Thirteen Amateur Solid Paint-Bred classes added
to 2010 Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show
Offering of halter classes expanded, along with new performance
classes
Fort Worth, TX—The Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show is home to the vast
majority of world-level Open and Amateur Paint Horse competition hosted by the
American Paint Horse Association (APHA). The Fall World Show is also home to the
Association’s slot classes, the Hart Non-Pro Versatility Challenge and the
Breeders’ Futurity classes (which grow in scope annually).
One of the benefits of splitting the World Show into Summer and Fall is an
expanded timeframe in which to offer classes, and one of the most obvious
avenues of expansion is for Amateur Solid Paint-Bred competition. This year,
APHA will offer 13 new Amateur Solid Paint-Bred classes during the Fall World
Show:
Halter classes—
- Amateur SPB Weanling Mares
- Amateur SPB Yearling Mares
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Mares
- Amateur SPB Weanling Stallions & Geldings
- Amateur SPB Yearling Stallions
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Stallions
- Amateur SPB Yearling Geldings
- Amateur SPB 2-Year-Old & Older Geldings
Performance classes—
- Amateur SPB Showmanship
- Amateur SPB Western Horsemanship
- Amateur SPB Western Pleasure
- Amateur SPB Hunt Seat Equitation
- Amateur SPB Hunter Under Saddle
“We encourage all of our members to help get the word out about this exciting
and lengthy list of new class offerings for non-professionals who own and ride
Solid Paint-Bred horses,” said APHA Director of Amateur Activities & Show
Marketing Amy Stapleton. “We hope it will inspire some new faces to come compete
at the World level on horses that may not have extensive APHA show records yet.”
The Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show will be held November 4-13, 2010,
at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The show will feature all
Open and Amateur World competition with the exception of reining and cattle
events, which are held during the Summer World Show. Pre-entry deadline is
September 10, 2010, but entries are accepted with a late fee until 5 p.m. the
day prior to the class.
Visit aphaworldshow.com/fall for
details as they are available, or check out the latest issue of the Paint Horse
Journal.
More about the American Paint Horse Association
Since APHA was founded 48 years ago, it has registered nearly 1 million American
Paint Horses at a rate of around 30,000 horses per year. The Association
currently serves approximately 76,000 active members in 59 nations and
territories. APHA works not only to record Paint Horse pedigrees, but also to
preserve and promote the history, breeding, training, racing, showing, sales and
enjoyment of American Paint Horses.
To learn more about APHA and becoming a member, contact the Association at
(817) 834-2742, or visit apha.com.