American Paint Horse description

The American Paint Horse has a coat pattern that usually consists of more than one color. Paint Horses have been bred over the past 42 years, not only for their colorful coat patterns, but for their intelligence, conformation, athletic ability and strength as well.

The American Paint Horse Association (APHA)

The core mission of the American Paint Horse Association is to register American Paint Horses. The association maintains programs that help its members around the world enrich their experiences with their Paint Horses and increase the value of their horses.

Facts about APHA and American Paint Horses

· More than 312,000 people in 48 nations around the world have owned registered Paint Horses in the past 42 years

· APHA started with 150 members and 250 registered horses in 1962.

· Today, more than 107,000 people in 41 nations and territories are active members of the non-profit horse registry.

· More than 784,000 Paint Horses have been registered to date by APHA.

· The association registers about 55,000 horses per year.

· Nearly 70 percent of the total horses in the registry have received certificates in the last 10 years, making APHA one of the fastest growing breed registries in the world.

· The association hosts more than 1,100 horse shows around the world.

· More than 421,000 entries are processed annually by APHA for horse show exhibitors

· The association employs 155 people at its Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters.

· APHA maintains a $15 million operating budget, used to fund multiple incentives and programs for its members.

· APHA paid out more than $1 million to 2,277 people last year as part of a special “Breeders Trust” incentive program to reward owners and breeders of competitive Paint Horses. APHA makes payouts annually through the program and has awarded nearly $3 million over five years of the program.

· APHA awards more than $100,000 in bonus money to Paint Horse owners as incentives to compete against other breeds at horse shows

APHA World Championship Paint Horse Show

Each year, APHA hosts a World Championship Paint Horse Show to showcase the talents of American Paint Horses. That show includes:

• 14 days of continuous horse show events;
• approximately 2,000 competitive horses;
• exhibitors from throughout the United States, Canada and other foreign nations;
• more than 4,500 entries from horse show competitors;
• three different venues on an 85-acres complex;
• more than $264,000 in prize money and prestigious World Championship titles;
• approximately 144,000 visitors over the two-week duration of the show; and
• free education outreach programs and horsemanship clinics for the public.