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Washington State Paint Horse Club, is the oldest Paint Horse Club in Washington. The club's first meeting was on May 4, 1968 in the Kiwanis Meeting Hall in Issaquah, WA. This meeting was a result of the efforts of Karen Ulvestad, Ann McMahan, Joan Haggett, Sharon Mack and Howard and Maxine Yeager and was attended by twenty paint horse enthusiasts.

In 1969 an award system was set up and in November of that same year the Paint Horse Breed was accepted by Washington State Horseman as one of their Breed Divisions; thus becoming eligible for their year end high score awards. On August 31, 1969 WSPHC held their first APHA approved Paint Horse Show at Mar's Stables in Puyallup. It was attended by Paint Horses from all over Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

The next year their show, The WSPHC Paint Royal, was held at The Trails and was an "A" rated show. In 1994 WSPHC Star Spangled Classic hosted the first Washington Bred Weanling Futurities.

For several years the WSPHC has sponsored one of the High Point Awards at the Zone One Zone-O-Rama Show and did so again in 2007.

Past Presidents of WSPHC

1968HOWARD YEAGER
1969DON McMAHAN
1970DON McMAHAN/GENE MOHLER
1971GENE MOHLER/JACK WOODS
1972DEE PARHAM
1973DALE GOURLEY
1974JON GILBERT
1975JON GILBERT
1976SHARON (CLARKE) RICHARDS
1977SANDY (JEFFERSON) KING
1978KATHY KADASH
1979DONNA KIMSEY
1980DONNA KIMSEY
1981HAP WYSE
1982TONY MARTIN
1983JON GILBERT
1984RICK PETRICH
1985JIM CAMPBELL
1986DALE WILSON
1987DALE WILSON
1988EUGENE MINGO
1989LARRY PEUGH
1990LARRY PEUGH
1991LINDA VANCE
1992LINDA VANCE
1993GLADYS DOIDGE
1994GLADYS DOIDGE
1995DIANE CATE
1996DIANE CATE
1997TINA SLATER
1998TINA SLATER
1999DALE NEWCOMBE
2000DALE NEWCOMBE
2001ALEXIS TOMANELLI
2002ALEXIS TOMANELLI
2003BARBARA COIT
2004LINDA VANCE
2005LINDA VANCE
2006JOY BEARDEN
2007JOY BEARDEN
2008ZACK HEMOND


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Latest Update: January 25, 2008
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