Breeders’ Futurity

The Breeders’ Futurity Mare Nomination Deadline (Gold 2021 foals, Platinum 2020 and 2021 foals) is

February 15, 2021. Forms available below.

Platinum Enrolled Sires

Updated 1/21/21- as payments are received stallions will be added to this list.

Established in 2009, the APHA Breeders’ Futurity program was created to complement the APHA Breeders’ Trust program by increasing opportunities and financial rewards for Breeders’ Trust-nominated foals. The Breeders’ Futurity is a prestigious competition featuring the finest American Paint Horses and exhibitors in the world competing in a select slate of classes designed to showcase the offspring of APHA Breeders’ Trust-subscribed stallions and the mares bred to them.

Foals of 2009 were the first crop eligible to compete in the Futurity. The slate of classes in subsequent years grew right along with them; in 2010, yearling halter, longe line and in-hand trail were added and the performance classes began in 2011. Starting in 2021 all Gold performance classes will be held at the APHA World Show held in the summer and the Gold and Platinum Halter classes will be held in the fall along with the WCHA Futurities.

Competition is offered in two divisions:

• Gold – for the Regular Registry offspring and all SPB offspring regardless of stud fee.
  In these divisions, the mare owner must nominate the mare to the program.
• 2021 Classes*
  • Junior Weanling Stallions and Geldings
  • Senior Weanling Stallions and Geldings
  •  Junior Weanling Mares
  •  Senior Weanling Mares
  •  Yearling Stallions
  •  Yearling Mares
  •  Yearling Geldings
  •  Yearling In-Hand Trail
  •  Yearling Longe Line
  •  2-Year-Old Western Pleasure
  •  2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
  •  3-Year-Old Western Pleasure
  •  3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle
  •  3-Year-Old Trail

• Platinum –  A program unto itself, the Platinum division Breeders’ Futurity is an elite weanling and yearling halter futurity. Foals are made eligible for this division by the stallion owner, paying a minimum of $5,000 nomination fee and the Mare owner paying a $200 nomination fee in the weanling and yearling years (late fees apply). These foals are also eligible to enter the Gold division, provided all requirements, fees and payments are met accordingly.
• 2020 Classes*
  • Platinum Non-Pro Weanling Stallions (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Weanling Mares (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Weanling Geldings (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Weanling Solid Paint-Bred Stallions & Geldings (SPB’s that have not been genetically tested or do not carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Weanling Solid Paint-Bred Mares (SPB’s that have not been genetically tested or do not carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Yearling Stallions *NEW FOR 2020 (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker) 
  • Platinum Non-Pro Yearling Mares *NEW FOR 2020
  •  (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Yearling Geldings *NEW FOR 2020
  •  (Regular Registry and the SPB offspring that have been genetically tested and confirmed to carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Yearling Solid Paint-Bred Stallions & Geldings *NEW FOR 2020 (SPB’s that have not been genetically tested or do not carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • Platinum Non-Pro Yearling Solid Paint-Bred Mares *NEW FOR 2020 (SPB’s that have not been genetically tested or do not carry at least one approved Paint pattern marker)
  • *APHA reserves the right to add, cancel or combine classes or hold a “class within a class” as entries warrant.

Once the foals are made eligible, the appropriate Futurity payments must be made for the year(s) the foal is shown only. No futurity payments are made in a year the horse is not shown in Breeders’ Futurity classes at the APHA World Championship Show.

2020 forms can be found below. The Mare Nomination Deadline is now February 15 of the foaling year. For more information please click here for the News Story.

For all the rules and regulations, download the 2019 Breeders’ Trust & Breeders’ Futurity Program Brochure.

Forms and Downloads

Breeders’ Futurity Platinum Weanling and Yearling Mare Nomination Form Online
Breeders’ Futurity Platinum Weanling Mare Nomination Form Printable

Breeders’ Futurity Platinum Yearling Mare Nomination Form Printable

Breeders’ Futurity Gold Mare Nomination Form Online
Breeders’ Futurity Gold Mare Nomination Form Printable
Breeders’ Futurity Platinum Sire Enrollment Form

Links
APHA Breeders’ Trust web site

For questions, please contact Matt Arias, Director of Breeders’ Trust/ Breeders’ Futurity at marias@apha.com