“Horses have provided me with more than winning a class or qualifying for the Youth World Show. They have provided me with leadership skills, communication skills, and social skills which will help me to live up to my future potential, whatever that may be.”

APHA Honors Judges For Years of Service

July 24, 2015 Comments Off

In the first year of this program, APHA will present rings to the 30- and 40-year tenure recipients; 20-year judges will receive their rings in 2016. By 2017, the program will be on-track to award the 10-year recipients.

Paint Horse Championships Come to Nebraska

July 24, 2015 Comments Off

“We are excited about the championships because the extra awards and prestige are providing major incentives for people to come,” Colleen Dubsky, Nebraska Paint Horse Club Awards Committee Chair, said. “We have been advertising at our club shows with flyers. We think it will increase entries from all the out-of-state exhibitors and bring them to Nebraska.”

PQHA Mid-Summer Madness Show Exceeds Expectations With 6,800 Entries

July 23, 2015 Comments Off

The PQHA Mid-Summer Madness show sold over 625 stalls, had total entries of almost 6,800 over the four day/six judge event (an increase of 15% from 2014) and boasted over $30,000 in added money and exhibitor benefits. Exhibitors from over 19 states and Canada were represented at the show.

Displays For 9 Legends Unveiled at AQHA Hall of Fame & Museum

July 23, 2015 Comments Off

Four men were inducted in March during the 2015 AQHA Convention: Thomas Bradbury of Byers, Colorado; AQHA Past President Jim Helzer of Arlington, Texas; the late Stanley Johnston of Miller, South Dakota; and the late Ted Wells Jr. of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Five horses were also inducted: 1989 mare Corona Chick, the 1959 stallion Coy’s Bonanza, the 1930 stallion Plaudit, the 1979 stallion Smart Little Lena and the 1962 Thoroughbred stallion Azure Te.

Gordyville Shootout Was a Big Success With 3,800+ Entries

July 22, 2015 Comments Off

The show recorded over 3,800 entries and hosted the $1,000 added Showmanship and Western Pleasure Shootout, which invites all first and second place class winners throughout the winter and spring circuit shows.

Trading in Boots and Spurs For Running Shoes at The Buckeye Classic 5K!

July 21, 2015 Comments Off

Over 70 people registered for this morning’s inaugural Buckeye Blitz 5K, which kicked off bright and early at 8:30 am at the Eden Park fairgrounds in Ohio.