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Opt-In: Dual Registration For Cropout paints
thanks to a 2015 rule change, cropout paints have more reasons than ever before to take advantage of dual-registration with the ApHA
by Jessica Hein, APHA
Anne Landers of Collinsville, Oklahoma, knows about marketability. Involved in the rac- ing industry with her husband, Anne has found firsthand that it’s easier to sell her ex-racehorses if they have potential as show horses—and she knows that more opportunities to compete, along with a bit of chrome, never hurts either.
“Our focus is racing and I have a show background, so I’m always looking for horses that might go either way,” she said. “At the end of their racing careers, we find homes for the horses we’ve run, and it’s easier to market a horse that has lots of showing options.”
When the APHA Board of Directors voted at the 2015 Convention to modify the cropout registration requirements, effective immediately, Anne was among the first to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the available options for her Thoroughbred gelding Captain Rocket, a 2007 chestnut with three white stockings, a blaze and a handprint-sized spot on his barrel.
“He started as a race horse and has bounced back and forth between the disciplines,” Anne said. “Last year, he raced and did the show stuff—he is a three-time world champion in
Captain Rocket raced in Thoroughbred competition, is a 3-time World Champion in dressage, and jumps. Now his options are expanded and he can compete in Paint races, USEF/USDF and Pinto shows, and APHA shows.
dressage. Now, it’s theoretically possible for Captain Rocket to race at the Quarter Horse/ Paint racing meet at one track, the Thorough- bred racing meet at another and have options to show in the off-track Thoroughbred shows that are wildly popular now, USEF/USDF and Pinto shows, and the APHA circuit. He also jumps, so the over-fences classes at the APHA shows will be something for us to point toward.”
The BacksTory
Cropouts aren’t new to APHA—Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds with too much chrome have long been welcomed into the APHA family, and they’re an important part of the breed’s history. In 2004, however, the APHA Board of Directors—the association’s rule-making body—voted to shutter the as- sociation to these horses by requiring that all horses registered as of January 1, 2005, have at least one APHA-registered parent.
The so-called “One Paint Parent” rule was in effect until January 1, 2013—directors voted at the 2012 APHA Convention to again permit cropout Paint registration, provided these horses met more extensive color requirements. A handful of owners took advantage of this op- portunity, but the tough color requirements and substantially higher registration fees—well in
Anne Landers was one of the first
to take advantage of the new dual registration cropout rules for her 2007 Thoroughbred gelding Captain Rocket.
excess of $1,000 for a cropout horse age 3 or older—significantly limited participation. “I have, on average, one cropout a day
that crosses my desk for color consideration,” Director of MemberCare Theresa Brown said. “Under the previous cropout registration rules, many of those horses were turned away because the color requirements were very hard to meet. I expect the number of new cropout registra- tions and applications to increase with the new color requirement for those horses.”
Because Quarter Horses currently make up nearly 80 percent of the stock horse marketplace, their owners represent the best opportunity for APHA growth. It’s easier to convince existing
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The new rule guidelines require the same color conditions for cropouts as for horses with at least one Paint
parent: all must have a natural Paint marking in excess of two inches in the “qualifying zone”— an area that extends above the center of the horse’s knee or hock, or beyond an imaginary line from the base of the ear to the outside corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, under the chin and around to the other corner of the mouth.
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