Celebrate APHA’s 2023 Paint Alternative Competition winners
APHA’s Paint Alternative Competition program represents Paints who excel outside of traditional APHA breed shows; we are pleased to honor the 2023 year-end division champions below. The full year-end performance review, including the full list of Top 20 and Honor Roll winners, is available in the special year-end digital supplement of the Paint Horse Journal.
Click to read the Paint Horse Journal Year-End Performance Review for 2023
Congratulations to our No. 1 Paint Alternative Competition champions
No. 1 Six PAC Top Five: Izzy Invited
Qualifying Credits: 343
Horse’s Details: A 2014 bay tobiano gelding by Special Invitation and out of Charlies My Daddy
Owner/Lessee: Cathie Batchelor, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Breeder: Kristin R. L. Duncan, Lincolnton, North Carolina
No. 1 Youth Six PAC Top Five: Zaidlyn L. Swain & Sheza Dynamic Rose
Qualifying Credits: 170
Horse’s Stats: A 2018 chestnut tobiano mare by Gentlemen Send Roses and out of A Star N Dee Dark (QH)
Owner/Lessee: Zaidlyn Swain, Bronson, Michigan
Breeder: Ruth Gray, Augusta, Kansas
- Izzy Invited
- Zaidlyn Swain & Sheza Dynamic Rose
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The American Paint Horse Association is the world’s second-largest international equine breed association, registering more than a million horses in 59 nations and territories since it was founded in 1962. APHA promotes, preserves and provides meaningful experiences with Paint Horses.