2023 Western National Championship crowns national champs & all-around winners Paints brought the heat to APHA’s 2023 Western National Championship Show, which took place September 21-24, 2023, at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to crowning national champions and tons of fun events, APHA...

2023 Platinum & Gold Breeders’ Futurities set new records at Halter Million APHA’s lucrative Platinum and Gold Breeders’ Futurity programs set new records at the APHA/WCHA Halter Million. The event took place September 23-October 1, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the 2023 Halter...

Baby on board doesn’t stop Erin Henderson at the 2023 Halter Million Erin Henderson from Albany, Oregon, has an awe-inspiring passion for halter horses. She and her husband, Matt, were both born and raised in the halter-horse world, and have been breeding, training and...

Special awards honor leading horsemen at 2023 Halter Million Three leading horsemen awards honored outstanding owners, breeders and exhibitors at the 2023 APHA/WCHA Halter Million. The event took place September 23-October 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. The Halter Million is the premier halter competition for...

A sweet last hurrah for Bill Bolinger Bill Bolinger is not one for sticking to the status quo. The former rough-stock rodeo cowboy from Gainesville, Texas, who once jumped bareback onto his halter horse and rode him out of the arena, has raised and...

Lori Search lets Paint camaraderie shine at the 2023 Halter Million For Lori Search of Melbourne, Florida, there are a million reasons to love the APHA/WCHA Halter Million. The prospect of shiny buckles and ribbons are just the cherries on top. Search is well known...

Shes Stylish captures the Scarlet Print award at 2023 Halter Million When Shes Stylish was born in 2017, breeder Kelley Stone-Wainscott knew she had something special. “I said, ‘I bred the best baby I’ve ever bred in my life,’ ” the horsewoman reminisced. “I...

Trillions and Execute take home 2023 Breeders’ Futurity Leading Sire awards APHA stallions Trillions and Execute are the leading sires of the 2023 APHA Breeders’ Futurity Gold and Platinum divisions, respectively. The awards were presented September 29 at the 2023 APHA/WCHA Halter Million in Fort Worth,...

Sweet Halter Million wins for O Sprinklez and Tawni Jones In the last two weeks, O Sprinklez has won over $70,000 between the 2023 Breeders Halter Futurity in Des Moines, Iowa, and the APHA/WCHA Halter Million in Fort Worth, Texas. But her time in the spotlight almost didn’t...

2023 Halter Million is a dream come true for Amy Zabel One year ago, Amy Zabel was in Illinois, watching the APHA/WCHA Halter Million livestream and admiring the horses parading across her screen. Amy has always loved halter horses and dreamed of the day she would...