Paint Horse World Show


Paint Horse exhibitors


shatter numbers during the World Championship Show


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Paint Horse exhibitors shat- tered horse, entry and payout numbers during the 2017 APHA World Championship Show in its September debut. The event was held September 20-October 1 at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.


Over 1,100 horses were on


display, generating more than 15,000 entries all vying for more than $800,000 in cash and priz- es. APHA’s world shows hav- en’t cracked the 1,000-horse and 15,000-entry ceiling since the Youth World Show split from the Open and Amateur World Show in 2008.


APHA named 190 world champions over the course of 12 days, and held a total of 291 classes. Thirty-eight U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, Belgium, Mexico and Sweden were repre- sented.


The show saw an increase in several key areas over the 2016 Open/Amateur World Show in- cluding Amateur Walk-Trot class- es (up 51%), Open Halter classes (up 22%), Novice Amateur class- es (up 19%), Amateur Solid Paint- Bred classes (up 17%), total Open classes (up 10%) and Amateur performance classes (up 5%).


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Farnam’s 2-Year-Old West- ern Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddles Stakes classes and the Farnam Non-Pro 3- and 4-Year- Old Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle Stakes paid out over $66,000 to horses that had been consigned to the Farnam/APHA Breeders’ Trust Select Sale. APHA once again hosted the American Cutting Horse Associa- tion’s (ACHA) Cowtown Cutting September 29-October 1, an all- breed cutting event attracting 85 horses (17.7% increase over 2016) and 233 entries (19.8% increase over 2016). The Cowtown Cutting consisted of 24 classes and paid out $26,440.


In addition, APHA partnered


with the World Conformation Horse Association (WCHA) to offer big money to halter enthu- siasts through two premier halter events: the APHA World Cham- pionship Show and the (all-breed) WCHA Breeder’s Championship and Big Money Futurities. All in all, more than $415,000 was up for grabs for Paint halter horses— that included more than $73,000 in APHA Platinum Breeders’ Futurity classes, over $36,000 in Gold/Silver/Bronze Breeders’ Futurity payouts, $20,000 in the


January 2018 Breeders Halter Futurity bonus


payouts, $18,750 from the Lynn Simons Memorial Halter Futu- rity and $268,000 in the WCHA Breeder’s Championship and Big Money Futurities. The WCHA events alone drew 575 entries and 117 horses.


Also new to the World Show this year was the addition of Per- formance Halter classes in both the Open and Solid Paint-Bred divisions, with each attracting healthy numbers of competitors. All in all, APHA show en-


tries totaled 14,630 (2,926 x five judges) bringing the total entries for all combined events to 15,438. “We added several new and exciting things to the show this year,” said APHA Executive Di- rector Billy Smith. “When we see nice increases in numbers like this, it confirms that our members like what we are doing, and that’s what it’s all about. A huge thanks goes out to all exhibitors and show staff for making this year’s event a success.”


All-Around and High-Point winners crowned


Top exhibitors and Paint Horses were recognized for their


achievements at the APHA World Championship Show, which took place September 20–October 1. Twelve all-around (AA) and high- point (HP) awards were presented to competitors who topped all oth- ers in their respective categories, taking home loads of prizes and bragging rights along with plenty of World Show memories. AA AMATEUR: When Ali


Eidson of Tuscola, TX, was horse hunting in 2014, she looked far and wide for her next mount. As it turned out, he was in her back- yard all along—Ali purchased the youngster


Gametime Sensation


from her longtime trainers at Si- mon Show Horses, and the duo has never looked back.


Bringing along a young horse can be a slow road, and while they’ve been successful, Ali and “Doc” haven’t before claimed the all-around title at the World Show. That changed this year: stellar rides in Amateur Hunt-Seat Equi- tation and Horsemanship ended in world championships. They ended up with 128 points—almost 50 points more than the No. 2 finisher in the all-around race. Owned by Ali, Doc is a 2010 sorrel overo gelding by Zippos Sensation and out of Flash N Her


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