FORT WORTH, Texas— Boulet Western Boots, one of the oldest, continuously family-owned Western boot manufacturers in the world, is returning to the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) World Championship Paint Horse Show in Fort Worth, Texas, as a sponsor June 26–July 9.

Named the official boot of the event, the manufacturer will award premium boots to many top World Show competitors. Full-quill ostrich boots will be given to the winner of the All-Around Horse, as well as Amateur and Novice champions, and the High-Point Western Performance Horse winner.

Boulet is also awarding Western boots to the winners of the Reserve All-Around Horse, Amateur Novice, Youth 13 & Under, and Youth 14-18 titles. Other show participants will be awarded the Western boots as well, including the Super Gelding winner, the Oscar Crigler Cattle Award recipient, the High-Point Western Youth, first place in the Parents Western Pleasure class, and the Challenge Reserve Champions. Further recipients include all Open, Amateur, and Novice World Champions of approved Western Riding, Horsemanship, Trail, Western Pleasure, Speed, Cattle and Reining classes.

In 1933, Georges-Alidor Boulet established G.A. Boulet Incorporated. Specializing in the manufacture of Western boots, the company was located in St. Tite, Quebec, Canada, a city known for its quality labor.

Today, the company is managed in the same locale by the family’s third generation: Pierre, Guy, and Louis Boulet. With highly skilled employees, they maintain the tradition of excellence that makes the name Boulet synonymous with exceptional quality.

Boulet tailors the footwear it crafts to its primary market, Western customers, which a representative said APHA helps them reach. Equestrians need a product that can withstand the demands they put on them, something for which the company believes its boots well suited.

Although Boulet’s major product is Western boots, the business also manufactures laced boots, work boots, motorcycle boots, English riding boots and ankle boots. From these categories, customers can choose from more than 150 styles.

To learn more about Boulet and its beautiful boot collection, visit Boulet’s Web site at bouletboots.com or call (418) 365- 3535.

More about APHA
Since its founding 43 years ago, APHA has registered more than 828,000 horses. Currently, American Paint Horses are being registered at APHA’s Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters at a rate of about 50,000 horses each year. The association serves nearly 108,000 members, who are located in every U.S. state, throughout Canada and in 38 other nations and territories around the world.

APHA employs 155 people and has an annual operating budget of $15 million for activities worldwide.

Among the many qualities that make Paint Horses desirable are their sound
conformation, versatile athletic ability, intelligence, calm temperament, willing disposition and beautiful coat color patterns.