| Carl Parker of Marriott-Slaterville, Utah,
is president-elect of American Paint Horse Association
Carl Parker of Marriott-Slaterville, Utah, advanced to president-elect of the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) at the organization’s 2004 Annual Convention, held recently in Tucson, Ariz.
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Carl Parker of Marriott-Slaterville, Utah, advanced to the president-elect position of the American Paint Horse Association. Next fall, he will become president of the 108,000-member organization.
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Parker has been breeding horses for 19 years and has been on the Utah Paint Horse Club board of directors for 14 years. He has served as president of that club for eight of those years. Parker has also served on the Utah Horse Council for nine years.
An APHA member for more than 22 years, Parker has been elected to the executive committee for four consecutive years. During Parker’s most recent term, APHA set a membership record, with nearly 108,000 people now active in the organization.
Participation in many APHA activities and programs continues to grow in popularity, including the World Championship Paint Horse Show, held annually in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2004, APHA logged more than 4,500 entries in that show, which featured more than 1,800 American Paint Horses over a 14-day period.
Since its formation in 1962, APHA has registered more than 793,000 horses in 48 nations around the world. APHA has been registering new American Paint Horses at a rate of about 50,000 per year, making it one of the fastest-growing breed registries in the world.
Parker joins an executive committee that includes Paul Reinbolt of Woodburn, Ky.; Richard Cox of Knightstown, Ind.; Alice Singleton of Mount Vernon, Ark.; Carl Thurow of Wichita, Kan.; John Corbin of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Tom Elliott of Benson, Ariz.
For more information about APHA and the American Paint Horse breed, visit www.apha.com, or call (817) 834-2742, extension 788. |
