Intermediate classes mean more ways to win at the 2025 APHA World Show
Double your chances, double your fun—86 Intermediate division classes at the 2025 APHA World Championship Show give you extra chances to win with your Paint!
Intermediate division classes are extra buckle-earning opportunities offered as a class within a class held concurrently with select world championship classes. The main class must be entered in order to be eligible to enter the Intermediate division. Participation is limited to those exhibitors who meet certain eligibility criteria and have not placed in the Top Two for the past five years in the same discipline at events like the APHA World Show, AQHA World Show, NSBA World Show or All American Quarter Horse Congress.
Are you eligible for Intermediate classes? Check out our eligibility chart here.
Intermediate champions and reserve champions win Gist Silversmiths trophy buckles courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim, and prizes are awarded to the Top Five Intermediates in each class.
2025 APHA World Championship Show
June 20–July 6, 2025
Will Rogers Memorial Center
Fort Worth, Texas
apha.com/worldshow
Youth—18 & Under & 13 & Under: 20 Intermediate classes
- Hunter Under Saddle
- Hunt-Seat Equitation
- Showmanship
- Trail
- Western Riding
- Western Pleasure
- Western Horsemanship
- Performance Halter Mares (All Ages)
- Performance Halter Geldings (All Ages)
- Ranch Riding (18 & Under Only)
- Ranch Trail (18 & Under Only)
- Ranch Rail Pleasure (18 & Under Only)
- Ranch Pleasure (18 & Under Only)
Amateur—19 & Over & Masters: 33 Intermediate classes
- Showmanship
- Trail
- Western Horsemanship
- Western Riding
- Hunt-Seat Equitation
- Hunter Under Saddle (Junior & Senior)
- Western Pleasure (Junior & Senior)
- 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 Riding
- Ranch Trail
- Ranch Rail Pleasure
- Ranch Pleasure
- Ranch Conformation (All Ages)
Amateur Walk-Trot: 6 Intermediate classes
- Showmanship
- Western Horsemanship
- Hunt-Seat Equitation
- Western Pleasure
- Hunter Under Saddle
- Trail
Open: 27 Intermediate classes
- Junior & Senior Hunter Under Saddle
- Junior & Senior Trail
- Junior & Senior Western Pleasure
- Junior & Senior Western Riding
- Green Hunter Under Saddle
- Green Trail
- Green Western Pleasure
- Green Western Riding
- 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)
- Junior & Senior Ranch Riding
- Junior & Senior Ranch Trail
- Junior & Senior Ranch Rail Pleasure
- Junior & Senior Ranch Pleasure
Details
Enter online at apha.com/worldshow.
Entries are open and are accepted until 5 p.m. the day before classes take place, but get the best rates by pre-entering by May 15.
Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred Registry horses now compete together in all classes. No qualifying is required!
Questions? aphaevents@apha.com
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