Breeders Trust Program Overview:

Breeders Trust payout more than $1 million for 2005:

The American Paint Horse Association’s (APHA) Breeders Trust, an incentive program for Paint Horse owners, exhibitors, racers and breeders, will pay out a record $1,044,017. This was the third consecutive year the program paid out more than $1 million — with an increase of more than $35,000 over 2004’s total.

Breeders Trust incentive funds are based on a point value system, with each point being worth a specific amount of money. The 2005 value was $15.238 per point. Yearly dividends are paid to subscribed stallion owners, foal nominators and recorded owners of horses enrolled in the program.

In the Breeders Trust program, the stallion subscriber receives 20 percent of the dividend, the foal nominator 10 percent, and the foal’s recorded owner on December 31 of the showing year 70 percent.

Zippos Sensation’s foals earned the most money in 2005, making the 13-year-old sorrel overo the Number 1 Breeders Trust Stallion for the fifth consecutive year. Seventy-three of his foals earned a total of $82,091.29, which was about $25,000 more than his foals earned the previous year.

“Zippo,” who is sired by Zippo Pine Bar AQHA and out of Satin N Lace, is owned by Simons Show Horses of Aubrey, Texas. The stallion was bred by Joe Bachmuth of Cullman, Alabama.

For the second year in a row, the top money-earning horse is Fleetstreet Max, a 9-year-old sorrel overo gelding owned by Alisa Bernhard of Germantown, Wisconsin. “Max” earned 1,201 points for a total dividend of $18,301.86.

For more information about APHA’s Breeders Trust program, call (817) 222-6416, or e-mail breederstrust@apha.com.

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Breeders Trust information is available at APHA Online.  Nomination and subscription forms are also available for download.

For a complete list of current Breeders Trust participating stallions and rules,  visit the APHA Breeders Trust Stallions