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money increase to $60,000 for 2001
American Paint Horse Association
pays out $45,000 in first year of Gelding Plus
incentive program
FORT WORTH-The American Paint
Horse Association paid out $45,000 in prize
money in 2000, the inaugural year of its innovative
Gelding Plus Program.
Designed to give horse owners and breeders
of Regular Registry and Paint-bred geldings
an added opportunity to earn prize money and
increase the value of their horses, the program
paid the highest-advancing registered Paint
geldings in both the open and non-pro divisions
of select futurities $5,000 cash awards from
APHA.
The most recent payout went to John and Rebecca
Hofeldt of Green River, Wyo., owners of Budasa
Little Smart. The horse was the highest-placing
Paint gelding in open competition at the National
Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) World Championship
Futurity, held in December. There was no eligible
Paint Horse competing in the non-pro competition
at that event.
At the National Reining Horse Association Futurity
in Oklahoma City, also held in December, Ron and
Ruth Varner of Adams Run, S. C., earned $5,000
with their gelding, GS Red Corvette. The horse
was the highest-placing Paint gelding in open
competition. In the non-pro division, Gay Bay
Prize was the highest-placing Paint gelding. Owner
John Covington of Allen, Texas, picked up the
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All three winning horses were Paint-bred geldings registered
in APHA's Breeding Stock Registry.
APHA maintains the Breeding Stock Registry for Paint-bred
horses that do not have sufficient white to be included in
the association's Regular Registry, but that meet certain
bloodline and registration requirements.
"Although the Paint-bred horses that won these Gelding
Plus events didn't meet color requirements for our Regular
Registry, they certainly were high-quality, athletic, talented
horses," said APHA Assistant Executive Secretary Jim
Kelley.
Kelley pointed out that of the more than 592,000 horses that
have been registered with APHA since its founding in 1962,
30 percent have been classified as solid-colored, Paint-bred.
"These horses are quality animals," he said. "They're
bred from horses with superior genetics, and they have all
the talent and all the ability that their colored counterparts
do.
"The advantage of the Gelding Plus program is that the
owners of both Regular Registry geldings and solid-colored,
Paint-bred geldings have the chance to increase the value
of their horses. They spend time and money training a quality
Paint Horse, with or without color, and this gives them the
opportunity to take him to a competition and earn some money."
With $10,000 in payouts being added in 2001, Kelley foresees
the program growing in popularity.
$60,000 in payouts to be awarded this year
In 2001, enrolled geldings will compete at the following futurities:
-- National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Western and English
Futurities
-- National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Futurity
-- National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity
-- National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity
-- World Barrel Futurity, Barrel Futurities of America
Prepare now for 2002 Gelding Plus payouts
Don't miss out on the chance to earn Gelding Plus prize money
in 2002 at select futurities. It's easy to participate in
the Gelding Plus program.
Enrollment is free, automatic and applies to horses in both
the Regular and Paint-bred (Breeding Stock) registries. To
qualify for Gelding Plus:
-- The horse must be foaled in 1999 or later and registered
as a gelding prior to his 3-year-old year, or gelded and his
status change reported prior to his 3-year-old year. (To be
eligible for the APHA Gelding Plus payout at the 2002 futurities,
owners of horses foaled in 1999 must notify APHA of their
horse's gelding status prior to December 31, 2001.)
-- Owners of the horses must be current members of APHA.
For more information on the Gelding Plus Program, visit the
APHA's Gelding Plus Web site at http://www.apha.com/programs/geldingplus.html
To learn more about the American Paint Horse Association, visit
the association's Web site at http://www.apha.com
or call (817) 834-2742, extension 788. |
