Colorado-Bred Paint Horse Program
Paint Horse Breeders are eligible to receive Colorado Breeder and Owner Awards from the State Supplement Purse Fund when their Paint Racehorses are registered in the Paint Colorado-Bred Program. Any foal designated as “Colorado-Bred” receives certain benefits under the state’s racing rules. In addition to cash awards, distributed according to each breed’s established program, at least one race per day is offered for Colorado-Bred horses, providing such horses are available. When entered in an Open or non-Colorado-Bred race, horses registered as Colorado-Bred are allowed a 3-pound weight allowance at the time of entry. All registered Colorado-Bred horses are identified as such on racing programs.

For a Paint foal to be designated Colorado-Bred, Paint breeders must register mares and stallions (Paint, Quarter or Thoroughbred) in the Paint Colorado-Bred Program. Broodmares must be registered before September 1 of the breeding season for their first foal to be registered Colorado-Bred. Once the mare is in the program, all future foals can be registered Colorado-Bred through their 2-year-old year. Broodmares are registered for life. Fillies registered as foals for racing are not automatically registered as broodmares. These horses are advanced by registering them as a Colorado-Bred Broodmare by September 1 of the breeding year for their first Colorado-bred foal.

Stallions should be nominated by February 1 of an upcoming breeding season, but can be nominated for double the nomination fee ($100) until November 1. The stallion nominator will receive State monies based on the earnings at Colorado tracks by all get from that breeding season.