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MYHM added to APHA Genetic Health Panel

Livewires Turnpike sets new Lone Star Park Paint track record

New Horse Protection Act requirements for all equine events beginning February 1, 2025

Makena Porter & Jasper Diamond Lynx earn high-point Paint award at 2024 WDAA World Championship

Paint sweeps Open, Run for a Million Qualifier & Chrome Cash titles at NRHA European Derby

2024 USDF All-Breeds Awards: Paint Horses bring chrome to the dressage ring

5th annual PAC World Championship E-Show crowns new champions

‘Reyturn’ of Chrome Cash at the 2024 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity

horseIQ releases mobile app

Chrome Buckle bonus pays nearly $4K to Pink Buckle Paints

2024 APHA Western National Championship Show hits a jackpot in Las Vegas

Paints cashed in at the 2024 APHA/WCHA Halter Million

APHA Past President Mike Short passes

Three leading owner, breeder & exhibitor titles awarded at 2024 Halter Million

Markel/APHA Professional Horsemen recognized at 2024 Halter Million

Snow Gun & Andrea Fappani tapped for 2024 NRHA Hall of Fame

Trillions & Hes So That win 2024 Breeders’ Futurity Leading Sire honors

Forged Through Faith: Angela Valentine’s triumphant return to the show ring with Scriptture

Cow Horses to Conformation: Corina Holman makes her debut at the 2024 Halter Million

Lorna Mathews powers through to a Platinum win with Reputations

Saul Solis shines bright in his showing debut with Very Coolicious

horseIQ unveils revamped resource library

2024 APHA Eastern National Championship Show expands in successful Ohio debut

$1.4M up for grabs at 2024 APHA/WCHA Halter Million

APHA influencers head to WCHA Hall of Fame

Announcing President-Elect Mike Holloway & BOD nominees

Chrome Buckle powered by PBRIP adds guaranteed payouts for Paints at 2024 Pink Buckle

Equine Health course added to horseIQ

2024 APHA World Championship Show records increases in horses & entries

Chrome Cash reins on Paints in Paris

APHA & NSBA partner on horseIQ Equine Business Management Series “Trainer Talks”

Tobiano Loot rewards talented performers with chrome at 2024 APHA World Show

Makenna Noon to lead 2024-2025 AjPHA Executive Committee

APHA publications honored with 2024 APEX Awards of Excellence

Young artists awarded in AjPHA art & photo contests

Markel/APHA Professional Horsemen shine at 2024 Paint World

Paint World Show 2024 crowns all-around champions & leading titleholders

Shooting for Retirement: Jessica Amos & Flash Me A Wild Card take one last ride

Heroes on Horses honored at APHA World Show

First-time fun: How Ava Mariotti’s attitude shaped her first World Show experience

Norman & the Keathly family: The more the merrier

Global connections: Seven Youth lease Paints with help from the Lazos

In Lauren’s Memory

No World Show regrets for Wendy Brown

Adrianna Ortiz & Tardee To Hollywood shine in Open Yearling In-Hand Trail

Team USA crowned overall champions in the 2024 Youth World Games

Teal Bumstead wins 2024 Robyn Hanna Sportsmanship Award

Myah Yeomans & Colten Dulin win 2024 APHA Youth Futurity Project championships

Team Benelux wins the 2024 Youth Team Tournament

Beloved ring steward Ron McMillian dies

Meet APHA’s Summer 2024 Interns

Kimes & MARS sponsor select entry fees at 2024 National Shows

2024 Chrome APHA Member Model Search winners named

New AgPack partnership helps APHA members save up to $35K

Paynt Points incentive program approved for January 2025 launch

Four judges earn APHA cards

APHA Past President Jay Simons dies at 101

Painted Turnpike inducted into Remington Park Hall of Fame

Paint Horse Journal & Chrome earn championship honors for equine media excellence

APHA Welcomes Dylan Davidson as director of marketing & creative design

MemberCare Satisfaction Survey establishes baseline for APHA Strategic Plan objectives

Cuttinup Show Blankets joins as APHA corporate partner

Celebrate APHA’s 2023 Paint Alternative Competition winners

Priefert Manufacturing joins as an APHA Corporate Partner

APHA rewards 2023 High-Point Ranch Horses

Celebrate APHA’s 2023 Top 20 winners

Five clubs earn APHA President’s Gold Star & Club of Distinction awards

John Ed Tabb honored with APHA Don Manuello Ring Steward Award

13 early implementation rules go into effect April 15

2024 APHA Youth World Games team rosters announced

Paint Horse Breeder Legacy Award bestowed on Doris Schocker

2024-2025 AjPHA national directors elected

Repeat winners top Breeders’ Trust charts again in 2023

APHA Chrome Cash & on-site services shine at 2024 NRHA European events

Joe Carter honored with APHA Judge Emeritus Award

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA joins as an APHA corporate partner

Natalie Snapp is the AjPHA Youth Member of the Year

Paint Horses sweep the 2024 The American Performance Horseman championships

Kelley Wainscott honored as 2023 Markel/APHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year

Combining Regular Registry & Solid Paint-Breds for showing headlines 32 rule change proposals passed by APHA state directors

