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APHA
"shows the money" with a $10,000 increase in payouts
American Paint
Horse Association Gelding Plus program awards $55,000 in 2001 |
FORT WORTH - Now in
its second year since its formation, the American Paint Horse Association's
(APHA) Gelding Plus Program increased its payout to $55,000 for 2001,
up $10,000 from the previous year's total payout.
At five of the nation's
top futurities, Gelding Plus awarded $5,000 to the highest-advancing American
Paint Horse geldings in open and non-pro divisions.
At the National Reining
Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity, held in Oklahoma City, Okla., in December
2001, Susie Woldt took home the open division check while riding her chestnut
overo gelding, Clifford Corona. At that futurity, Carol Roberts won her
$5,000 check in non-pro division with Will He Boogie.
In fact, Will He Boogie
hit the jackpot in 2001, earning a total of $10,000 in the Gelding Plus
program. With Roberts in the saddle, the multi-talented gelding entered
the competition already having earned $5,000 at the National Reined Cow
Horse Association (NRCHA) Futurity, held in Reno, Nev., in September 2001.
JoAnne Carollo's Paint, A Rainy Day Plan, picked up the $5,000 in the
open division.
APHA presented its
first Gelding Plus award in barrel racing at the Barrel Futurities of
America (BFA) 2001 World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity, held Dec.
3-8, in Oklahoma City. Diamond Trick, owned by Larry and Debby Guy of
Conroe, Texas, earned $10,000 at the futurity. The solid sorrel was the
highest-advancing Paint Horse in both the open and limited rider divisions.
Smokey And The Bandit,
owned by Cully and Missy Hudspeth of Louisville, Miss., was the most recent
Gelding Plus recipient. The sorrel overo gelding earned the award in the
open division of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity,
which concluded Dec. 16 in Forth Worth, Texas.
Earlier in the year,
APHA paid out $20,000, to the open and non-pro Western pleasure and hunter
under saddle champions at the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA)-approved
Southern Belle Invitation in Tunica, Miss.
There was not an eligible
Paint Horse gelding in the non-pro division at the National Cutting Horse
Association (NCHA) Futurity, which brought the total payout in Gelding
Plus money during 2001 to $55,000. During 2002, the APHA will again reward
eligible Paint Horse geldings at these same futurities and anticipates
paying out $60,000.
"As we have now
completed our second year of the Gelding Plus Program, we are seeing the
program achieve the goals initially set for it," said APHA Executive
Secretary Jim Kelley. "Those goals included encouraging participation
of Paint Horses at open equine events to showcase the breed, increasing
gelding registration and to enhance the value of geldings, both colored
and solid."
2001 Gelding Plus
Champions
*NSBA
- Knee Deep N Zip, owned by Deborah Sayre, $7,500.
- Ima Cowboys Hitman, owned by Danielle Lassiter, $7,500.
- Real Groovy, owned by Tami Farnsworth, $5,000.
*NRCHA
- A Rainy Day Plan, owned by JoAnne Carollo, $5,000.
- Will He Boogie, owned by Carol Roberts, $5,000.
*NRHA
- Will He Boogie, owned by Carol Roberts, $5,000.
- Clifford Corona, owned by Susie Woldt, $5,000.
*NCHA
- Smokey And The Bandit, owned by Cully Hudspeth, $5,000.
*BFA World Championship
Barrel Racing Futurity
- Diamond Trick, owned by Larry and Debby Guy, $10,000.
Prepare now for 2003 Gelding Plus payouts
Don't miss out on the chance to earn Gelding Plus prize money in 2003
at select futurities. It's easy to participate in the Gelding Plus program
and enrollment is free. Horses in both the Regular and Paint-bred (Breeding
Stock) registries are eligible. To qualify for the Gelding Plus program:
The horse must be
foaled in 2000 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 2003 Gelding Plus payouts, owners of horses
foaled in 2000 must notify APHA of their horse's gelding status prior
to December 31, 2002.)
Owners of the horses
must be current members of APHA.
For more information
on the Gelding Plus Program, visit APHA's Gelding Plus Web site at http://www.apha.com/geldingplus
For more information
about the American Paint Horse Association, visit the association's Web
site at http://www.apha.com or call
(817) 834-2742, extension 788.
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