Inside This Issue

August 2010 • Volume 44, Number 8
J Zone
28 Take 5
Spend five minutes with Mollie McGuire.
By Abigail Wilder Boatwright
30 Elite Boot Camp
Hard work peppered with fun and camaraderie helps Elite Show Horses’ clients prepare for major APHA shows.
By James Saubolle, with Abigail Wilder Boatwright
 
Trainer's Corner
42 Lend Me a Hand
World champion Bill Mitchell shares the secrets of his proven yearling in-hand training program.
By Bill Mitchell, with Jessica Hein
 
Paints And Paint People
50 All in the Family
Quality horses and a family-comes-first attitude is a winning combination for Yarnelle Farms, a leading breeder of Western pleasure Paint Horses.
By Jessica Hein
58 Race for the Gold
Paint racing’s Pot O’ Gold Futurity and Derby has a history as rich as its ever-expanding purse.
By Tracy Gantz
 
Trainer's Corner
66 APHA’s A-Team
Check out the hot topics that were the talk of the town at the 2010 APHA Workshop, and discover what’s on the ballot for Convention.
By Abigail Wilder Boatwright
72 Grassroots Boost
Implemented for 2012, the new APHA World Show participation-based qualifying rules aim to increase local show participation.
By Megan Brincks
 
In Every Issue
Columns
2 Behind The Scenes
8 Vet’s Bag
Discover the answers to three common questions about foals: when to wean, what to feed and how tall they’ll get.
10 Legal Bits
When buying or selling an unproven weanling or yearling, know which statements are promises and which are simply puffery.
14 Paint Portfolio
18  Member Profile
Equine age can’t keep 21-year-old I Be A Rider and owner-rider Winkie Penrod away from the APHA World Show.
20 Recollections
In 1995, Brave Image and Kim Landry validated Paints’ inclusion in the Old Fort Days Barrel Futurity with a fourth-place finish.
22 Leading Sires Lists
38  Great Rides
Escape to the wild and rugged trails traversing Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana.
142 Coming Up
142 Photo Finish
 
Your Association
70 Fall World Show Update
78 Coming Attractions
99 Disciplinary Actions
101 APHA Membership Figures
103 2010 APHA Convention
106 Honor Rolls
116 2011 Director Election Results
117 2010 Officer and Executive Committee Candidates Named
118 2010 APHA Rule Change Proposals
141 APHA Directory
   
Marketplace
132 Horses for Sale
135 Stallion Alley
137 Classifieds
140 Advertising Indexes