The first horse to become an APHA Champion was the 1964 dun overo stallion Yellow Mount

YELLOW MOUNT APHA # 3300

The first horse to become an APHA Champion was the 1964 dun overo stallion
Yellow Mount. Sired by a Quarter Horse and out of Lady Yellow Jacket, the
APHA's Lifetime Leading Dam of World Champions, Yellow Mount greatly
influenced the Paint breed. Of the 39 horses who have earned the title of APHA
Supreme Champion, one is Yellow Mount and four are his progeny.

For years Yellow Mount was considered the "Paint Horse Model" and "Symbol
of the Breed". He was the 1st Champion of the APHA, the 1st Running Supreme
Champion, stood National Champion 8 times, was a Superior Halter Horse and
earned ROM's in Racing, Western Pleasure, Calf Roping, Reining and Barrel
Racing.

Yellow Mount's accomplishments alone made him an outstanding individual,
but his impact as a sire made him a legend. Yellow Mount is an all-time Leading
Sire. He produced:
26 APHA Champions
32 Superior Event Horses
11 National Champions
2 Superior All-Arounds
14 Reserve National Champions
4 Supreme Champions
79 ROM's
1 Versatility

Yellow Mount died in 1990, but his legacy will live for as long as there are
Paint Horses.

The legendary YELLOW MOUNT.

Yellow Mount may have been the best known Paint Horse stallion in the world. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, the owners of Yellow Mount, commissioned a well
known western artist, Orren Mixer to do a painting of Yellow Mount with his
mares and foals. Reproductions of this painting were used by the APHA for
promotion of the breed and several thousand were sent out all over the world.

If Yellow Mount had been human, he'd have been John Wayne. ~ Marion Badger

RECORDS:

YELLOW MOUNT ~ 1964 APHA Red Dun Overo Stallion

Tetrak Scooter X Lady Yellow Jacket

2 Time APHA National Champion Halter (1966,1967)
1966 Reserve National Champion Western Pleasure
5 Time APHA National Champion Get of Sire (1972,1974,1975,1976,1977)
3 Time APHA Reserve National Champion Get of Sire (1971,1973,1974)
1966 APHA Champion
1970 APHA Supreme Champion
65 APHA Halter Points ~ 21 Grands, 7 Reserves
48 APHA Performance Points
1 Superior ~ Halter
5 ROM's ~ Barrel Racing, Calf Roping, Racing, Reining, Western Pleasure
APHA Points ~ Trail, Western Riding

PROGENY:

Stallions: 56 , Mares: 139 , Geldings: 24 , Total: 219
Overo: 120 , Tobianos: 28 , Tovero: 3 , Solid: 68 , Total: 219
Bay: 11 , Black: 3 , Brown: 4 , Buckskin: 5 , Chestnut: 3 , Dun: 81 ,
Gray: 2 , Grulla: 1 , Palomino: 11 , Red Dun: 21 , Red Roan: 4 , Sorrel: 73
Show Records: 83 , Race Records: 7

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