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Beginning with approximately 3,800 horses in the registry, over 1 million Paints are registered with the Association today. APHA ranks second in the number of horses registered annually in the United States, making it one of the largest horse breeds in the world. Although the APHA's primary mission is to record pedigrees, the association is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history, breedi

ng, training, racing, showing, sales and enjoyment of American Paint Horses. More importantly, the heart of the APHA lies in its members, which is why the association strives to develop and sponsor programs that reflect their interests and their love of the American Paint Horse. The APHA's goal is to encourage American Paint Horse owners to find fulfillment with their horses in whatever activities they find most enjoyable, and to give members the opportunity to share in the pleasure of Paint Horses.

Announcing our next group of APHA World Champions! 🎉Amateur Working Cow Horse | 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐭 & Kelsey FulmerAmateu...
08/18/2026

Announcing our next group of APHA World Champions! 🎉

Amateur Working Cow Horse | 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐭 & Kelsey Fulmer
Amateur Steer Stopping | 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝐒 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 & Clint Spiva
Amateur English Versatility | 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐞 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 & Kimberly Guenther
Amateur Reining | 𝐀 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 & Mary Cachat
Amateur Tie-Down Roping | 𝐀 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐱 & Chris Parham
Amateur Ranch Box Drive | 𝐇𝐑 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 & Claire Armstrong
Amateur Breakaway Roping | 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & Sage O'Loughin
Amateur Heeling | 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐳 & Cierra Briggs
Amateur Heading | 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐲 & Jonathan Powell
Amateur Cutting | 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭 & Mike Stevens

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The 2026 APHA Eastern National Championship Show is bringing more than championship competition to Wilmington, Ohio! 🎉Ch...
08/17/2026

The 2026 APHA Eastern National Championship Show is bringing more than championship competition to Wilmington, Ohio! 🎉

Check out the activities happening throughout the week:

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 🤝
Teams will consist of one Open, one Amateur and one Youth rider, with a maximum of 10 teams. The two highest-placing teams will take home prizes.
Sign-ups open at noon Tuesday, August 18. Team Challenge teams will be announced following Ride the Pattern.

🔗 Sign up: https://forms.apha.com/form/apha_ENC_Team_Signup
🔗 Team Challenge rules: https://files.apha.com/s/i/2026_ENC_Team_Challenge_Rules

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵
𝗗𝗜𝗬 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗹/𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀
Get one-on-one time with an APHA Professional Horseman to ask questions and work on areas where you and your horse need extra help. Availability is very limited, and registration will close once all spots are filled. A Professional Horseman will contact participants to schedule a time.

🔗 Sign up: https://forms.apha.com/form/apha-enc-DIY-PH

𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 | 𝟰 𝗽.𝗺. | 𝗥 & 𝗟 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮
APHA’s Senior Director of Judges and APHA Professional Horsemen will walk exhibitors through the hunt-seat equitation, showmanship and Western horsemanship patterns for this year’s Eastern National Championship Show.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 | 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻
Youth exhibitors can join the fun in two age divisions: 13 & Under and 14–18. The winner of each division will receive a DeNiro Boot Co. certificate!

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟭
𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 & 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀 | 𝟴–𝟭𝟬 𝗮.𝗺.
Stop by APHA Corporate Partner Boehringer Ingelheim’s booth on the R & L Arena concourse for sponsored coffee and donuts.

𝗧𝗶𝗲-𝗗𝘆𝗲 𝗧-𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘀 | 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗕𝗔
Back by popular demand! Create your own APHA Eastern National Championship Show tie-dye T-shirt for $10. Watch for the date and time to be announced at the show.

We’ll see you in Wilmington, Ohio, August 19-23, for the 2026 APHA Eastern National Championship Show!

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The Fall 2026 issue of Chrome magazine is here. 🍂Inside this issue, meet award-winning Western performer Kristyn Harris ...
08/17/2026

The Fall 2026 issue of Chrome magazine is here. 🍂

Inside this issue, meet award-winning Western performer Kristyn Harris and the music behind her connection to the American West. See the Western lifestyle through the lens of 831 Ranch Photography’s John Zeldenthuis, discover Chante Argenti’s artistry in custom-crafted leather goods and meet “Phantom,” the Paint c**t who defied the odds with an incredible story of survival.

Chrome is provided digitally to all current APHA members (check your email!) and mailed to members in the U.S. & Canada.

