About Us
Our History
On October 28, 2000 Karla Stanley,- President, Teresa Palmer-Visser-Vice President, Jodi Cuskelly-Secretary, and John Visser-Treasurer petitioned the Pinto Horse Association of America to grand North Dakota Pinto Horse Association a charter for the purpose of promoting the Pinto Equine. Prior to this time, there were some Pinto shows held in North Dakota, but we did not have our own charter. We were under the larger Dakota Region under the guidance of Sector Director, Judy Schroeder. Mrs. Schroeder worked closely with the new board to make sure we were successful in our petition.
The North Dakota Pinto Horse Association held one judge shows in the early years and were very frugal. Sally Henry helped out a lot with donations and seeking sponsorships. In 2005, we held the Dakota Colors Area Championship Show in Brooking, SD in conjunction with the SD charter. This was very successful and allowed our charter enough security that we were able to increase the judges at subsequent shows.
The rest is as they say history…we continue to grow slowly and host multi-judge shows. As a charter, we have had much success at a National and “World” level bringing home our fair share awards including high points at the World Show in 2010, 2011 and 2013. We are proud to be a charter of the Pinto Horse Association of America.
Our Officer Team
President: Alyssa Tjosaas
Vice President: Bridget Eisinger
Secretary: Joan Carson
Treasurer: Chaun Merkens
Board Members: Kelli Connolly, Josh Tjosaas, Sharon Krentz
Our Events
We host a 2 day, tripled judges PtHA show along with All Breed Horse classes typically held in later summer at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, ND. We also hold our annual award banquet in the later fall following the show.