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APHA Perseveres in Troubled Economy 4 The now-official recession, which had its beginning in December 2007, certainly had an impact on APHA and its members in 2008. But the past year also had milestones, highlights and innovations designed to carry the Association forward into a hopefully better 2009. The Association continued its work to keep APHA on the technological forefront and provide members with more on-line services. APHA’s Information Technology team developed and launched a Show Management Services Program that enabled show secretaries and managers to verify exhibitor memberships instantly on-line. Summer marked the 5-year anniversary of on-line foal registration. This popular process has grown from just 9% of total registrations in 2004 to almost 24% in 2008. APHA is developing ways to make this process even faster and easier. Feature articles and cover stories about APHA and American Paint Horses appeared in many premier equine publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Horse Illustrated, Cowboys & Indians, American Cowboy, The Equine Journal, NewWestern, Quarter Horse News, The Trail Rider, Western Horse, NRHA Reiner, Young Rider, Equestre, and other publications around the world. The value of this editorial coverage combined with newspaper articles, and radio and television coverage is estimated to exceed $640,000. Reaching the $3 million sire mark is a rare accomplishment in just about every equine discipline. Paint racing saw two stand-out sires—Texas Hero, owned by Buddy Albin of Denton, Texas, and Judys Lineage, owned by father and son Henry and Chuck Bowlan, respectively, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma—achieve this distinction in 2008. Got Country Grip captured the interest of sports fans all over the world as he continued his quest in 2008 for the world record for consecutive undefeated races.The 5-year-old Solid Paint-Bred gelding secured his 16th win during an allowance race in March, tying the North American record of races won held by Thoroughbred greats Cigar, Citation, Hallowed Dreams and Mister Frisky. In April, he attempted to become one of only two racehorses in modern history to win 17 consecutive races. Bust N Moves, a 4-year-old gray Solid Paint-Bred gelding earned his first win of the year and proved to be the spoiler of “Grip’s” winning streak in front of a record-setting crowd at Remington Park. Major sports media picked up on Got Country Grip’s run into the record books and Paint racing received more mainstream press coverage than ever before. Several long-term projects were implemented in 2008 and paid off in a big way. Early in the year, APHA began a registration incentive for both Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Breds that continues to offer a discounted fee for Paint Horses 2 years old and older. APHA encouraged owners to take advantage of the opportunity to register older Paint Horses at a greatly reduced rate. The second portion of the Registration Incentive continues to allow current owners to transfer ownership of a registered American Paint Horse multiple times for a one-time fee of $15. This incentive program resulted in 2,472 additional registrations in 2008. In 2008, Paint Horse Journal writer Abigail Wilder developed a monthly series of exercise and nutritional tips designed specifically to help subscribers get in shape to become better and healthier riders. On-line exercise videos, monthly logs, and suggestions to supersize the workouts were available via painthorsejournal.com. APHA members and their horses made news throughout the year. In January, the Guinness Book of World Records registered an Left: APHA President John Corbin and his wife, Joanne, traveled 700 miles from Colorado Springs, Colorado in May, to attend the “APHA Saddle Up! for St. Jude” Trail Ride. 11-year-old Paint mare, JJS Summer Breeze, as having the longest tail at 12.5 feet. Big Chex To Cash was named to join the Breyer ® stable in 2009 as the most recent reining addition to Breyer’s product line-up since another Paint Horse, Colonels Smokingun, was honored in 2002. At only six years old, the stunningly gorgeous dappled palomino overo Big ChexTo Cash has lifetime earnings of over $200,000 and holds the title to multiple national reining championships. Sired by Nu Chex To Cash (AQHA) and out of Snip O Gun (AQHA), Big Chex To Cash is owned by 23 Partnership, stands at stud in San Marcos, California, and was pictured on the cover of APHA’s 2008 Rule Book. In 2008, the youngest member on the APHA membership roll was Noah Burton Below: Charlie Daniels and his wife Hazel proudly show off the two newest additions to the Twin Pines Ranch—twin Paint fillies. JESSICA HEIN PHOTO COURTESY OFTWIN PINES RANCH
