APHA rewards 2023 High-Point Ranch Horses
Congratulations to the following horses and exhibitors, who earned high-point ranch horse awards from APHA. They each score a Bob’s Custom Saddle for their 2023 accomplishments.
The full year-end performance review appears in the special year-end digital supplement of the Paint Horse Journal.
Click to read the Paint Horse Journal Year-End Performance Review for 2023
Youth Ranch Horse: Kennedy G. Beltz & PS Remington
Qualifying Points: 111
Hometown: Friendswood, Texas
Horse’s Stats: A 2017 bay overo gelding by Spooks Gotta Gun and out of Smart Chic Toy
Owner/Lessee: Kennedy Beltz
Breeder: Patsy Shelton Schultz, Pottsboro, Texas
Novice Youth Ranch Horse: Cannon D. Tamburello & Hot Lil Appointment
Qualifying Points: 83
Hometown: Harper, Texas
Horse’s Stats: A 2015 black tobiano mare by By Appointment Only and out of Principally Hot (QH)
Owner/Lessee: Angela Lynn Tamburello, Harper, Texas
Breeder: Rita Norris, Liberty Hill, Texas
Amateur Ranch Horse & Open Ranch Horse: Tracy Billing & Whizin To Tinseltown
Qualifying Points: 216 (Amateur), 187.5 (Open)
Hometown: Pilot Point, Texas
Horse’s Stats: A 2016 bay overo gelding by Gunners Tinseltown and out of Whizin Off Sparks (QH)
Owner/Lessee: Tracy Billing
Breeder: Rosanne Sternberg, Aubrey, Texas
Novice Amateur Ranch Horse: Susan Scott & Mizzen Tricks
Qualifying Points: 102.5
Hometown: Granbury, Texas
Horse’s Stats: A 2017 sorrel overo gelding by Tricked Out Spook and out of Smart Chicody Sue (QH)
Owner/Lessee: Susan Scott
Breeder: Tanya Jenkins, Sanger, Texas
Open Solid Paint-Bred Ranch Horse: The Poker Face
Qualifying Points: 90
Horse’s Stats: A 2014 sorrel solid gelding by Wimpys Little Step (QH) and out of A Gal With A Gun
Owner/Lessee: Susan Ensor, Weatherford, Texas
Breeder: Jana Leigh Simons, Aubrey, Texas
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