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PAINT RACING NEWS
Bringing you the latest news relating to Paint running horses • Photos Courtesy of APHA
APHA World Show Is Moving To September
The Open/Amateur World Championship Show will take place Sept. 20–Oct. 1 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. • Show Schedule & Premium Book release
date: Mid-April 2017
• Pre-Entry, Stall & RV Deadline: Aug. 1
• QualifyingPeriod:June1,2016–May31,2017 Speed events are only required to compete at two APHA events. If you are looking for APHA World Show qualifying events, check them out at apha.com/pbrip.
2017 Executive Committee
At the 2017 APHA Convention, the APHA Executive Committee for 2017 was sworn
in to their new positions. Following some modifications in early March, the Executive Committee stands as follows: Acting President: Dr. Craig Wood, Owenton, Kentucky; President-Elect: Mike Short, Shiner, Texas; Vice President: Casey West, Abilene, Kansas; Senior Committee Member: Karen Thomas, Morganton, North Carolina; Fifth Committee Member: Alison Umberger, Broad Run, Virginia; Sixth Committee Member: Dr. Travis Titlow, Roseville, California; Immediate Past President: Susie Shaw, Parsons, Tennessee.
2017 Racing Advisory Committee
The Racing Advisory Committee for the 2017 year was also recently appointed. The Racing Committee stands as follows: Karen Utecht – Staff Liaison; Dr. Craig Wood – Executive Committee Liaison; Jamie Howard – Chair; Steve Wright
– Vice-Chair; Carolyn Bay; Melanie Bearden; Henry Bowlan; Shari Burger; Dawn Cook; Stan Dennison; Mark Dolan; Sandra Garnett Tatom; Andy Golden; Ray Graves; Bruce Grider; Kim Henningsen; Dan Jones; Wendy Keener; Lisa Mullinax; Vicki Neumann; Francisco “Pancho” Villarreal; Teresa Watson.
Upcoming Stakes Races
• PSBA Paint Classic Futurity, Remington Park: Trials – April 14; Final – April 29;
• PSBA Derby, Remington Park: Trials – April 14; Final – April 29;
• OKB Paul Harber Memorial Handicap, Remington Park: April 14
• Colors of Houston Juvenile and Colors of Texas Paint Maturity, Sam Houston Racetrack: April 16
• Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, Remington Park: Trials – May 20; Final – June 3
• Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, Fair Meadows: Trials July 15; Final – July 29
Hotwiredotcom Races To Victory
Hotwiredotcom, a 2015 brown tobiano gelding by CRM Livewire out of Iwilliewantarunner (QH), won the Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity
at Remington Park on March 25. Congratulations to Hotwiredotcom and owners Jim and Shirley Wheeler on their first 2017 stakes win! For complete coverage and details, check out the stakes race recap in this issue of Speedhorse.
PHQ Goodbye Earl Races To Victory
Congratulations are also in order for PHQ Goodbye Earl for winning the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby on March 25. PHQ Goodbye Earl is a 2014 sorrel solid gelding by Awesome Chrome and out of Sayonara. He is owned by Paint Horse Queens of Inola, Oklahoma.
Nomination Forms
Nomination forms can be found on the Paint racing website: apha.com/racing.
Barrel Burners Cashed In Aboard Flashy Paints
Magic Moon Lark, a 2012 bay tobiano gelding, earned top honors with owner Stacie Stephenson at the Utah Horse Council’s Salty Dash Futurity March 17-19, in South Jordan, Utah. From Blackfoot, Idaho, the team placed fourth in the first go-round and third in the second round – timed at :15.677 and :15.750 respectively. The pair won the overall futurity average and a paycheck worth more than $2,200.
“He just ran really consistent, just did his job,” Stacie said in the March 21 Barrel Racing Report. “He’s pretty business-like. He’s just a natural turner, so he was really easy to train.”
“Magic” is by Darkelly (QH) and out of Roll The Moon, and he was bred by Bosen Land & Livestock of Lewiston, Utah. Before retiring
to the cloverleaf, Magic earned $5,591 as a racehorse along with a record of a stakes win, two seconds, and three thirds in 10 starts.
Another set of flashy winners are Lil Gracie Dude and Tillar Murray, who placed second at the Sandhills Stock Show & rodeo in Odessa, Texas, held Jan. 6-14. The couple won $4,446 with a time of :15.37. Lil Gracie Dude is a 2000 sorrel solid gelding by Smart Lil Crimson and out of Gracies Doll (QH), and he is owned by John Fulton Murry III of Fort Worth, Texas.
The East Coast celebrated a winning duo as well with Magnolia Kit Kat and Jen Bruno, who claimed second in the First Frontier Circuit Finals that were held Jan. 12-14 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. With a combined time of :46.19, they earned $2,237 in winnings. Magnolia Kit Kat is a 2008 black solid mare by Magnolia Bar Jet (QH) and out of Prissy Top Gunner. Jen Bruno owns the mare with Brock Merriman of West Stockholm, New York.
In sunny Arizona, Dash Of Sunbeam clocked in a :17.64 to place third in the Parada Del Sol held in Scottsdale from March 10-12. The 2005 sorrel solid mare rode with her owner Rainy Robinson of Caldwell, Idaho, to win $1,440 at the event. Dash Of Sunbeam is by Streak A Dash (QH) and out of Sunny Golden Beam.
Contact APHA
For Paint racing-related questions, contact: Karen Utecht • APHA Director of Racing racing@apha.com • 817-222-6444 apha.com/racing
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