Achievements unlocked at 2025 PAC World Championship E-Show
This fall, APHA’s Paint Alternative Competition Program hosted its 6th Annual PAC World Championship E-Show, utilizing the innovative APHA E-Shows platform. The event opened August 1 and concluded October 20, 2025.
Exhibitors practiced and filmed their patterns throughout August, September and October, recording their performances and sharing them via platforms like YouTube or Vimeo with their entries. Judges Casey Orr and Lillian Evaniew-Phelan evaluated entries to select this year’s PAC World Champions.
Our 2025 PAC World Championship E-Show High-Point Exhibitor was Alexis Grant of Wallsburg, Utah. She showed Smoken Chic Hollywood, a 2022 black solid mare. The duo won championships in Ranch Reining, Ranch Trail and Trail Walk-Trot. She also earned reserve in Cutting (Flag), In-Hand Trail, Ranch Rail Pleasure, Showmanship, Showmanship (Walk Only), Western Horsemanship Walk-Trot and Western Versatility Pattern.
2025 PAC World Championship E-Show
- Diverse Competition: 58 classes across Open, Youth and Walk-Trot categories. Disciplines included English and Western performance, ranch, halter and color, barrel racing, in-hand, and both traditional and western dressage.
- Global Participation: 99 entries from 37 exhibitors and 41 horses representing seven countries, including 18 U.S. states and Canadian provinces. More than 21% of entries were outside of the U.S.
- Celebrating Champions: APHA crowned 55 PAC world and reserve world champions.
- Watch the Action: Results and exhibitor videos are available on the PAC program page at apha.com/pac
2025 PAC World Champions
| Class | Placing | Horse | Exhibitor | Owner |
| Barrel Racing | 1 | Fox Diamond Dee Bar | Judi Rehm | Judi L Rehm |
| Barrel Racing (Youth 18 & U) | 1 | Sheza Little Runaway | Erin Hance | Erin Hance |
| Cutting (Flag) | 1 | Heza Hugable Jet | Sabine Lazo | Sabine Lazo |
| Halter Geldings | 1 | A Ballroom Blitz | Tiffany Stuehling | Tiffany Stuehling |
| Halter Mares | 1 | Onlythefanciestwilldo | Krystal Shyne | Krystal Shyne |
| Halter Mares (Youth 18 & U) | 1 | Romeos Prissy Dancer | Meredith Plemons | Todd Flowers |
| Halter Stallions | 1 | My Intentions R Dunn | Michelle Oehler | Michelle Oehler |
| Hunt-Seat Equitation | 1 | Millenium Made | Brandi Thiessen | Brandi Thiessen |
| Hunter Under Saddle (Youth 18 & U) | 1 | Sheza Little Runaway | Erin Hance | Erin Hance |
| In-Hand Trail (All Ages) | 1 | Ultimatums | Christa McCarty | Christa McCarty |
| Longe Line (All Ages) | 1 | One Heavenly Asset | Carolyn Grant | Carolyn J Grant |
| Overo Color Class | 1 | In A Good Way | Christina Sullivan | Kathleen Sullivan |
| Performance Halter Geldings | 1 | Required to be Cool | Aleigh Wyman | Aleigh Wyman |
| Performance Halter Mares | 1 | One Heavenly Asset | Carolyn Grant | Carolyn J Grant |
| Performance Halter Stallions | 1 | Millenium Made | Brandi Thiessen | Brandi Thiessen |
| Ranch Conformation | 1 | OBG Chippens Valentin | Brianna Juhl | Brianna Juhl |
| Ranch Rail Pleasure | 1 | Heza Hugable Jet | Sabine Lazo | Sabine Lazo |
| Ranch Rail Pleasure (Walk-Trot) | 1 | Boondocs Cowboy | Jennifer Walker | Jennifer Walker |
| Ranch Reining | 1 | Smoken Chic Hollywood | Alexis Grant | Alexis Grant |
| Ranch Riding | 1 | Heza Hugable Jet | Sabine Lazo | Sabine Lazo |
| Ranch Trail | 1 | Smoken Chic Hollywood | Alexis Grant | Alexis Grant |
| Showmanship | 1 | Original Beauty VVS | Camille Brisard | Daniel Brisard |
| Showmanship (Walk Only) | 1 | MW Milleniums Maiden | Brandi Thiessen | Brandi Thiessen |
| Showmanship (Youth 18 & U) | 1 | Dont Doubt It | Palmer Liggett | Palmer Liggett |
| Tobiano Color Class | 1 | Cowboys Get Invited | Erica Owen | Shannon Newell |
| Trail | 1 | Whip Cream Machine | Melissa Van Looy | Melissa Van Looy |
| Trail (Walk-Trot) | 1 | Smoken Chic Hollywood | Alexis Grant | Alexis Grant |
| Western Dressage | 1 | After the Gold Rush | Danielle Miller | Danielle Miller |
| Western Horsemanship | 1 | Whip Cream Machine | Melissa Van Looy | Melissa Van Looy |
| Western Horsemanship (Walk-Trot) | 1 | A Kissin Sensation | Jamie Shook | Jamie Shook |
| Western Pleasure | 1 | Gallalito | Cindi McCarthy | Sally Stout |
| Western Pleasure (Walk-Trot) | 1 | Original Beauty VVS | Camille Brisard | Daniel Brisard |
| Western Pleasure (Youth 18 & U) | 1 | Sheza Little Runaway | Erin Hance | Erin Hance |
| Western Versatility Pattern | 1 | Heza Hugable Jet | Sabine Lazo | Sabine Lazo |
Learn more about PAC at apha.com/pac.
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