{"id":6996,"date":"2016-04-27T14:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2016-04-27T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T20:32:42","slug":"apha-rewards-paints-at-2016-national-reining-breeders-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/apha-rewards-paints-at-2016-national-reining-breeders-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"APHA rewards Paints at 2016 National Reining Breeders Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>For the third consecutive year, high-scoring registered Paint Horses and their exhibitors took home beautiful Gist Silversmiths trophy buckles at the National Reining Breeders Classic, thanks to APHA. The show, which took place April 17\u201324 in Katy, Texas, is one of the nation\u2019s richest National Reining Horse Association-approved events, boasting purses exceeding $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Four Paints ended up in the Top 10 of the prestigious Open Classic Finals with impressive scores exceeding 226.5. According to show management, approximately one-third of all horses showing this year were Paint-bred, most of which were already registered through APHA. Five horses eligible for APHA registration papers joined the family at the NRBC, thanks to on-site registration options, and one\u2014Yes Ima Gunner\u2014even took home a buckle in the Youth division, thanks to the last-minute decision.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the following 2016 APHA\/NRBC buckle winners:<\/p>\n<p><strong>L1 Open Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lil Money Gun, a 2011 palomino overo stallion by Colonels Lil Gun and out of Miss Shiney Cat (QH), ridden by Arnaud Ferret (right) for Double PR Ranch of Pilot Point, Texas<\/p>\n<p><strong>L2 Open Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DP Gunnaoutshinya, a 2011 sorrel overo stallion by Gunnatrashya and out of Out Shinin Wimpy (QH), ridden by Jamie Bissell for Dorminy Plantation of Fitzgerald, Georgia<\/p>\n<p><strong>L3 Open Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cannon Gun, a 2012 sorrel overo stallion by Colonels Smokingun and out of Tuckerette Command (QH), ridden by Gabe Hutchins for Tamarack Ranch of Joseph, Oregon<\/p>\n<p><strong>L4 Open Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gunner Dun It Again, a 2011 buckskin overo stallion by Colonels Smokingun and out of Dun Its Deja Vu (QH), ridden by Andrea Fappani for Paulo Tripoloni of Brazil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open &amp; Open Classic Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doc Bars Smokingun, a 2007 palomino overo stallion by Colonels Smokingun and out of Docs Dunnit Bar (QH), ridden by Shane Brown for Glo Tazi of Castle Rock, Colorado<\/p>\n<p><strong>L1 Non-Pro Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big Creme Chic, a 2010 sorrel overo gelding by Big Chex To Cash and out of Cremes Chic Olena (QH), ridden by Samantha Roper of Hobart, Indiana<\/p>\n<p><strong>L2 Non-Pro Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diamond Studded Guns, a 2012 sorrel overo stallion by Gunnatrashya and out of Like To Flo, ridden by Bailey Kolsun of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>L3 &amp; L4 Non-Pro Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MsDreamy, a 2010 sorrel solid mare by Magnum Chic Dream (QH) and out of A Gal With A Gun, ridden by Rick Christen of Whitehouse, Ohio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Pro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gunners Chic Magnet, a 2011 bay solid stallion by Colonels Smokingun and out of Wind Her Up Chic (QH), ridden by Michelina Carbone of South Bend, Indiana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Pro Classic Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jumpin Jac Trash, a 2007 sorrel solid gelding by Trashadeous and out of Sail Away Rene (QH), ridden by Madison Steed of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes Ima Gunner, a 2005 sorrel solid gelding by Colonels Smokingun and out of Double Sweet BH (QH), ridden by Sidney Perdue (right) of Granbury, Texas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rookie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nuff Gun, a 2006 sorrel solid Paint-bred gelding by Colonels Lil Gun and out of Freckles Frannie (QH), ridden by Suzanne Allman-Mathura of Rockwall, Texas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exhibitors and Paint Horse owners can look forward to even more opportunities to win Gist Silversmiths buckles this year at the Tulsa Reining Classic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the High Roller Reining Classic in Las Vegas and the Southwest Reining Futurity in Ardmore, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>The NRBC\u2014along with other NRHA-approved reining events as well as cutting and cow horse competitions\u2014is one of the numerous designated events for 2016 APHA World Show qualification. The show counts as one of the four required shows needed for participation-based qualification, as well as two of the eight required judges. For a complete list of shows, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apha.com\/reining\"><em>apha.com\/reining<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013\u00a0For the third consecutive year, high-scoring registered Paint Horses and their exhibitors took home beautiful Gist Silversmiths trophy buckles at the National Reining Breeders Classic, thanks to APHA. The show, which took place April 17\u201324 in Katy, Texas, is one of the nation\u2019s richest National Reining Horse Association-approved events, boasting purses exceeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,53,14],"tags":[350,348,347,349,142],"class_list":["post-6996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apha","category-equinews","category-industry","tag-apha-world-show","tag-fort-worth","tag-national-reining-breeders-classic","tag-texas","tag-the-american-paint-horse-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6996","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=6996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6997,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6996\/revisions\/6997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}