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| I don't look for paints. But I just bought one. This is my first ever APHA ownership experience, she looks like a QH, acts like a QH, and is bred (75%) like a QH. But with paint markings. She's halter/race/show bred and I have her at the breeder now to a proven barrel stallion. I'm excited for the baby and positive he/she will be a good one - no matter the color. |
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Location: Windoming | I ride two solid blacks, one a paint and the other a pinto. A guy asked me what the breeding was on my black horse, and he said, "and don't tell me he's a blankety blank paint." I said, "he's not, he's a pinto! " Both good horses, in my own biased opinion! |
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Location: Missouri | Lee Ann Rust's Ss Streakers R Us breaks all the stereotypes and arguments that are trying to be made on here.
If Paints aren't your thing, good for you. But why knock the breed?
Has anyone looked at statistics? If i'm reading correctly: Total number of living AQHA horses in 2013 was over 2 million (http://www.aqha.com/About/Content-Pages/About-the-Association/AQHA-Annual-Report.aspx ). Total number of APHA horses ever registered is barely over 1 million (http://www.apha.com/association/pressroom/releases/2014/04/23/apha-2013-annual-report-details-association's-accomplishments ). And, 37% of 2013 registered foals were solid.
It just doesn't make sense to say they are inferior because you don't see as many colored paints as regular bays, sorrels, etc. winning.
Edited by just4fun 2014-05-18 3:52 PM
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BHW's Simon Cowell
Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma | A paint has won the average at the NFR in the barrel racing. He could outrun anyone and he was all paint. T Bar and Kim West. |
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Location: Feeding those that need me | Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but to say that paints are simply not as good as Quarter Horses is just ignorance.
As another poster said, there is a HUGE difference in the number of APHA horses born every year compared to their AQHA counterparts.
I think another large problem is that people get hung up on a paints color so they focus on that instead of quality and produce "sub-par" foals. I feel like our paints are bred just as well, if not better, than most AQHA programs, and by breeding them, we are hoping to change the outlook of paints in the barrel industry.
The PBRIP program that was launched last year has been a huge stepping stone for APHA horses and owners and we are getting a lot more interest in our stock than ever before. It is very exciting.
Also, as another poster stated, there are paints out there winning. You just have to look for them because most have not had the number of chances and opportunities that their AQHA counterparts have had. T Bar is an excellent example. As is ShesaRareTreasure that Haley thorne won ALOT of money on. Also anyone ever heard of a gelding named Classy French Paint? Yep, you guessed it. APHA registered. He's a Jr World Champion and has won over 100k+.
Dont tell me paints cant run. I know better. |
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