Results & Awards

• Top 20—Top 20 awards are presented to the horses/exhibitors who earn greatest number of points under 20 judges during a calendar year. At least eight points are required to qualify for these awards. APHA World Championship Show points are excluded. Top 20 awards are presented in: Open Horse, Amateur, Masters Amateur, Amateur Walk-Trot, Novice Amateur, Youth 14-18, Youth 13 & Under and Novice Youth. 
• Rookie of the Year—Rookie of the Year awards honor the top point-earners in their first year of APHA competition.  
  • The Novice Youth Rookie of the Year award is based on total points accumulated by a horse/exhibitor combination in a single calendar year. APHA World Championship Show points are excluded. Eligible exhibitors cannot have won any equine association points, money or world/reserve world titles at any time prior to the year of the award (excluding Youth Walk-Trot and Youth halter points). The exhibitor must be a first-time AjPHA Novice Youth cardholder and ownership requirements must be met. At least six points must be earned to be eligible. 
  • The Amateur Rookie of the Year award is based on total points accumulated by a horse/exhibitor combination in a single calendar year. Points can be accumulated in Amateur, Novice Amateur or Amateur Walk-Trot, but are counted separately for each division. APHA World Championship Show points are excluded. Eligible exhibitors cannot have won any equine association points, money or world/reserve world titles at any time prior to the year of the award (in Open, Youth, Novice Youth, Amateur, Novice Amateur or Amateur Walk-Trot). The exhibitor must be a first-time APHA Amateur cardholder, and ownership requirements must be met. At least eight points must be earned to be eligible.  
• Honor Roll—Honor Roll awards are presented to the 10 top-earning horses/exhibitors in a single event for a specific division during the calendar year. To be eligible for the award, at least 10 points must be earned. Individual divisions based on horse age are recognized in Open halter and performance events, but awards are only presented to the overall division winner of each event.  APHA World Championship Show points are excluded.  
• Zone Top 5—This award recognizes the top five horses/exhibitors in each member zone, based on total points earned within the respective zone in which the horse is owned (Open division) or the respective zone in which the exhibitor lives (Amateur and Youth division) during a calendar year. APHA World Championship Show points are excluded. At least eight points are required in the Open and Amateur divisions, and at least six points are required in the Youth division. 
• Ranch Horse High-Point—The Ranch Horse High-Point award is presented in each division to the horse/exhibitor earning the most overall points in all ranch classes combined. Horses must earn at least one point in the following ranch classes to be eligible for this award: ranch trail, ranch pleasure, ranch reining, ranch cow class (cow work or cutting), ranch rail pleasure and ranch riding. APHA World Championship Show points are excluded.
• PBRIP Horse of the Year—The PBRIP Horse of the Year award
• is awarded to the Paint that earns the most money from all approved PBRIP events during the competition year.
• Six PAC Top Five—Six PAC Top Five awards recognize the top-earning overall PAC credit-earners in a single year, with special recognition for the top five Youth PAC credit-earners as well. Credits must be earned in at least six different open or Youth categories, based on the award. Credits are accumulated by the horse, and all ownership and PAC requirements must be met to be eligible for these awards. 
• PAC Category Year-End Leaders—The PAC enrolled horse that earns the most credits during the calendar year in a given category and an appropriate award will be awarded to the horse’s owner for the Open division and the Youth(s) for the Youth division. A horse must have earned at least 10 credits in that category during that year to qualify. In Zones 12, 13 and 14, Year End awards will also be given to the top five horses in each zone accumulating 10 or more credits in all categories combined. 
• Six PAC Champion—The Six PAC Champion award recognizes a PAC-enrolled horse that places first in at least six different year-end categories on the PAC Leaders List in a single year. All ownership and PAC requirements must be met to be eligible for this award. 
• USDF All-Breeds Award—APHA is a participating organization in the USDF All-Breeds Award, which recognizes registered Paint Horses competing in U.S. Dressage Federation events. APHA recognizes the champion and reserve champion Paints in the following divisions: Open, Junior/Young Rider, Adult Amateur and Vintage Cup. The horse must be registered with APHA and the current owner at USDF must match APHA records; the owner must be a current APHA member to be eligible. For more information about this award, visit USDF.
• Leading Sires/Dams/Breeders—These lists reflect halter and performance statistics collected on leading sires, dams and breeders of Paint Horses, including class winners and points earned. Both year-end and lifetime charts are generated.
• APHA Racing Champions—APHA Running Horse Champion titles are presented to racehorses annually in various age/sex categories based on Racing Committee voting results. Overall age-division champions and world champions are selected, along with honoring racing Honor Roll winners, regional racing award winners, and special leading category winners (owner, breeder, trainer, jockey and more). 

Previous Year-End Award Standings can be viewed online.