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Ask Paint Horse Pete

May 1 Team Tournament entry deadline (postmark) Great Paint Brush Off entry deadline Youth Member of the Year application deadline (postmark)

May 15 2013 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show

Judging Contest entry deadline (postmark) From the Heart Award applications due (postmark) Club of the Year applications/scrapbooks due (postmark)

May 30– Youth Committee Meeting, 2013 APHA June 2 Workshop, Grapevine, Texas

June 28 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show

Bootcamp, Fort Worth, Texas

June 29- 2 013 AjPHA Youth World Championship July 6 Show & Judging Contest, Fort Worth, Texas July 1 AjPHA Photo Contest entry deadline October 1 Essay/Short Story Contest entry deadline

Q: Dear Paint Horse Pete,

Why is it that when a horse has white around his eye that means they will have a blue eye?

—Taylor Johnson, Dawsonville, Georgia

A: Horses with white hair and pink skin around the eyes often, but not always, have blue eyes. This is because pink skin and white hair is produced by a lack of pigment, and blue eyes are caused by reduced pigment in the iris layer of the eye. This is common in bald and bonnet-faced horses. However, there is a high degree of variability of eye color in Paint Horses. Some bald faces horses

with pink-rimmed eyes have brown eyes; conversely, dark-rimmed eyes (dark eyelids) can be associated with blue eyes. It all depends on how much melanin, or pigment, is produced in the iris.

Please send your questions to: AjPHA

Attention: Ask Pete PO Box 961023

Fort Worth, TX 76161-0023 or email pete@apha.com

Contact us

Do you have AjPHA-related news to share? Contact Director of Youth Activities Shelly deBarbanson. Mail: J Zone News Email:

PO Box 961023 youth@apha.com Fort Worth, TX 76161

Zone 2 Arizona

Madison Dunphy

Utah

Amanda Nelson Andrea Nelson Kelsey Jung Kylee Clark Rylee Morgan

Zone 3 Colorado

Madison Baker Breanna Hitner

Nebraska

Justin Lutjelusche

Zone 4 Oklahoma

Madison Vance Morgan Vance

Texas

Meredith Milton Kelsey Singleton Abby Love Peyton Weldon Libby Collins Carlee Purcell Meagan Gravelle

Zone 5 Iowa

Taylor Kokemiller

Missouri

Erin Blochberger Clay Cumpton Clint Cumpton Rana Orsan Renee Conklin Taylor Young Laurel McMillin

Zone 6 Mississippi

Carly Odom

Zone 7 Maryland

Mark C. Mowbray

New Jersey

Anna Sullivan Callie Jo Ware Kaylea Kinney Nikayla Hetzell

NewYork

Sydney D. Schmidt

Zone 8 Michigan

Mackenzie Gail Chapman

Zone 10 Alberta, Canada

Diana Nordal

Zone 12 France

Jason Arca

Congratulations, New Directors!

AjPHA welcomes new national directors elected for 2013–2014:

2012-2013 AjPHA Executive Committee

President ������������������Colt Cumpton, Adrian, MO

President-Elect ��������Kaitlyn McCulley, Kenney, TX

Vice President ����������Evon Timmons, Marsing, ID

Secretary ������������������Mackenzie Chapman, Bellevue, MI

Treasurer �����������������Madison Dunphy, Glendale, AZ

2012-2013 Zone Representatives

Zone 1 Representative . ....Evon Timmons, Marsing, ID

Zone 2 Representative . ....Madison Dunphy, Glendale, AZ

Zone 3 Representative . ....Breanna Hitner, Brighton, CO

Zone 4 Representative . ....Brett Sanders, Mansfeld, TX

Zone 5 Representative . ....Erin Blochberger, Russellville, MO

Zone 6 Representative . ....Austin Wesley, Chunchula, AL

Zone 7 Representative . ....Sydney Schmidt, Lowman, NY

Zone 8 Representative . ....Holly Jaroche, Hessel, MI

Zone 9 Representative . ....Vacant

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