In honor of the American Paint Horse Association’s 50th anniversary in 2012, Horse Illustrated is featuring some famous horses from the breed’s history.
Image courtesy APHA | ||||
 Bandit’s Pinto |  Calamity Jane |  Wahoo King |  Yellow Mount |  Tuff Cat |
 Painted Joe |  RR Star |  Colonels Smokingun |  Zippos Sensation |  Color Me Smart |
Bandit’s Pinto, a 3-year-old black tobiano stallion owned by William Gooch of Fort Worth, Texas was the first of 2,599 horses to be registered by the American Paint Stock Horse Association (APSHA) upon its founding in 1962.
Learn more about American Paint Horses in Horse Illustrated’s breed profile
It is so nice to see what the “beginning fathers” of the Paint Association looked like.
I love paints and it is so cool to see the “founding fathers” of the association.
I love Yellow Mount! I actually did a report on him when I was in high school.
Nice.
It’s so nice to see what my babies’ great grandparents looked like.
Bandit was actually “mom’s horse”. LOL I have a better pic of him somewhere. I’ll try and dig it up and scan it for y’all.