Barrel Racing

Paint Horses are favorite mounts for barrel racing events, from local playdays to professional rodeos. In addition to offering barrel-racing events at APHA-approved competitions, APHA brings the association to barrel racers at events they already attend. APHA’s Paint Barrel Racing Incentive Program incentivizes ownership and breeding of speed-bred Paint Horses by offering Paint-exclusive sidepots at participating events nationwide.

PBRIP

Paint-Exclusive Sidepots

Founded in 2013, PBRIP—Paint Barrel Racing Incentive Program—bridges the gap between barrel racers who run Paints and APHA. PBRIP brings the breed to you at barrel-racing events nationwide by adding money to sidepots exclusively for participating, PBRIP-enrolled Paints. Each year, PBRIP pays out more than $125,000 at events around the country, along with a huge 4D added-money sweepstakes at the APHA World Championship Show and PBRIP year-end championship awards.

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Enrollment

It’s easy to enroll in PBRIP and start earning extra cash with your Paint barrel horse.

Get yourself a registered American Paint Horse.
The rider and horse owner must have a current APHA membership.
Enroll your Paint in PBRIP; the annual PBRIP enrollment fee is $39 for the first horse and $29 for each additional horse. Enrollment can be purchased at any time during the year, but runs on a January-December calendar.

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Races

Want PBRIP at your event?

To be eligible for PBRIP-sanctioned barrel races, the event/show producer must agree to offer a PBRIP sidepot and follow a few simple guidelines. First, submit an event-approval application with payment at least 30 days prior to the event.

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The PBRIP entry fee is determined by the event producer, but a $10 fee per entry must be paid to APHA at the time the results are reported. Results from the race are due to APHA within 15 days after race concludes. The following information must be included on the results:

Horse’s APHA-registered name
Rider’s name and APHA ID number
Placing and actual time
Money earned, if applicable

Rules

Participating horses must be APHA-registered (Regular Registry or solid)
Horses must be enrolled in PBRIP before they can participate. Enrollment can be purchased at any time during the year and expires December 31.
85% of all enrollment fees collected are used as added money for PBRIP sidepots at select barrel races at the discretion of APHA.
PBRIP added money is only available at races designated and authorized by APHA.
PBRIP sidepot payout is at the producer’s discretion.

Chrome Buckle
APHA, Pink Buckle and Ruby Buckle have partnered to develop the Chrome Buckle Powered by PBRIP, a Paint Horse-exclusive incentive at the West Ruby Buckle event, the East Ruby Buckle event and the Pink Buckle. Chrome Buckle Powered by PBRIP is a class-within-a-class that offers exclusive sidepots to participating Paints.

Chrome Buckle Powered by PBRIP is coming back in 2025!

Points

PBRIP Point System

The PBRIP point system is used to tabulate year-end awards. The point system is based on a 4D, half-second split model.
A minimum of five participants per day is required for point distribution.
APHA World Championship Show points are awarded to PBRIP Sweepstakes entries only.
PBRIP year-end awards will be awarded to the recorded owner of horse as of December 31. The owner must be a current APHA member.
To qualify for any PBRIP year-end award, the horse must earn a minimum of eight PBRIP points.
Tie-Breaker: If two or more contestants tie, the following will be used to break the tie for year-end awards:
- Horse with the greatest number of PBRIP points earned in 1D
- Horse that participated in the greatest number of PBRIP events
- Horse with the greatest number of PBRIP points earned in 2D

5-12 PBRIP Entries
1D	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
2D	6	5	4	3	2	1
3D	5	4	3	2	1
4D	4	3	2	1
13-24 PBRIP Entries
1D	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
2D	9	8	7	6	5	4
3D	8	7	6	5	4
4D	6	5	4	3
25+ PBRIP Entries
1D	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9
2D	12	11	10	9	8	7
3D	10	9	8	7	6
4D	8	7	6	5

Aerial view of a Paint Horse barrel racing.