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The 2026 APHA World Championship Show marked an exciting new chapter for Super Sires, bringing meaningful all-breed opportunities to Fort Worth and celebrating a standout group of champions inside the legendary John Justin Arena in Fort Worth.
For StallionCompare.com, having the opportunity to help share those moments felt especially meaningful. These classes represented more than added money, ribbons and results. They represented breeders, owners, exhibitors, stallion owners and supporters coming together around a program built to create opportunity and reward exceptional horses.
Celebrating the 2026 Super Sires Champions
Makin Em Talk (Makin Me Willy Wild x Focus On The Good) earning $2,184 for exhibitor Kathie Kennedy.
What Is Love (Heart Stoppin x Whatll It Be) earning $1,612 for exhibitor Tiffany Riehm.
ImJustAGirll (Certainly A Vision x Hot Black Chocolate) earning $320 for exhibitor Aaron Moses and owner Tommie Prichard.
Saltee Chips (Extremely Hot Chips x RL Saved By Impulse) earning $2,652 for exhibitor Erin Bradshaw and owner Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses.
Saltee Chips (Extremely Hot Chips x RL Saved By Impulse) earning $2,104 for exhibitor Erin Bradshaw and owner Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses.
Fritos Red (VS Code Red x Miss Hot Machine) earning $1,360 with exhibitor Donald Hagen.
Fabulous In Grey (Im Willy Fabulous x Jessy Girl) earning $2,040 for exhibitor Anthony Leier and owner Branson Buckalew.
More Than Results on a Page
At StallionCompare, results matter deeply to us. They tell us which horses are succeeding, which crosses are producing, which stallions are leaving their mark and where breeders may find the next generation of talent. They also help preserve the history of the industry in a way that can be searched, studied and celebrated long after the ribbons have been handed out.
But results are never only lines of data.
Behind every entry is a story. There is a breeder who imagined the cross, an owner who believed in the horse, a trainer who developed its potential, an exhibitor who carried the pressure into the arena and a network of people who helped make that moment possible.
That is what makes these Super Sires wins so meaningful. Each champion represents the people behind the horse as much as the performance itself, and each class reflects the greater purpose of the Super Sires program: creating opportunities that reward breeders, owners, exhibitors and stallion owners in ways that matter.
From Behind the Screen to the John Justin Arena
There are some moments that feel meaningful while they are happening, and others whose significance only truly settles in once you have had time to step back and take it all in. Our time at the 2026 APHA World Championship Show was a little bit of both.
For the team behind StallionCompare.com, the trip to Fort Worth was an opportunity to reconnect with longtime friends, meet many people we had previously known only through a screen, celebrate deserving horses and exhibitors, and experience the energy of the legendary John Justin Arena and Will Rogers Memorial Center firsthand.
It was also an opportunity to see years of behind-the-scenes work come to life. We had the privilege of stepping into the arena to help present Super Sires awards, watching champions receive the recognition they had worked so hard to earn. We stood beside a booth that, until very recently, had existed as design files, layouts, colour palettes, digital mockups and long planning conversations. Suddenly, it was real, filled with people, conversation, stallion posters & postcards and the energy of one of the industry’s most important events.
For us, it was personal, professional and incredibly rewarding all at once.
Many people in the horse industry know us as StallionCompare.com, the platform built to help breeders, owners and enthusiasts discover stallions, explore pedigrees, compare horses and so much more. What some may not realize is that those of us working behind the scenes at StallionCompare are also Envy Design Co.
Our team designed and developed the new Super Sires website at SuperSires.org, and we have had the privilege of serving as the marketing team behind the evolution of Super Sires over the past several years. That work has included far more than building a website. It has meant helping shape how the program tells its story, celebrates its people, supports its stallion owners, recognizes its champions and communicates the opportunities it continues to create for breeders, owners and exhibitors.
The 2026 APHA World Championship Show marked the first time Super Sires hosted classes at the APHA World Show, making the week especially meaningful. The program’s presence in Fort Worth brought together the digital work, the marketing, the printed pieces, the booth experience and the in-arena awards in a way we had only imagined before.
Seeing the booth in action was one of the highlights of our trip. It became a gathering place where familiar faces stopped to say hello, new connections were made and conversations began about horses, breeding decisions, upcoming events and the future of the program.
Having the opportunity to meet many of those people in person made the work feel even more meaningful. Some were old friends we were grateful to see again. Others were people we had exchanged emails or messages with for years but had never had the opportunity to meet face to face. Still others were entirely new connections, brought together by a shared appreciation for great horses and the industry surrounding them.
We are so humbled by the hospitality, friendship and community these great horses bring into our lives. Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth, shared a conversation, cheered on the Super Sires exhibitors or made our time in Fort Worth so memorable. And a very special thank you to Joan and Alan Smith for their incredible hospitality, kindness and friendship. We left Texas feeling grateful, inspired and even more excited for what is ahead.