Paint Horses excel at NRHA Futurity

FORT WORTH, Texas—The American Paint Horse Association (APHA)
recognized four talented horses with Gelding Plus and Paint Preferred
incentive money for their efforts at the National Reining Horse
Association (NRHA) Futurity, held Nov. 23–Dec. 2, 2006 at the
Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

Part of APHA’s effort to reward Paint Horses for their success in
competition, the Gelding Plus and Paint Preferred incentive programs
honor the owners of top Paint Horses with thousands in added cash.
APHA awarded $15,000 in added money to program winners at the 2006
NRHA Futurity.

This year, 2007, will mark a significant change for APHA’s
incentive programs. While the Gelding Plus program will now be
distributed to top geldings in APHA Zone competition, increased Paint
Preferred incentives will be available at NRHA Futurity. Competitors
with Paint Horses will now have the opportunity to win more than
$40,000 in added money at the 2007 NRHA Futurity through the program.

“We hope that the chance to win even more added money will provide
even more incentive to show Paint Horses at top-level competition
like the NRHA Futurity,” said APHA Paint Programs Coordinator
Jessica McDaniel.

For more information about Paint Horses and the new Paint Preferred
incentive program, visit apha.com/paintpreferred, contact APHA at
(817) 834-2742, extension 249, or e-mail jmcdaniel@apha.com. For more
information about the NRHA, visit nrha.com.

APHA congratulates the owners of the 2006 NRHA Futurity incentive
winners:

2006 NRHA Gelding Plus and Paint Preferred incentive winners

Award/ Horse/ Owner/ Owner’s
Hometown/ Rider/ Added money

Open Gelding Plus/ Gunnin For Diamonds/ Juston Palmer/ Washington,
Utah/ Arno Honstetter/ $5,000

Open Gelding Plus winner, Gunnin For Diamonds, with rider Arno Honstetter aboard, earned owner Juston Palmer of Washington, Utah, $5,000 at the recent National Reining Horse Association Futurity. Photo provided by Waltenberry and used by permission of the NRHA. Hirez JPEG (2.17 mb)

Open Paint Preferred/ The Great Guntini/ John Faulkner/ Dade City,
Fla./ Michael McEntire/ $2,500

Michael McEntire rode The Great Guntini, a sorrel overo stallion owned by John Faulkner of Dade City, Fla., to the money in the Paint Preferred incentive program in the NRHA Futurity's Open division. Photo provided by Waltenberry and used by permission of the NRHA. Hirez JPEG (2.20 mb)

Non-Pro Gelding Plus/ A Simple Plan/ Theodore and Keri Eady/ Sisters,
Ore./ Rachel Eady/ $5,000

Bay tobiano gelding A Simple Plan carried rider Rachel Eady to the Non-Pro Gelding Plus money at the NRHA Futurity, earning owners Theodore and Keri Eady of Sisters, Ore., $5,000. Photo provided by Waltenberry and used by permission of the NRHA. Hirez JPEG (2.36 mb)

Non-Pro Paint Preferred/ Miss Diamond Jane/ Wagman Ranch Inc./
Talala, Okla./ Tamara Wagman/ $2,500

Tamara Wagman rode her bay overo mare Miss Diamond Jane to the Non- Pro Paint Preferred incentive money at the recent NRHA Futurity. The mare is a grand-foal of Miss Janie Robin, the mare Wagman rode to the 1983 APHA Youth 13-and-Under National Championship in reining. Photo provided by Waltenberry and used by permission of the NRHA. Hirez JPEG (2.30 mb)