Welcome!
Welcome to the Southwest Pinto - a charter of the Pinto Horse Association of
America serving Southern California, promoting all types
and disciplines of Pinto Horses.
Southwest Pinto is proud to announce the 2009 Show Schedule! We started
our year off on April 5, 2009 with Spring In With Pinto at Lakeside's Tumbleweed Arena.
We round the rest of the year out with Hot
Spots on July 26 and Pintorama on October 11 (all in Lakeside).
NEWS ALERT! Hobby Horse Clothing Robbed!
(message from the owner)
To Our Horse Community Friends
The Hobby Horse Clothing Co. warehouse in Chino, CA was robbed late on
May 22/early May 23rd, 2009.
Thieves made off with approximately $250,000 worth of chaps and show
tops. More than 300 pairs of our popular PMS split leather chaps were
stolen; they had been delivered from our customs broker less than 12
hours earlier. No attempt was made to enter our offices; no computers or
electronic equipment in the warehouse was taken. The thieves appeared to
only be after our chaps and more expensive garments.
My employees and my company are jeopardized by this robbery; we lost
inventory, including Limited Edition garments that cannot be replaced,
that would provide the cash flow to continue our business operations. We
will survive, but this is a serious setback.
I am asking for the help of horse community members in advising me if
they come across ANY strange offers on Hobby Horse apparel. We have not
yet completed an inventory of stolen items but will shortly. We will
post a notice on our website at www.hobbyhorseinc
<http://www.hobbyhorseinc/>.
com regarding items that were stolen. A
reward will be offered for information in this case.
PLEASE contact me if you suspect someone is sellling our stolen
inventory. We will immediately contact our local police for their
follow-up. Most thieves are never caught, but Hobby Horse chaps and show
apparel is such distinctive apparel to try to fence, we may have a
chance of possibly recovering some of our inventory.
I also ask for your patience and understanding as we work through this
disruption; we appreciate your business more than ever in this tough
time. We'll do our best to fulfill your orders; we know you count on us!
Thank you, and please share this message with others in the horse community.
Suzi Drnec
Hobby Horse Clothing Co. President
13775 Stockton Avenue
Chino, CA 91710
800.569.5885
An Important Announcement from Pinto Horse Association (PtHA)
"As a recommendation from PtHA COO Darrell Bilke and
the PtHA staff, the PtHA Executive Committee has decided to suspend the show
fee increase that was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2009, for the entire
2009 show season in order to allow members to stretch their dollar more
effectively. In addition, this will allow more members to compete for the
new award programs including the Zone Invitational featuring awards from
Dale Chavez Company and High Point Award sponsored by Miley Trailers.
Everyone at PtHA knows that participating in horse shows is an important
part of many of our members' lifestyles, therefore, we will continue to
strive to help our members stay active with their Pintos while still
providing quality programs, awards and, as always, the family atmosphere. "
Looking for photos from Shows? Lillian Thurston has these
available on her website -
www.Lilliansphotography.photoreflect.com. Thanks for joining us!
We're looking for sponsors for our 2009 Year End Awards. You'll get your name in
our Show Premiums and here on the website.
Click here for the form. Get in as a sponsor early and you'll be in ALL our Show
Premiums for the season!
Want to help Southwest Pinto by Surfin' the Net? Try
GoodSearch.com when you are
looking for things on the internet and Southwest Pinto gets a little donation to
our account. Just type Southwest Pinto in the box marked "I'm supporting" and
click Verify. The service is powered by Yahoo! so you'll get the same quality
search results that you're used to. Spread the word! (Thanks to Carlynne Allbee
for the find!)
Arabians and Half-Arabians can now earn points at our Open Shows! See details
on the
Shows page!
Make sure you send the Webmaster a picture of your favorite Pinto -preferably
non-professional photos - to include
in the photo gallery! Each photo is randomly selected from the gallery and
displayed throughout the site. Thanks for the recent submissions! (See "Terms of
Use" at the bottom of the page for rules.)
This page was last updated on
05/26/09.
