Our Mission
Is to promote the paint horse breed and conduct
family orientated functions such as horse shows, trail rides, horse clinics,
picnics, and family fun.
What is the SDPHC?
South Dakota Paint Horse Club is a affiliated club with the American
Paint Horse Association, Inc. that the home office is in Ft. Worth TX. Our
boundary is the state of South Dakota.
The South Dakota Paint
Horse Club is a non profit organization whose objective is to promote an active
interest in Paint Horses, be an affiliate of the “The American Paint Horse
Association, and to show Paint Horses. The club sponsors a variety of
activities, including horse shows, a stallion auction, a futurity, trail ride,
and fun social events. It publishes the “Hoofprints” newsletter seven times a
year. The club’s
Board of Directors consists of the officers (President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, and Secretary) and eight elected directors. The club also has a
National Director and an Alternate to represent the club to the APHA.
The SDPHC was organized in
March of 1970 by a number of horse minded people who thought there should be an
organization in South Dakota to promote the beautiful paint horse. One of the
original members was IZ “Shorty” Carey (father of IJ Carey its current
Treasurer). He was a dedicated horseman who always enjoyed having horses
around. Several of the original families and/or their descended are still active
with the club. Over the years the SDPHC has sponsored some very successful horse
show. Its member’s take every opportunity they can to spread the word about the
versatile paint horse including exhibits at fairs, stock shows, and horse.
The American Paint Horse's
combination of color and conformation has made the American Paint Horse
Association (APHA) the second-largest breed registry in the United States based
on the number of horses registered annually. While the colorful coat pattern is
essential to the identity of the breed, American Paint Horses have strict
bloodline requirements and a distinctive stock-horse body type. To be eligible
for registry, a Paint's sire and dam must be registered with the American Paint
Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or the Jockey Club
(Thoroughbreds). To be eligible for the Regular Registry, the horse must also
exhibit a minimum amount of white hair over unpigmented (pink) skin. Each Paint
Horse has a particular combination of white and any color of the equine
spectrum: black, bay, brown, chestnut, dun, grullo, sorrel, palomino, buckskin,
gray or roan. Markings can be any shape or size (2 inches in any shape), and
located virtually anywhere on the Paint's body. Although Paints come in a
variety of colors with different markings, there are only three specific coat
patterns: overo, tobiano and tovero. These colors, markings and patterns,
combined with stock-type conformation, athletic ability and agreeable
disposition, make the American Paint Horse an investment in quality. (APHA.com)
If you are searching for
your first Paint, the SDPHC is a great place to start.
Special Recognition Congratulations
to the South Dakota Paint Horse Club for being designated as an Official APHA
“President’s Gold Star Club” for 2005-2006
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