High Plains Paint Horse Club

20/05/2026

🏆 We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our HPPHC Graduating Senior Scholarship Award Recipient, Maverick Hunter. Maverick will be attending Northeastern Jr College in Sterling, Colorado majoring in Production Agriculture with a focus on Ranch and Cattle Management. He will be on the Ranch Horse Team and working at Livestock Exchange Sale Barn in Brush. Maverick shares, “Thank you to HPPHC for their support and for selecting me as a 2026 Scholarship recipient.” We wish Maverick the very best! 🏆

12/05/2026

🏆Congratulations to all of our Year End Award Winners! 🏆

12/05/2026

🏆 Congratulations to our 2026 High Plains Paint Horse Club Recurring Graduate Scholarship, Charlotte Bertanzetti! We were thrilled to watch her during her youth show years and just as thrilled to champion her on through her collegiate career!
“I am honored to accept the High Plains Paint Horse Club Recurring Graduate Scholarship. The support provided through this scholarship will be very helpful as I continue toward my degree at the University of Colorado Boulder where I am majoring in Computer Science. I have shown in HPPHC shows since I was 9 years old and have been grateful to continue to ride my paint horse at White Harvest Farms while in college. Thank you for helping me continue to pursue my education.”
Congratulations Charlotte and Best Wishes in all that you do! 🏆

25/04/2026

Hello! If you are showing at Heart of Rockies , the photographers are hard at work to provide photos for you. Make sure you find your photos at https://www.weirpicturesque.com and PURCHASE them! Photos are copyright until they are purchased so unable to be printed, shared on social media, used in advertisements, etc.

Thank you and good luck to everyone! Feel free to pose for us and don’t forget to smile out there!

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23/04/2026

If you happen to be at the RMQHA Heart of the Rockies Show please make sure to grab yourself a little treat! Complements of our HPPHC Youth!

10/04/2026

We can’t wait to see everyone who RSVP’d to our annual meeting on Sunday! The agenda is below and we plan to get started around 10:15/10:30. See you then!

27/03/2026

Hello Paint Exhibitors! Our first co-sponsored show is coming up soon with RMQHA at the Heart of the Rockies Show! April 22-26th! See the link below for the show bill and other information.

10/03/2026

Save the Date for our upcoming Banquet on April 12! Please make sure to RSVP.

26/02/2026

We send our sincere condolences to Peggy and all of her family, friends, and connections.

Lifetime APHA member and former Distinguished Service Award winner Peggy Gilbert died February 20, 2026. She was 89.

A horsewoman since age 13, Peggy’s first horse was a gaited Pinto. The mare’s colorful markings helped spark Peggy’s interest in the fledgling American Paint Horse Association in the early 1960s. Daughter Beth French says Peggy was one of the first women to breed and promote Paints in Western Colorado.

Peggy was instrumental in developing the first multi-judged APHA show, with support of Colin Beal in Arizona. She hosted clinics and taught lessons at her Colorado-based facility and served as a 4-H leader for about two decades. In 1992, Peggy was honored as Horseman of the Year by the Colorado Horsemen’s Council.

Her passion for Paints extended to the national level, too. Peggy was an APHA state director since 1971. She served on a variety of APHA advisory committees, including those for the National Show, Breed Improvement, Youth, Regional Club, Long-Range Planning, Ways & Means, and the Queen program. Her daughters competed with their Paints in local shows and rodeos, and Beth served as queen—Miss APHA—in 1975. Committed to fostering a love of horses in Youth, Peggy helped create APHA’s Youth membership category. Peggy received the APHA Distinguished Service Award in 2000.

“While her life was filled with faith and family, it was Paint Horses that enabled her to share her knowledge of horsemanship while promoting values such as discipline, perseverance, kindness and honesty,” Beth said. “Without a doubt, Peggy’s most enjoyable activity with Paints were the hours she spent trail riding in Western Colorado, and her fondest memories were of the many Paint Horse friends spanning the continental U.S she and her husband made over the years.”

Peggy is survived by her husband of 70 years, Harry; her two daughters; three grandchildren and their spouses; five great-grandchildren; and beloved Paint Emage Of A Cutter.

Read the release 🔗 https://bit.ly/PeggyGilbert

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25/02/2026

Calling all Youth Members that are graduating in 2026, graduating in 2027 and/or in their first 4 years of college and are interested in applying for the High Plains Paint Horse Club Scholarship! The deadline for applications will be March 31, 2026 with the winner announcements made in late April/early May! Please consider applying for this wonderful opportunity! For a word document to be sent, please reach out directly to Britt using the information provided on the application info sheet.

20/02/2026

📣 Calling all Youth looking for a challenge!! 📣

Got a standout prospect in your barn? 🐴

Nominations are now open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞, and horses must be nominated by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, to be eligible to compete at the APHA World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas. This program invites Youth exhibitors to document their training journey and showcase their progress on one of the Paint Horse industry’s biggest stages.

✔ AjPHA membership required
✔ No horse ownership requirement
✔ All breeds welcome, ages yearling to 3-year-old
✔ Youth submit a monthly logbook to document training and growth

Visit the link to nominate and learn more 🔗 https://forms.apha.com/team/apha/YFPNomination

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