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NEWS BRIEFS
PAINT RACING NEWS
Bringing you the latest news relating to Paint running horses • Photos courtesy of APHA
Paint Racing in the Northwest Is Right Around
the Corner
The $6,000-added Western States Futurity Paint & Appaloosa finals will take place August 20 in Elko, Nevada. Late payments are still open, with the option of $1,025 due at the time. Call Jeannie Hullinger at (801) 367-1085 for complete details.
First Payment Due for 2023 Texas Hero Futurity
With $50,000 added plus $15,000 to accredited Texas-bred Paint Horses, the Texas Hero Futurity is certain to lure the fastest Paints and Appaloosas to Lone Star Park later this year. Formerly known as the Lone Star Futurity, the trials will be held on November 3, with the finals on November 24 at the Grand Prairie, Texas, track. The first nomination payment of $250 is due August 15. Late nominations will be accepted. For more information, visit
apha.com/racing/nomination-forms, call TPHBA at (817) 781-5980 or email lex@tphba.com.
$35K Added to the Karen Utecht Memorial Race
An outstanding $35,000 will be added to the Karen Utecht Memorial Race taking place September 24 at Lone Star Park. Nominations for this race close September 7. Questions? Contact Lex Smurthwaite with the Texas Paint Horse Breeders Association at (817) 781-5981.
Kim Kar Dashin makes it rain in the 2023 PBRIP Barrel Racing Sweepstakes
With a run as smooth as ice, Kim Kar Dashin burned through the barrel pattern on
July 8 at the 2023 APHA World Championship
Show’s Paint Barrel Racing Incentive
Program Sweepstakes, laying claim to the 1D championship with a time of:17.063. Piloted by Jasarra Bace of Duncan, Oklahoma, the 2016 buckskin mare by Dashin Diesel and out of Aces Power earned a check worth $2,934.
But with nearly $53,000 up for grabs over 5Ds—including bonuses for futurity and Texas- bred horses—that wasn’t the biggest paycheck of the event, which drew 90 entries. A Tru Honor and Teresa Watson were second in the 2D Open and first in the 1D futurity incentive, earning a total of $4,231.50. A Tru Honor is a 2019 black tobiano mare by Tru Oakley and out of Sheza Dash N Jet (QH).
Congratulations to the winners:
1D Champion: Kim Kar Dashin & Jasarra Bace ($2,934)
1D Reserve: Kickinthebhrouttaya & Mindy J Holloway ($2,445)
2D Champion: Sheltys Smoke & Shawna Robinson ($2,745)
2D Reserve: A Tru Honor & Teresa Watson ($4,231.50)
3D Champion: Chico Hills & Paisley Jean Weldon ($2,556)
3D Reserve: Perks Easy Squirt Bug & Stacy Pontious ($2,130)
PAINT RACING CALENDAR
OKLAHOMA TRIALS FINALS
Added $
$30,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000
Added $
$35,000
$50,000
$35,000
$20,000
Distance
350 yds
350 yds
870 yds
400 yds
350 yds
Distance
350 yds
400 yds
870 yds
400 yds
Track
Will Rogers Downs
Will Rogers Downs
Will Rogers Downs
Will Rogers Downs
Will Rogers Downs
Track
Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park
Pot O’Gold Futurity ® G1
Green Country Handicap
Sequoyah Stakes
Speedhorse P&A Championship Futurity
Don Drake Memorial
9/18
10/22
10/2
9/12
9/24
11/14
11/12
FINALS
9/24
12/18
12/18
12/10
TEXAS TRIALS
Karen Utecht Memorial
Lone Star Paint & App Futurity
Battle of the Breeds
Olympia Joe Stakes
11/26
12/3
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August 2023