APHA sponsors Spring Roundup Ride

FORT WORTH, Texas—The American Paint Horse Association is sponsoring its first APHA Spring Roundup Ride, May 10-14, 2000, at Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford, Nebraska.

Providing a fun introduction to cattle work, wranglers will teach ride participants how to roundup, sort, brand, tag and move 75 head of Longhorn cattle and possibly some buffalo. Moving the cow and calf pairs to summer pasture is an integral part of the park's maintenance program.

"Participants are going to be doing actual livestock work that needs to be done," said Jim Lemmon a wrangler at Fort Robinson. "We are looking for people who have a horse, want to come and know how to have a good time."

Cookouts and campfire gatherings are scheduled after the cattle work is complete. The Fort Rob Inn serves up a hearty breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some lunches will be catered on the trail. The three-day, four-night event takes place in the heart of northwest Nebraska's scenic Pine Ridge. Participants lodge in rustic accommodations without phones, televisions or radios. Fort Robinson State Park, Nebraska's largest state park, encompasses more than 22,000 acres and was once an active military post.

Cost for APHA members is $300, $325 for non-members. The fee must be paid in full by April 1, 2000. For a registration form or more information on the Spring Roundup Ride, call Patty Lavelle at (817) 834-2742, extension 248, or e-mail her at plavelle@apha.com.