• 2022 APHA European Paint Championships Highlights

    For the 22nd edition of the APHA European Championship 330 horses arrived in Kreuth. With 1500 entries the Euro Paint is the biggest American Paint Horse Association Show outside the USA.

  • Team USA Wins 2022 Youth World Games

    Photo by APHA/Paint Horse Journal

    Photo by APHA/Paint Horse Journal

    With solid performances in each class and red ribbons across the board, Team USA successfully defended their title and won the APHA Youth World Games held August 21-25 during the European Paint Horse Championship in Kreuth, Germany.
    Nyeah Krasnow-Osorio of Brooklyn, New York; Riley Francis of Richland, Michigan; Abigail Zawisza of Findlay, Ohio; and Cody Dulin of Nampa, Idaho, each placed second in their respective classes, earning Team USA 36 points and the overall win.

  • APHA Teams With Teton Ridge to Launch the American Performance Horseman Competition

    Expanding upon its commitment to elevate and positively impact the Western horse world, Teton Ridge unveiled an unprecedented new event: The American Performance Horseman. The innovative working Western sporting event—which will feature cutting, reining and reined cow horse—will debut on March 10, 2023, in Arlington, Texas, at The American rodeo Western Weekend.

  • 2022 European Paint Horse Championship

    Photo by APHA/Paint Horse Journal

    Photo by APHA/Paint Horse Journal

    The 2022 EURO PAINT, the 22nd European Paint Horse Championship and the biggest Paint Horse Show outside the USA, will be held on August 21-28, 2022 in Rieden Kreuth, Germany. The Euro Paint has been one of the biggest APHA shows right after the World Show in the USA for years!

  • 50th Anniversary of the Ford AQHYA World Kicks Off

    Photo by AQHA Press Release by Shane Rux

    Photo by AQHA Press Release by Shane Rux

    The Ford AQHYA World Championship Show kicked off for the 50th consecutive year July 28 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

    The American Quarter Horse Association kicks off the Ford AQHYA World Championship Show, celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary! Classes began with performance halter geldings at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, in the Jim Norick Arena. The Performance Arena started at 11 a.m. with the new Nutrena Level 1 Champion of Champions 14-18 showmanship class. The show runs through Sunday, August 7, at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

  • Richest AQHA Ranch Horse Event of the Year Kicks Off

    Photo by AQHA Press Release by Shane Rux

    [caption id="attachment_2845" align="alignnone" width=""]Photo by AQHA Press Release by Shane RuxThe AQHA VRH World also plays host to the AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge Finals; AQHA Cattle Level 1 Championships, presented by the Four Sixes Ranch; and the National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance National Championship Show.[/caption]

    The AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships and concurrent events kicked off June 21 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and will award $300,000 in purse and prizes over the next five days.