Paints top 2024 NCHA Futurity honors & Chrome Cash exclusives
Paints top 2024 NCHA Futurity honors & Chrome Cash exclusives The 2024 NCHA Futurity boasted payouts exceeding $5 million this year. Two Paints were among the exhibitors clinching prestigious championship titles and fat checks at the premier competition hosted by the National Cutting Horse Association November 11–December 7. Sarah Morine of Brock, Texas, and Smart […]
APHA stallion carries Kaci O’Rourke to historic 2024 NRHA Futurity win
APHA stallion carries Kaci O’Rourke to historic 2024 NRHA Futurity win Glass ceilings were broken December 7 in Oklahoma City, when Kaci O’Rourke became the first woman to win the NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open championship. Kaci accomplished the feat aboard her Paint stallion The Fireman (APHA: Mr Fireman), taking home $420,000 for the win. […]
Midili & McCutcheon top 2024 NRHA Futurity Chrome Cash
Midili & McCutcheon top 2024 NRHA Futurity Chrome Cash More than 100 Paint Horses added Chrome Cash to their dance card at the 2024 National Reining Horse Association Futurity, where more than $26,000 was on the line just for Paints. The class-within-a-class exclusively for registered Paint Horses took place during the preliminary round for the […]
Save the Date: 2025 APHA & AjPHA Leadership Gathering returns to Fort Worth
Save the Date: 2025 APHA & AjPHA Leadership Gathering returns to Fort Worth Secure your spot for the 2025 APHA & AjPHA Leadership Gathering, taking place February 27–March 2, 2025. Register for the 2025 Leadership Gathering Now! You won’t want to miss the Fort Worth, Texas, fun that includes: Unforgettable Adventures: Get up close with […]
MYHM added to APHA Genetic Health Panel
MYHM added to APHA Genetic Health Panel Beginning November 18, the APHA Genetic Health Panel now includes testing for Myosin-Heavy Chain Myopathy at APHA partner labs. The MYHM testing comes at no additional cost (as of that date) when purchasing the APHA Genetic Health Panel via UC-Davis or the APHA Panel at Etalon Diagnostics. About […]
Livewires Turnpike sets new Lone Star Park Paint track record
Livewires Turnpike sets new Lone Star Park Paint track record Multiple stakes winner Livewires Turnpike got a new 400 yard Paint track record at Lone Star Park on November 9, 2024, when he defeated post-time favorite and stablemate Wire Tap by a neck in the $15,750 Olympia Joe Stakes. The race took place in Grand […]
New Horse Protection Act requirements for all equine events beginning February 1, 2025
New Horse Protection Act requirements for all equine events beginning February 1, 2025 NOTE: The USDA/APHIS announced January 24, 2025, that new Horse Protection Act regulations have been temporarily postponed 60 days, from February 1, 2025, to April 2, 2025. This includes the details outlined below. APHA is working with the American Horse Council, state-level […]
Makena Porter & Jasper Diamond Lynx earn high-point Paint award at 2024 WDAA World Championship
Makena Porter & Jasper Diamond Lynx earn high-point Paint award at 2024 WDAA World Championship AjPHA member Makena Porter of Snohomish, Washington, and Jasper Diamond Lynx earned the American Paint Horse breed high-score award at the 2024 WDAA World Championship Show. The pinnacle competition for the Western Dressage Association of America took place September 18–22 […]
Paint sweeps Open, Run for a Million Qualifier & Chrome Cash titles at NRHA European Derby
Paint sweeps Open, Run for a Million Qualifier & Chrome Cash titles at 2024 NRHA European Derby All eyes were on Arnaud Girinon and Flexing Guns N Town when they laid down a 230 in the Open Level 4 finals at the 2024 NRHA European Derby at EquitaLyon in Lyon, France. The flashy palomino, owned […]
2024 USDF All-Breeds Awards: Paint Horses bring chrome to the dressage ring
2024 USDF All-Breed Awards: Paint Horses bring chrome to the dressage ring Four Paints adding chrome to the dressage court at U.S. Dressage Federation events were recently honored by APHA as part of the 2024 USDF All-Breed Awards. Graffiti Style, a 2007 chestnut overo mare by C Spot Run N x Country Graffiti, owned by Lynn […]