Tag: American Paint Horse Foundation

Alison Umberger
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APHA announces change in executive leadership

FORT WORTH – APHA announced today that George Ready will step down as the association’s 2017 President and as a member of the APHA Executive Committee, effective immediately. The Executive Committee has appointed President-elect Dr. Craig Wood as the acting 2017 President. The decision came soon after APHA’s recently concluded Annual Convention and Membership Meeting in Irving, Texas, where Ready was sworn in. “Based on events at the convention and obvious disagreements on how we go forward, and based on my heavy work schedule, it is in everyone’s best interest for me to resign,” said Ready. Dr.

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New American Paint Horse Foundation Endowment honors Zippos Sensation

  FORT WORTH, Texas – APHA Lifetime Leading Sire Zippos Sensation died July 10 at age 23. Simons Show Horses of Aubrey, Texas, owned the 1993 sorrel overo stallion and it was under their guidance that he became a pillar in the Paint Horse industry. In honor of his substantial legacy to the breed and to support youth scholarships, the Simons family has created an American Paint Horse Foundation endowment. Upon completion, the endowment will support additional scholarship money in Western Pleasure classes at each AjPHA Youth World Championship Show, held in the summer in Fort Worth. Zippos

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AjPHA Youth World Show successfully concludes with increases in key areas

Overall entries up, more scholarship prizes offered, lots of smiling new faces APHA successfully concluded the 2016 American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) Youth World Championship Show on July 9 after 13 days of premier competition for youth ages 18 and under, as well as specialty ranch horse and cutting events. The event took place June 27–July 9 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. This year, the Youth World Show offered more than $165,000 in scholarship prizes to AjPHA members competing at the event. Included were scholarships for top finishers in 82 world

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