Elite Show Horses

09/01/2026

We are loving this incentive! 💸

Our team has earned almost $7500 for the first half of this year! Thank you to Official American Paint Horse Association for pouring back into your exhibitors and members! 🫶🏼

The first Paynt Points Color Bonus payouts are officially in, and Paint Horses had even more earning power. 💸

From January 1–June 30, 2026, Paynt Points paid $12.09 per point, while eligible Paint Horses earned an additional $10.76 per point through the new Color Bonus.

That means eligible horses could earn $22.85 per point between the two programs.

Leading the Color Bonus payouts was Forever My Agent, earning $8,468.25. The 2024 sorrel overo mare by Agent Man and out of Temonup N Showin Off is owned by Fred and Vanessa Cole of Patoka, Illinois.

The Coles also finished the payout period as the leading owners, earning a combined $12,581.42 with two horses. Altogether, $693,021 was paid through Paynt Points and the Color Bonus during the first half of 2026.

See how the payouts stacked up and which Paint Horses cashed in 🔗 https://bit.ly/First2026PayntPointsColorBonus

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08/31/2026

𝒯𝒲𝒪 𝐻𝒪𝑅𝒮𝐸𝒮. 𝒪𝒩𝐸 𝐼𝒩𝒞𝑅𝐸𝒟𝐼𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝒲𝐸𝐸𝒦 𝐼𝒩 𝒲𝐼𝐿𝑀𝐼𝒩𝒢𝒯𝒪𝒩. 🏆

Elite Show Horses headed to Wilmington, Ohio, for the 2026 APHA Eastern National Championship Show with just two horses in the trailer Drivn Me Wild and Yeehaw Cowboy and they made every trip through the gate count.�

Together, they brought home National Championships, Reserve National Championships, High Point titles, unanimous wins and over $3,300 in earnings!�

🏎️ ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕪 𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕤 & 𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕟 𝕄𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕕 — $𝟙,6𝟘𝟡.𝟙𝟘
Daphnee continued an incredible 2026 season, sweeping the Performance Halter Mares with unanimous National Championship wins in the Amateur with Haley and the Open with James Saubolle. Those wins come on the heels of her APHA World Show success, where she was World Champion in Amateur Performance Halter Mares and unanimous World Champion in Open Performance Halter Mares.
Haley and James also each piloted Daphnee to wins in the Western Pleasure Haley in the Amateur and James in the Junior while Haley finished second in both Non Pro Green Horsemanship and Non Pro Green Hunt Seat Equitation.
🥇 Amateur Performance Halter Mares�
🥈 Non Pro Green Horsemanship�
🥈 Non Pro Green Hunt Seat Equitation�
🔹 Top 10 Amateur Horsemanship�
🔹 Top 10 Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation�
🥇 Open Performance Halter Mares — James Saubolle�

🤠 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕟-𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 & 𝕐𝕖𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕨 ℂ𝕠𝕨𝕓𝕠𝕪 — $𝟙,𝟟𝟛𝟙.𝟜𝟘
Maggie and Cowboy put their versatility on full display, earning 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝒫𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝒜𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓊𝓇 & 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝒫𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝐸𝓃𝑔𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝐻𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒, a unanimous National Championship in Amateur Trail, and the win in Amateur Performance Halter Geldings.
They also had some incredible individual cards along the way three firsts and a second in Amateur English Versatility and two firsts and two seconds in Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation!
🏆 High Point Amateur
🏆 High Point English Horse�
🥇 Amateur Trail�
🥇 Amateur Performance Halter Geldings
🥈 Amateur English Versatility�
🥈 Amateur Western Horsemanship�
🥈 Amateur Showmanship�
🥈 Amateur Hunter Under Saddle�
🥈 Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation�
🥉 Senior Trail�
🔹 Top 5 Amateur Western Versatility

𝒯𝓌𝑜 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓈. $𝟥,𝟣𝟦𝟢.𝟧𝟢 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝒯𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓈. 🏆

We couldn't be more proud of Haley & Maggie and the incredible show they put together in Wilmington. Congratulations to everyone involved with these two special horses and their continued success! ❤️

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08/24/2026

Maggie & Cowboy 🤠

What a fun way to spend a weekend in Ohio!

Paint horse friends and their horses ❤📸

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08/21/2026

We’ve had a great first couple of days here at the Official American Paint Horse Association Eastern National Show!

Maggie Book & Yeehaw Cowboy
🥈 Amateur Western Horsemanship

Haley Sims & Drivn Me Wild
🥇 Amateur Western Pleasure
🥈 Non Pro Green Horse Horsemanship Sweepstakes

James Saubolle & Drivn Me Wild
🥇Junior Western Pleasure

Looking forward to the next couple of days!!! So proud of these girls!

08/20/2026

Guns R Good stepped onto the big stage at the 2026 APHA World Championship Show! 🌎✨

Owned by Tracy Shelhorn, “Pepsi” was piloted by Scott Jones in the Senior Hunter Under Saddle, and we couldn’t have been more proud to see this pair represent Elite Show Horses in the World Show pen.

A huge thank you to Scott for stepping in and giving Pepsi such a great ride. It takes a special horse and a talented horseman to come together and make it look like they’ve been a team all along. 🖤

Congratulations to Tracy and everyone behind Pepsi! We’re so proud of this special horse and loved watching him shine in Fort Worth. ✨

08/18/2026

Ohio Bound….

American Paint Horse Association Eastern Nationals

08/11/2026

Talk about a comeback. 👏

After taking last year off to welcome baby Emory, Elizabeth “Libby” Maness and Pop Sensation stepped right back onto the World Show stage and didn’t miss a beat!

🏆 World Champions — Amateur Horsemanship
🥈 Reserve World Champions — Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation

From new mom to World Champion… we couldn’t be more excited for Libby and everything she accomplished with Pop Sensation this year. What a way to come back! 🖤✨

08/09/2026

Obsessed!!!! 🥹🥹

08/08/2026

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Big things are on the way at BarnHQ!

We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on!

You asked. We listened! Stay tuned! ✨

08/08/2026

Congratulations to Sally Griffin on the purchase of this beautiful 3-year-old Heart Stoppin mare! 🤎

We’re excited to get her started in our program and are already looking forward to what 2027 has in store for her!

A big thank you to Eric Felt for being so great to work with throughout the purchase. We’re excited to welcome this girl to the Elite family! ✨