Williams of Mackay, Queensland, Australia, born February 25, 2008. Noah is the first-born of Richard and Cynthia Williams, and a thirdgeneration member of the APHA. Another youth who made noise for APHA in 2008 was reiner Jason Kvols. The Steamboat Springs, Colorado, native won APHA World Championship titles in Youth 14-18 and Senior Reining in June, followed shortly by the USEF National Youth Reining Championships with his Paint Horse mare, Sunny Spotacular. Christine Gordon, of Evergreen, Colorado, was named Youth of the Year by the National Reining Horse Youth Association (NRHyA). The 14-year-old active AjPHA member and avid Paint Horse reining competitor received the honor for her outstanding participation on her Paint Horse, Smart First Move, in the NRHyA Varsity Reining program. Christine got her start with AjPHA four years ago, has served as a National Director since 2006 and was the 2006-2007 Zone 3 representative. She serves as the voice for all AjPHA members in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Chuck Stuart of Tuttle, Oklahoma, was recognized by APHA for being the second Ride America ® participant to reach the 10,000-hour level in the program’s history. Stuart logged his remarkable number of hours aboard his 9-year-old sorrel tovero gelding Pretty And Cool. He and “Toby” rode the state parks in eastern Oklahoma, earning double program hours. After devoting more than 25 years to raising quality Paints and advancing the American Paint Horse breed, country-rock legend Charlie Daniels received the prize of a lifetime in 2008 at his Twin Pines Ranch—a set of healthy, twin Paint fillies. The now spunky and vivacious yearling twins, sired by ranch stallion HLF Smokin Ace and out of Ms Paseos County AQHA, were born in the fields of the Lebanon, Tennessee, ranch on April 23. According to the APHA database, the Association has registered only 323 sets of twins since its inception in 1962. Member Cornelious “Paul” Cleveland, 73, of Houston, Texas, was inducted into the Cowboys of Color Hall of Fame in 2008. The trainer has been turning out top roping horses that excel in rodeo and horse show competition for decades, including several Paint Horses and the Association awarded him a certificate for his lifetime Right: Alisa Bernhard and Fleetstreet Max reached the top with the most world championships for a single horse. Below: Recent Cowboys of Color Hall of Fame inductee Paul Cleveland, astride, recently received a certificate from APHA for his lifetime achievements with Paint Horses. He is shown here aboard longtime roping partner 27-year-old Silkys Traveler, and with two Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials. achievements with Paint Horses. One of Cleveland’s first successes with Paints came with Allen Star Dust, a brown tobiano stallion owned by Napoleon Allen of Houston, Texas. The horse was foaled in 1962— the year that APHA’s predecessor—the American Paint Stock Horse Association— was formed. More than 130 equestrians rode for a cause May 3, when they joined the American Paint Horse Association and Benbrook Stables for their second annual “Saddle Up! for St. Jude” benefit trail ride and auction in Benbrook, Texas. The group raised more than $18,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which treats and works to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. APHA’s annual two-week World Championship Paint Horse Show run made its stop at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, June 21 through July 5. The event saw 1,289 Paint Horses and 4,021 entries from across the world compete in a record 187 events—164 of which were World Championship classes. Amateur Alisa Bernhard of Germantown, Wisconsin, and her homegrown gelding, Fleetstreet Max, set a new World Show record by earning 21 lifetime World Championships. 2008 was also an Olympic year, and marked the third Paint World Games. This international Youth competition fea- PHOTO COURTESY DONTROUT tured Youth representing Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States competing in four divisions: trail, showmanship, horsemanship and reining. Team Germany rode away with the gold, followed by Team Canada and The Dutch Diamonds. In an effort to allow a longer period of time for young horses to mature before competing on a world-class level, APHA split off some World Championship classes from its summer show in 2008. APHA’s much-anticipated inaugural Fall Championship Show was held November 6–15 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. It featured World Championship title classes for weanling and yearling halter, yearling longe line and 2-year-old performance horses and showcased new added-money and jackpot classes, slot classes and select Challenge and Sweepstakes classes. “It was a very good first step for a complete Fall Show,” said exhibitor and APHA National Director Ron Shelly. “The relaxed environment and time to exercise horses inside was a big plus. Looking back ten years from now this will be considered an extremely important step in growing our Association and our World Show venue.” The horse show included 873 entries and 503 horses in 85 classes from 38 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, as well as from Australia, Italy, Mexico and Sweden, and paid out $436,909 in added money. ■ MEGAN LARSON 5
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