With $86,000 added, all-breed opportunities, world championships and the World’s Richest Paint Reining, you won’t want to miss the 2023 Cowtown Reining Classic, taking place June 27-30 at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The Cowtown Reining Classic is held in conjunction with the 2023 APHA World Championship Show.
Online entries open in April at apha.com/worldshow. Entries are accepted until 5 p.m. the day before classes take place, but get the best rates by pre-entering by May 15.
Bring your Paints, bring your Quarters, bring your reining horses of any breed—we’ve got opportunities to show and earn cash payouts for all-breeds and all exhibitor levels.
Reining: Total Added Money $86,000
APHA Added-Money Reining Events
Open to Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred Horses
- Chrome Cash 4-, 5-, 6- & 7-Year-Old Reining Challenge (NRHA Levels 1-4) – $30,000 added + $1,000 Texas-Bred Incentive*
- Chrome Cash Non-Pro 4-, 5-, 6- & 7-Year-Old Reining Challenge (NRHA Levels 1-4) – $30,000 added + $1,000 Texas-Bred Incentive*
- Chrome Cash 3-Year-Old Reining Challenge (NRHA Levels 1-4) – $7,500 added + $1,000 Texas-Bred Incentive*
- Chrome Cash Non-Pro 3-Year-Old Reining Challenge (NRHA Levels 1-4) – $7,500 added + $1,000 Texas-Bred Incentive*
Sponsored by APHA & Texas Paint Horse Breeders Association
* Texas-Bred Incentive paid to the Top Three placing horses foaled in Texas
Tobiano Incentive Bonus
$2,000 bonus awarded to the overall highest-scoring tobiano/tovero entry in select world championship reining classes.
Sponsored by Secret Hills Ranch/Peter & Missy Benker
NRHA All-Breed Classes
Open to all breeds
- NRHA Open – $1,000 added
- NRHA Int. Open – $600 added
- NRHA Ltd. Open – $400 added
- NRHA Rookie Pro – Jackpot
- NRHA Non-Pro – $1,000 added
- NRHA Int. Non-Pro – $600 added
- NRHA Ltd. Non-Pro – $400 added
- NRHA Prime Time Non-Pro – Jackpot
- NRHA Youth 13 & Under – Jackpot
- NRHA Youth 14-18 – Jackpot
- NRHA Novice Horse Open Level 2 – $500 added
- NRHA Novice Horse Open Level 1 – Jackpot
- NRHA Novice Horse Non-Pro Level 2 – $500 added
- NRHA Novice Horse Non-Pro Level 1 – Jackpot
- NRHA Rookie 2 – Jackpot
- NRHA Rookie 1 – Jackpot
Sponsored by APHA & Texas Paint Horse Breeders Association
And don’t forget the world championship classes for APHA-registered reiners, including events for Youth age 18 and under that pay out up to four scholarships worth $1,275 total in every Youth world championship class. More than $1.4 million in cash and prizes will be awarded throughout the 2023 APHA World Championship Show.
More info: apha.com/worldshow
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About APHA
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.