{"id":6945,"date":"2016-03-19T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:36:05","slug":"6945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/6945\/","title":{"rendered":"APHA debuts interactive directory for qualifying Paint Horse professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) has made finding Paint Horse professionals easier than ever with the debut of its new interactive online directory. Designed with the help of the National Reining Horse Association, APHA-approved judges and Markel APHA Professional Horsemen can now create their own individual profiles to present their services for free on apha.com.<br \/>\nIndividuals seeking such services may search by name, discipline or location to find the perfect professional for their needs at <a href=\"http:\/\/apha.com\/professional-finder\/professional-search\" target=\"_blank\">apha.com\/professional-finder\/professional-search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/professional-finder.jpg\" alt=\"professional-finder\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/professional-finder.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/professional-finder-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out APHA\u2019s new interactive professional directory here<br \/>\nAfter creating their profile, Markel APHA Professional Horsemen and APHA judges can log in anytime to manage their profiles and keep their information up-to-date. Uploading a profile picture and a description of skills is easy and puts the information in front of thousands of APHA members and limitless additional apha.com visitors.<br \/>\nTo become an APHA judge, applicants must go through a stringent application process, complete the applicant exam and attend the applicant school before being granted an APHA judges card. For more information about becoming an APHA judge, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/apha.com\/association\/judges\" target=\"_blank\">apha.com\/association\/judges<\/a>.<br \/>\nMarkel APHA Professional Horsemen are outstanding members of the APHA community who pledge to encourage professionalism, fairness and integrity throughout the horse industry. Any APHA professional in good standing may apply to become a Markel APHA Professional Horsemen; applications and references are reviewed by the Professional Horsemen Review Council. For more information on becoming a Markel APHA Professional Horseman, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/apha.com\/programs\/profhorsemen\" target=\"_blank\">apha.com\/programs\/profhorsemen<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) has made finding Paint Horse professionals easier than ever with the debut of its new interactive online directory. Designed with the help of the National Reining Horse Association, APHA-approved judges and Markel APHA Professional Horsemen can now create their own individual profiles to present their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,53,14],"tags":[134,142],"class_list":["post-6945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-equinews","category-industry","tag-apha","tag-the-american-paint-horse-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6948,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945\/revisions\/6948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}