PAINTED VALLEY RANCH WINS FT WORTH STOCK SHOW APHA CUTTING FOR 2ND YEAR! 
"DOX COLORED SMART" (Cupcake) 2005 Ft Worth Stock Show APHA Junior Cutting Champion
PAINTED VALLEY RANCH 2003 & 2004 APHA WORLD SHOW RESULTS:

DOX COLORED SMART - "CUPCAKE"
APHA 3 YR-OLD CUTTING
CHALLENGE WORLD CHAMPION
Ridden by Chubby Turner - Earning $5,600+
High scoring horse  in preliminary round - winner of a tie work-off for the world championship title!

2004 4-YR-OLD CUTTING CHALLENGE
TOP 5 FINALIST (4th) Ridden by Punk Carter
FLYING PEPPY DELTA "DYLAN"
HOMOZYGOUS SON OF DELTA FLYER
Owner: Linda Werner (green shirt)  Middle: Tom Lyons - Trainer
2004 APHA WORLD 4-YR-OLD CUTTING CHALLENGE FINALIST 10th PLACE
Earner of $2,700+- Ridden By Tom Lyons

2003 APHA WORLD 3-YR-OLD CUTTING CHALLENGE FINALIST 3rd PLACE
Ridden By Tom Lyons



LITTLE SMART DART - "Dart"

2004 APHA RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION SENIOR CUTTING
Ridden by Punk Carter

2003 APHA WORLD SENIOR
CUTTING FINALIST 6th - Ridden by Punk Carter
9th - AMATEUR CUTTING - Ridden by Linda Werner
ABOVE: PUNK CARTER & LITTLE SMART DART
BELOW: LINDA WERNER

2003 ARTICLE FROM:
QUARTER HORSE NEWS
AUGUST 15, 2003 ISSUE:    By: Megan Nelson
"PORTRAITS OF A WORLD CHAMPION"
APHA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CUTTING

CHUBBY TURNER & DOX COLORED SMART

"Winning your first World Championship involves a mix of emotions, especially when your horse ties for first place and has to work off for the championship. 

For Linda Werner, of Painted Valley Ranch, all she could do was watch from the stands.  "I was doing a lot of praying," Werner said.  "I was watching and praying and after it was finished all I did was cry." 

The crying came when her mare, DOX COLORED SMART, ridden by Chubby Turner, marked a 219 to outscore Peponitas Top Gunner with Alan Crouch aboard.  Werner didn't have much to lose.  Her other horse, FLYING PEPPY DELTA, ridden by Tom Lyons, was sitting second before the work off. 

First or second isn't bad for the newcomer, who only stepped into the horse industry five years ago.  (ASIDE:  Linda has actually ridden and owned horses all her life.)  Turner attributes the win on Dox Colored Smart to the connection that Werner and the mare developed.  "She just had a bond with this horse and it seemed to work, " Turner said.  "About 45 days ago I didn't think that it was going to work." 

But pre-show preparation helped Turner work out the kinks and show the mare to her potential.  Werner fell in love with the mare she named "Cupcake" (because "she looks like a Hostess Cupcake and she is really sweet") when she saw her as a two-year-old in Turner's arena.

Turner finished riding the mare one day and told Werner to jump on for a ride.  Werner was apprehensive to climb on the young horse, but soon after couldn't resist the mare's ability and charm. 

After weeks of Werner's phone calls asking about the mare, Turner finally decided to get assertive and told Werner that she should buy the mare.  The purchase was added to a collection of talent that Painted Valley Ranch was accumulating.  In total, Werner's Painted Valley Ranch etched it's name into six cutting classes at the World Show. 

Punk Carter rode FLYIN IN GOLD to place 10th in the Junior Cutting and LITTLE SMART DART in the Senior Cutting to place sixth.   And Werner placed 9th in the Amateur cutting aboard LITTLE SMART DART, along with Lyon's third place finish aboard FLYING PEPPY DELTA.  Werner is married to C. L. Werner who, she said, is very supportive of her horse habit.

FLYIN IN GOLD "JEWEL"
10th - 2003 & 2004 APHA WORLD  JR CUTTING FINALIST
9th - 4 YR OLD CUTTING CHALLENGE FINALIST

Ridden by Punk Carter, she was a world finalist in 2002 in the 3 yr old cutting challenge and world finalist for the 2nd & 3rd year in 2003 & 2004 in Junior Cutting. 

She was also ridden in the Amateur Cutting in 2004 by owner, Linda Werner.

Jewel also became an NCHA earner & 2002 APHA Jr Cutting Champion in Waco, 1st & 3rd & 4th at 2002 Margarita Classic Jr Cutting.

July 2002 ISSUE

PAINT HORSE JOURNAL FEATURES PUNK CARTER RIDING PAINTED VALLEY RANCH MARE, "GETSYA DELTA HICKORY"

Photo by Ross Hecox, courtesy Paint Horse Journal

 Article on training goals "BIG DREAMS and BABY STEPS" featured cutting trainer Punk Carter (riding Painted Valley Ranch APHA Cutting Futurity Finalist, Getsya Delta Hickory). 

Painted Valley Ranch gets name on APHA Statue base.  

APHA unveiled their amazing statue called "LEGACY OF COLOR" on May 30th, 2002 in Ft Worth.  Linda Werner, Painted Valley Ranch attended the ceremony and purchased one of the 1st limited editions of "LEGACY OF COLOR" and received a plaque on the statue at APHA headquarters. 

To purchase contact APHA.