Day: May 31, 2008

APHA premieres a new world-class show in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—From November 6–15, 2008, the 85-acre Will Rogers Memorial Center complex in Fort Worth, Texas, will be home to the American Paint Horse Association’s (APHA) newest world-class specialty show. Held after the breed’s mid-summer original premier event, the World Championship Paint Horse Show, the inaugural APHA Fall Championship Show will feature world title classes for weanling and yearling halter, yearling longe line and 2-year-old performance horses. It will also showcase breeders futurities, new added-money and jackpot classes, slot classes and select Challenge and Sweepstakes classes. On the move The new show is formatted to allow

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Colorful twins make their debut at Charlie Daniels’ Twin Pines Ranch

FORT WORTH, Texas—After devoting more than 25 years to raising quality Paints and advancing the American Paint Horse breed, country-rock legend Charlie Daniels recently received the prize of a lifetime at his Twin Pines Ranch—a set of healthy, twin Paint fillies. The now spunky and vivacious twins, sired by ranch stallion HLF Smokin Ace and out of Ms Paseos County AQHA, were born in the fields of the Lebanon, Tenn., ranch during the morning hours of April 23. According to the American Paint Horse Association’s (APHA’s) database, which contains the names of nearly 1 million American Paint

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