The APHA Hall of Fame recognizes the outstanding people and horses that have made extraordinary contributions to the association, the Paint Horse breed and the equine industry as a whole. Recognition as an APHA Hall of Fame inductee is the highest honor awarded by APHA. Each year, a new Hall of Fame class is inducted as part of an awards ceremony taking place at the APHA World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas.
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Inductee | Year | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Roberts | 2014 | |||||
| 2 | Sky Top Bar | 2014 | |||||
| 3 | Ray Graves Jr. | 2014 | |||||
| 4 | Wanda Williams | 2014 | |||||
| 5 | Dixie's War Drum | 2014 |
Nominations for the APHA Hall of Fame are due by December 1 to be considered for the next year’s class of inductees.
Nominations must include a completed nomination form detailing the nominee’s achievements, biography, related honors and supporting documentation that demonstrate their impact on APHA and the Paint Horse breed. Each nomination must also include two to four unique letters of recommendation from different sources and a photograph of the nominee.
All materials must be received by the December 1 deadline, and nominations will not be accepted verbally. Submissions may be made online or by emailing materials to Jennifer Crites, or by mailing them to:
American Paint Horse Foundation
Attn: Hall of Fame
122 E. Exchange Ave, Ste 420
Fort Worth, TX 76164
By submitting a nomination, the nominator and nominee grant APHA permission to use and reproduce any materials provided, releasing all rights for distribution to media and the public. All submitted materials become a permanent part of the APHA Hall of Fame archives.
Nominations remain on file for five years. After that period, they must be resubmitted in full for further consideration.
Nominees must have made outstanding and significant contributions to the APHA or the Paint Horse breed over a significant period of years as a breeder, competitor or contributor.
The contributions must have been influential to and supportive of the growth of the association and/or the breed.
The nominee must have been a member of APHA during the period of time of the activities submitted on the nomination form.
Nominees must have remained members in good standing throughout their APHA membership tenure.
If a nominee has been disciplined and loses membership privileges for any reason, the HOF committee may still approve the nominee for HOF induction if the committee concludes that the infraction for which the discipline was administered was not material to the nominee’s overall contributions to the association; provided, however, that the nominee is reinstated to full privileges within his/her tenure.
If a person is disciplined and loses membership privileges for life, fails to be reinstated to membership in good standing, and/or commits an infraction that is deemed, in the opinion of the selection committee, to have harmed or been detrimental to the good order and welfare of the breed, the committee will not recommend the nominee for induction.
A nominee may be living or deceased.
The nominee (mare, stallion or gelding) must have made outstanding contributions to the American Paint Horse breed over a period of years as a sire, dam or competitor or the nominee must have helped the association excel or brought extraordinary recognition to APHA and the American Paint Horse breed.
The nominee (mare, stallion or gelding) must be a registered American Paint Horse or a member of the population of horses that were contemporaries of the originating breed registration organizations.
The Hall of Fame award shall be presented to the last owner of record. Duplicate trophies may be purchased upon request.
A nominee (mare, stallion or gelding) may be either living or deceased.
