New Futurity for barrel horses announced by APHA

Beginning at the 2014 APHA Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show, barrel racing will be added to the Breeders’ Futurity line-up for eligible 4-year-old horses. This will be a great opportunity for your Breeders’ Trust-nominated foal to earn cold, hard cash! A 5-year-old Futurity will begin in 2015 when these foals reach that age.

Make sure your 2010 racing-bred Paint foals are eligible for the American Paint Horse Association’s new Breeders’ Futurity by enrolling their stallion in the APHA Breeders’ Trust by November 30, 2009.

In order to compete, foals must be sired by a stallion that was subscribed to the APHA Breeders’ Trust program for the applicable breeding year, and the foal must be nominated to the Breeders’ Trust prior to earning any APHA points. The foal’s dam must also be nominated to the Breeders’ Futurity program for the respective foaling year, and applicable fees must be paid prior to competing in Breeders’ Futurity competitions.

The APHA Breeders’ Futurity makes its debut at the 2009 Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show. The program was created to add value to Breeders’ Trust-subscribed stallions, the mares bred to these stallions and their offspring. It also presents yet another added-money opportunity to the World Championship Show.

The long-established Breeders’ Trust program provides added incentive for Paint Horse owners to exhibit their horses in the show arena or on the track. The Breeders’ Trust pays cash dividends for points earned by nominated horses at APHA-approved events. In fact, the Breeders’ Trust is the most unique incentive program in the horse industry today. Some of the program’s latest enhancements include:

• Highest stallion subscriber payback ever offered—20%
•  Cash awarded for points earned in APHA-approved races.
•  Non-owner stallion subscriptions.
•  Preferred treatment for re-subscribing stallions.
•  Extended deadline for stallions standing for the first time.
•  New Breeders’ Futurity program designed to make your Breeders’ Trust foal even more valuable.

The Trust is designed so that everyone responsible for the success of an outstanding foal is rewarded. The stallion subscriber, foal nominator and horse’s owner all share in the profit.

For more information about the APHA Breeders’ Trust and Breeders’ Futurity programs, visit apha.com/breederstrust, apha.com/breedersfuturity, or contact Steven Imhof at simhof@apha.com or (817) 222-6441.