"Lauren has a passion for the American Paint Horse like I have never seen," Janel Faust, a friend of Lauren's said. "Her dedication to showing and riding her horses is her reason for living. Horses and showing truly keep her alive."

The 19 year-old Brighton, Illinois native, Lauren Kelly, recently won the AjPHA (American Junior Paint Horse Association) Youth Member of the Year Award. Find out more about this amazing young woman.

The first of two premier events hosted annually by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA), the Summer World Championship Paint Horse Show is a showcase for Paint Horse competition. This year’s Summer World Show runs June 23-July 3, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas, at Will Rogers Memorial Center. We have candids provided by youth competitor Paige Stawicki and complete show results. Congratulations to everyone, especially GoMag advertisers.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Taylor on winning 4 World Championships and 1 Reserve with One Flashy Sensation at the APHA Summer World Show! She also was awarded the High Point Youth 14-18. Good Job Taylor!

Multiple APHA Youth World Champion Taylor Prince has some exciting challenges coming up this year. A native of Las Vegas, Prince recently started showing her horse, One Flashy Sensation (Mel), in the all around events. Taylor will be showing this mare at the APHA Youth World this week. It will be quite a task since Taylor has only shown her a few times.

The APHA Executive Committee approved the APHA World Show qualifying proposal--announced June 4 at APHA Workshop. Horse qualification is by participation beginning in 2011, and the first World Shows with qualified entries will be in 2012.

Darol Rodrock has acquired yet another top-level horse to add to his already incredible crop and this time it’s a Paint. Rodrock purchased A Scenic Impulse, a 2002 APHA sorrel overo stallion from the MacDonald/Hachtel Partnership.

“It seems like I’ve been with horses since the moment I got home from the hospital!” eleven year-old MacKenzie Chapman said. The quote by this young equestrian from Battle Creek, Michigan sums up the relationship she and her mother, Kelly Boles Chapman have with horses. The whole Chapman family including father, Rob and son, Reece, six, is involved with the family farm. They raise cattle, hogs, and horses. The family also shows heifers, Angus and Herefords, and market hogs. Walking the pigs is something that the family does almost every day.

This position will report to the Marketing Director and will be responsible for all magazines. He or she will directly manage the editorial staff and the Circulation Manager. The successful candidate must have strong leadership skills, an eye for detail and a passion for producing high quality magazines that will appeal to all of our members.

The Paint Horse Journal, the official monthly publication of the American Paint Horse Association, was recently nominated for 10 awards in the categories of editorial content and design for the 2010 American Horse Publications (AHP) annual awards contest. Out of 783 entries from 97 AHP members, the Paint Horse Journal received 10 nominations in six categories.