Banister, Hagen & Shanahan elected to APHA Board of Directors

Proposed APHA incentive program Paynt Points aims to foster growth & reward exhibitors

IEA Western Judging added to horseIQ online learning platform

Chrome Cash pays out more than $1M in 2023

16 earn APHA Judge Tenure Award

EuroPaint takes No. 1 on APHA’s Top Shows of 2023 list

Rhonda Culp honored as APHA’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award winner

Rodeo Short Go & Brandie Inman win the 2023 PBRIP year-end championship

Drank Like Hank & Livewires Turnpike are APHA’s 2023 World Champion Running Horses

Paint racehorse identification to use microchipping in 2024 & beyond

2024 APHA Hall of Fame inductees announced

2024 APHA Rule Book—New rules & clarifications take effect January 1

$50,000+ in Chrome Cash matching funds awarded to 10 APHA shows in 2024

Broodmare & Foal Care added to horseIQ online learning platform

APHA welcomes Hannah Eichman as director of Youth & Amateur activities

Lone Woolf & Wesley Galyean score Chrome Cash payday en route to 2023 NCHA Futurity victory

CS Pawn Stars, Reining Royalty & more score Chrome Cash at the 2023 NRHA Futurity

CRM Livewire & Painted Turnpike unlock APHA Million Dollar Sire achievements in 2023

Give back to your Paint Horse community on #GivingTuesday

horseIQ Virtual Youth Triathlon crowns inaugural champions

Chrome Cash & champagne flow in France at the 2023 NRHA European Derby

Nearly $7,000 in Chrome Cash paid at 2023 ARHFA World Finals

2023 SHTX World Championship slides into Chrome Cash

4th Annual PAC World Championship E-Show crowns champions

APHA and NRHA join forces to bring reining lessons to horseIQ virtual learning

Sandy Jirkovsky appointed as APHA director of judges & professional horsemen

Dates slated for the APHA National Championship Shows in 2024, 2025 & 2026

NLDC announces five nominees for the 2024 APHA Board of Directors

Paint stallions earn NRHA achievement honors

8 Paints earn exclusive Chrome Cash payouts at 2023 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity

Mimosa Lady wins 2023 Karen Utecht Memorial Stakes

David Dellin named CEO of American Paint Horse Association family of brands

Pink Buckle goes Chrome in 2023, thanks to PBRIP

2023 Halter Million pays out $1.4 million in cash during premier competition

2023 APHA horseIQ Collegiate & Youth Horse Judging Contest grows by 25%

2023 Western National Championship crowns national champs & all-around winners

2023 Platinum & Gold Breeders’ Futurities set new records at Halter Million

Baby on board doesn’t stop Erin Henderson at the 2023 Halter Million

Special awards honor leading horsemen at 2023 Halter Million

A sweet last hurrah for Bill Bolinger

Lori Search lets Paint camaraderie shine at the 2023 Halter Million

Shes Stylish captures the Scarlet Print award at 2023 Halter Million

Trillions and Execute take home 2023 Breeders’ Futurity Leading Sire awards

Sweet Halter Million wins for O Sprinklez and Tawni Jones

2023 Halter Million is a dream come true for Amy Zabel

Chrome-O-Some Compendium genetic health course joins the horseIQ video lineup

San Luis Potosí será la sede del Seminario de Jueces de APHA en Mexico en noviembre de 2023

Chrome Cash hits the spot at EuroPaint 2023

Splashed White 8 discovered by UC-Davis researchers

IRHA Ranch Horse Futurity heats up in Tulsa for its second year

2023 APHA Eastern National Championship crowns national champs & 20 all-around winners

APHA World Show added-money classes grow by more than 30% in 2023

Will Rogers Memorial Center & APHA provide refuge to displaced horses

Teton Ridge presents the 2024 American Western Weekend

Copious Cash at the 2023 APHA World Show creates impressive gains

All-breed ancillary events contribute to 2023 APHA World Show gains

APHA Launches Industry-Leading PH Central Online Portal Powered by Innately’s OneEquine Technology

Shethinksmyfactorsexy: A Horse of a Different Color

Elza The Snow Queen finds a second chance with the Provow family

Savannah Hunziker gets a whirlwind win in the 2023 Breeders’ Trust Pleasure Stakes

Tobianos cashed in at the 2023 APHA World Show

A Miracle Comeback for Lila Schinker & Appealing Rose

Chrome & Paint Horse Journal claim two 2023 APEX Awards of Excellence

All-around champions crowned at the 2023 World Championship Show

Pink Buckle Paints get an extra shot at cash for 2023 with Chrome Buckle Powered by PBRIP

APHA state director & committee member Howard Norman dies

Riley Francis & executive team elected to lead AjPHA in 2023-2024

Trio of wins for Chrome in 2023 AHP Equine Media Awards

Bella Boren & OHS Flash Me Splashy prove trust conquers all

Kim Kar Dashin & Jasarra Bace win the 2023 PBRIP Barrel Racing Sweepstakes

Jessica Pancost reaches for the stars at the 2023 APHA World Show

2023 Youth Futurity Project teaches AjPHA Youth the value of patience

Haley Smith honors grandfather in World Show debut