Natalie Snapp is the AjPHA Youth Member of the Year Natalie Snapp, a 15-year-old from Bellefontaine, Ohio, is the 2023 AjPHA Youth Member of the Year. The Youth Member of the Year award is presented annually to a Youth member who supports the Paint...

Paint Horses sweep the 2024 The American Performance Horseman championships A trio of Paint Horses validated their positions as the best of the best at the 2024 The American Performance Horseman competition. Storyteler, Down Right Amazing and SJR Talkin Diamonds each won their respective...

Kelley Wainscott honored as 2023 Markel/APHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year APHA professional Kelley Wainscott of Sanger, Texas, is the 2023 Markel/APHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year. Wainscott began showing horses in 1985 as a Youth. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she was...

Combining Regular Registry & Solid Paint-Breds for showing headlines 32 rule change proposals passed by APHA state directors The 2024 APHA & AjPHA Leadership Gathering featured four days of opportunities to connect, convene and communicate with Paint Horse enthusiasts on the topics of rule...

Banister, Hagen & Shanahan elected to APHA Board of Directors Karen Banister, Monika Hagen and Christina Shanahan were elected to the APHA Board of Directors for three-year terms. The election took place March 3 as part of the 2024 APHA & AjPHA Leadership Gathering...

Proposed APHA incentive program Paynt Points aims to foster growth & reward exhibitors APHA unveiled plans for Paynt Points, a proposed competition incentive program designed to help grow shows and directly reward exhibitors. In the Paynt Points program, APHA will award cash payouts biannually...

IEA Western Judging added to horseIQ online learning platform A new course explaining the ins and outs of IEA Western competition judging is now available on horseIQ.com, APHA’s interactive learning platform. IEA—Interscholastic Equestrian Association—provides horse show opportunities for student equestrians in grades 4-12. The course...

Chrome Cash pays out more than $1M in 2023 Chrome Cash, APHA’s groundbreaking incentive program, broke the $1 million payout benchmark in only its fourth year. The program makes Paint-exclusive sidepots available for participating APHA-registered horses at select performance horse competitions, traditional all-around shows...

16 earn APHA Judge Tenure Award Sixteen longstanding judges are recognized below for reaching milestone APHA Judge Tenure Awards in 2023. The APHA Judges Tenure Award honors longtime officials who have served APHA for decades as an approved APHA judge; specially designed tenure rings...

EuroPaint takes No. 1 on APHA’s Top Shows of 2023 list The European Paint Horse Championship—“EuroPaint”—in Kreuth, Germany, once again topped the list of APHA’s top shows of 2023, determined by the number of horses per judge. While its number of horses decreased slightly...