Hop around the 2026 APHA World Championship Show schedule, and you’ll find easter eggs totaling $114,500 in added money for all-around events like Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, longe line and trail. With perks like that, there’s no better time to plan your trip to the premier Paint Horse show, which takes place June 19–July 4 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Notable Highlights:
- 4 Breeders’ Trust Stakes with an estimated total combined payout of over $50,000 for elite 3-year-old horses
- 5 all-breed Super Sires classes with $46,000 added
- 7 added-money Southern Belle Breeders classes
- 16 APHA sweepstakes classes with $54,000 added
- 14 Gold Breeders’ Futurity classes with $25,000 added
As always, no qualifying is required to compete at the APHA World Show. Regular Registry and solid Paint-bred horses compete together in all APHA classes.
2026 APHA World Championship Show
June 19–July 4, 2026
Will Rogers Memorial Center
Fort Worth, Texas
apha.com/worldshow
All-Around Events: $114,500 added
Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, longe line, trail & more
Sponsored by APHA
- Breeders’ Trust 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes: $2,000 minimum added*
- Breeders’ Trust 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Stakes: $2,000 minimum added*
- *Estimated combined total payout between both classes $50,000
- Breeders’ Trust Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes: $7,000 added**
- Breeders’ Trust Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Stakes: $7,000 added**
- **Combined total added money between both classes
- 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $7,000 added
- 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes: $7,000 added
- 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- 4-Year-Old & Older Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro 4-Year-Old & Older Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- 4-Year-Old & Older Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro 4-Year-Old & Older Hunter Under Saddle Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Non-Pro Western Yearling Longe Line Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
- Non-Pro Hunter Yearling Longe Line Sweepstakes – $3,000 added
- Bridleless Western Pleasure Sweepstakes: $1,000 added
- 3-Year-Old Trail Sweepstakes: $3,000 added
- Junior Trail Sweepstakes (concurrent with Junior Trail): $3,000 added
- Non-Pro Trail Sweepstakes (concurrent with Amateur Trail): $3,000 added
Super Sires Classes: All-Breed
- Super Sires Novice Horse Western Pleasure, All Ages: $31,000 added
- The Equine Chronicle Super Sires Novice Horse Western Pleasure Open: $20,000 added
- Markel Super Sires Novice Horse Western Pleasure Limited: $5,000 added
- Equilume Super Sires Novice Horse Western Pleasure Non-Pro: $5,000 added
- APHA Super Sires Novice Horse Western Pleasure Color Bonus: $1,000 bonus
- Super Sires Open Western Yearling Longe Line: $5,000 added
- Super Sires Open Hunter Yearling Longe Line: $5,000 added
- Super Sires Non-Pro Western Yearling Longe Line: $2,500 added
- Super Sires Non-Pro Hunter Yearling Longe Line: $2,500 added
Southern Belle Breeder’s Classes
Sponsored by Ohio Quarter Horse Association
- 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle: $500 added
- 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle: $500 added
- 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure: $500 added
- 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure: $500 added
- Senior Western Pleasure: $500 added
- Western Yearling Longe Line: $500 added
- Hunter Yearling Longe Line: $500 added
Gold Breeders’ Futurity+
Sponsored by APHA
- Hunter Yearling Longe Line
- Western Yearling Longe Line
- Yearling In-Hand Trail
- 2-Year-Old Longe Line
- 2-Year-Old In-Hand Trail
- 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure
- 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
- 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure
- 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
- 4- & 5-Year-Old Trail
- Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Showmanship
- Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Hunt-Seat Equitation
- Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Western Horsemanship
- Non-Pro 5-Year-Old & Under Trail
+Total added money will be divided by the total number of Breeders’ Futurity entries and distributed to each class based on the number of paid entries per class.
Details
Enter online at apha.com/worldshow.
Entries open in April 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!
It Pays to be Paint: Paint Horses that earn points in APHA world championship classes also earn Paynt Points payouts. That’s part of APHA’s twice-a-year incentives that reward Paints for their performance in APHA-approved shows. APHA’s added more than $1 million to those payouts in 2026, including Open, Amateur, Novice, Youth and Walk-Trot events, plus the Color Bonus incentive which amplifies earnings for colorful Paint Horses. Learn more at apha.com/payntpoints.
Questions about the World Show? aphaevents@apha.com
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