Join or renew your APHA membership so you never miss an issue 🔗 https://apha.com/membership/join-renew/

Purchase extra copies of this issue here 🔗 https://forms.apha.com/team/apha/PublicationsBackOrder

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08/16/2026

A run worth its weight in gold. 🥇

Golden Coins and Kole Price rewrote the reining record books at The Run For A Million with a 237.5, the highest score ever recorded in the sport, to claim the $500,000 championship.

The 2020 bay overo stallion is by Spooks Gotta Gun and out of Electric Cha Ching (QH). He is owned by Coin Toss LLC and was bred by Silver Spurs Equine.

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08/15/2026

Beast Mode: activated at The Run For A Million. 🔥

Three Paints finished inside the Top 5 of The Run For A Million Open Shootout, punching their tickets to the 2027 The Run For A Million.

Casey Deary and 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐈𝐜𝐞 claimed the Open Shootout crown with a 230.5, earning a $29,154 paycheck. The 2021 solid sorrel stallion by SG Frozen In Enterprize (QH) and out of TR Pats Silver Whiz is owned and bred by Amy Medows.

Peter DeFreitas and 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐘𝐚 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐬 secured the fifth and final qualifying spot with a 228.5, earning $10,140.73. The 2018 solid sorrel stallion by Gunnatrashya and out of One Mighty Aphrodite (QH) is owned and bred by Double Run Farm.

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Stall maps, RV assignments/instructions and entry lists for the 2026 Eastern National Championship Show are now live! 🗺V...
08/14/2026

Stall maps, RV assignments/instructions and entry lists for the 2026 Eastern National Championship Show are now live! 🗺

View the RV instructions and assignments 🔗 https://bit.ly/2026RVInstructionsAssignments
View stalling assignments 🔗 https://bit.ly/2026StallingAssignments
View the entry lists 🔗 https://bit.ly/2026ENCEntries

If you have any questions, please contact APHA Events at [email protected] and they can assist you.

Please note there will be road construction on Route 730. This could delay your trip to WEC, so give yourself plenty of time to get to the facility.

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08/14/2026

The Run For A Million 🤝 Paint Horses in the cutting pen

The $250,000 Cutting Horse Challenge at the 2026 The Run For A Million featured some of the world’s top cutting horses and riders, with one run and one opportunity to make it count.

Adan Banuelos and Beau Galyean each marked a 224 aboard their Paints to earn $36,000 apiece and the co-reserve champion titles during the Cutting Horse Challenge.

Adan Banuelos rode 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭, a 2021 red roan solid stallion by Reyzin The Cash and out of Metallistic (QH), owned by Kate Banuelos. Beau Galyean rode 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐝, a 2020 sorrel solid stallion by Stevie Rey Von and out of Sweet Abra (QH), owned by Fults Ranch LTD.

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Welcoming another round of APHA World Champions! 🤝Masters Amateur Senior Western Pleasure | 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 & Leah Hassell...
08/14/2026

Welcoming another round of APHA World Champions! 🤝

Masters Amateur Senior Western Pleasure | 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 & Leah Hassell
Amateur Trail | 𝐘𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 & Maggie Book
Masters Amateur Junior Western Pleasure | 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐍 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐳 & Tiffany Pattison
Masters Senior Western Pleasure | 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 & Lila Owens
Amateur Western Horsemanship | 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & Elizabeth Maness
Amateur Western Riding | 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 & Lila Owens
Masters Amateur Western Riding | 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & Stephanie Mohindra
Masters Amateur Trail | 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & Stephanie Mohindra
Masters Amateur Western Horsemanship | 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & Stephanie Mohindra
Amateur Western Versatility Pattern | 𝐈𝐦𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞 & Aurora Wales

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Drummers Tinker Bell wins MVP honor at 2026 IEA Western National Finals 👏The 2014 dun tobiano mare Drummers Tinker Bell ...
08/12/2026

Drummers Tinker Bell wins MVP honor at 2026 IEA Western National Finals 👏

The 2014 dun tobiano mare Drummers Tinker Bell earned the Most Valuable Paint award at the 2026 IEA Western National Finals.

Drummers Tinker Bell is by Gay Bar Drummer and out of Tru Gay Bar Ebony. She was bred by Joni Voloshin and is owned by Mark & Lori Cross. She was provided by Girl Scouts of San Jacinto for the competition.

Read the online article 🔗 https://bit.ly/IEAMVPHonors

📸: Photo courtesy Ruehle Photographix LLC

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