Bid on a special filly at APHA Fall Championship

If you missed your chance to win champion-bred yearling Gay Bars Christi at last summer's World Championship Paint Horse Show, you will have one last opportunity to call her yours at the inaugural APHA Fall Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas, this November. The filly was donated by Floyd and Maryann Moore of the legendary 6-J Paint Horses in Huntsville, Texas, as a fundraiser for the American Paint Horse Foundation's college scholarship program. The Moores have donated fillies to the Foundation for the past five years and are thrilled that this year's offering has been a great fundraising success that is continuing.

Gay Bars Christi will be available this fall due to the kindness of the winning ticket-holder at last summer's World Show--Elka Daroga of Bayside, Wis. After claiming the prize, the Daroga family donated the filly back to the Foundation, with the expressed wish of helping the organization raise more funds for its worthy causes.

The filly is by Mr Gay Bar Freckles--a multiple Top 10 finisher in reining at the World Show and Reserve Amateur Reining Champion at the European Championships. She is out of Nu Delta Christy, a daughter of APHA Reserve World Champion roping horse Nu Delta.

Gay Bars Christi also has Paint champions Gay Bar O Lena, Delta Olena and Delta in her pedigree. In fact, her pedigree traces back to Delta four times. Delta was the first Paint Horse inducted into the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Hall of Fame and was an NCHA Super Stakes winner.

The yearling prospect has been in training with Amy Andreson of the Barn at Cedar Hill in Cedar Hill, Texas, since May. Her education was made possible through the generous sponsorship of Phil and Susan Drawdy of C.S. Acres in Fort Pierce, Fla., and will continue until she is sold to the highest bidder at the inaugural APHA Fall Championship Show Select Sale on Nov. 8, 2008.

The sorrel tobiano yearling has been trained for yearling longe line, in-hand trail and halter classes. She is currently learning to carry a saddle and ground-driving in preparation for her 2-year-old year.

For more information about the Fall Show Sale, visit aphafallchampionship.com/selectsale.aspx.