Greater Los Angeles Paint Horse Club, promoting the American Paint Horse for 40 years.
Founding member Iggie Harrington of Fillmore, CA. Riding western pleasure on her horse Sun Deck in 1983.
The Greater Los Angeles Paint Horse Club was formed in 1984 to serve Ventura and Los Angeles counties. We are one of the regional clubs of the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) of Fort Worth, TX. The purpose of the club was and still is, to stimulate interest in the American Paint Horse. We want to educate horse owners and perspective owners on the qualities of the American Paint Horse. Paint horses compete and excel in all areas, from western pleasure, cutting & reining, driving & dressage to hunters and even racing. It's the paint horses disposition, natural intelligence and athleticism that make it such an all around great addition to your barn and more importantly, your family.
Floyd Danley showing a colt for Mishawum Farm out of Freedom, NH. In Ventura, CA in 1984
The American Paint Horse is a breed that is as colorful in spirit as it is in appearance. Paint Horse origins date back to the Native American Tribes of North America who valued horses with unique coat patterns and bred horses to achieve those traits. That set the foundation for our modern day Paint Horse. In 1962, the Paint Horse gained recognition as a distinct breed and the American Paint Horse Association was formed to preserve and promote the breed. Regional clubs provide the framework for attracting new members at the local grassroots level. Clubs should offer camaraderie, competition, hospitality and friendship, the Greater Los Angeles Paint Horse Club offers its members that and more.
Iggie Harrington riding english equitation on her
horse Sun Deck in 1983
"It is through mysterious power that we have our being, and therefore yield to our neighbors, even our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."
-Sitting Bull
Founding member Sue Fleczok leads grandaughter in the Simi Valley Days Horse Show in 1986
The Greater Los Angeles Paint Horse was formed in 1984 to serve an area of Southern California that was in need of a regional association for Paint Horses. Iggie and her husband Hank Harrington recognized that need and together with Jill Monroe, Fred Tabor and Susan Fleczok they started The Greater Los Angeles Paint Horse Club. Iggie and Hank hailed from Fillmore, CA, and were lifelong Paint Horse enthusiasts and owners. Friends, Jill Monroe and Susan Fleczok both from the Bridle Path community in Simi Valley, CA were APHA members and Paint Horse owners who also recognized the need for a local Paint Horse Club to service Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Fred Tabor was the owner of the Paint Gallery in Moorpark, CA. He bred, trained and showed paint horses with his trainer Floyd Danley before eventually moving his large scale operation to Texas. Fred went on to win the APHA Distinguished Service Award in 2017.
Dixie's War Drum purchased by Fred Tabor in 1979. "Drum" went on to be one of APHA's all time leading sires. He was inducted into the APHA Hall of Fame in 2013, recognizing his impressive career, first as a show horse and later as a sire.
"I can make a General in five minutes, but a good horse is hard to replace."
-Abraham Lincoln
One of Dixie's War Drum's last babies, Drumatic, born in 1993 and owned by founding members, Sue and Richard Fleczok. "Maddie" playing with her doggy brother Zachary against the beautiful fall colors of New Hampshire.
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