National Snaffle Bit Association is pleased to welcome Ryan Painter as the newest member of the Quarter Million Dollar Club. Ryan recently reached the milestone of winning more than $250,000 in lifetime NSBA earnings at the A Sudden Impulse AQHA and NSBA show circuit in April. (photo courtesy of Delores Kuhlwein)
Ryan operates Ryan Painter Show Horses at Stately Fields in Morriston, Florida, where he specializes in over fences events. He has won multiple USEF, USHJA, NSBA and AQHA championships. Ryan grew up in Kansas and began his horse journey learning from trainer Sarah Good. His professional journey took him to California for a number of years before he started Ryan Painter Show Horses in Aubrey, Texas. He moved his training operation to the Ocala area in 2023.
Ryan has earned world championships in Trail, Western Riding and Western Pleasure, but his heart has always been with the Hunter/Jumper discipline. Among the horses Ryan has shown on his journey to the milestone include Sonny Dee Zippin, Must Be A Detail, What Matters Most, Allocate In Green, Hot Dig It, Mr Goody Too Shoes, Krowd Pleaser, All About That Blaze, RDF Aero Smith, Syncopation, My Next Edition, Iron The Blues, High Caliber Chrome, Tabloid Famous, Only Time Will Tail, Not Just Anyhoo, Real Good Reason, Red Code Review, Lukes Good To Me, Look N Hott, Thrift Shop, Stealing The Prise as well as NSBA Hall Of Fame inductee Kamanyawannadance. Ryan has also earned the NSBA High Point Hunter Rider numerous years.
Ryan will be recognized during the NSBA Honors Banquet during the 2026 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August.
About NSBA
Established in 1983, National Snaffle Bit Association has expanded from its roots in the Western Pleasure discipline to recognize various disciplines and ten breed associations in competition. NSBA’s mission is to grow the show horse community through various equine programs and events where every activity benefits horses, breeders, owners and exhibitors alike.
National Snaffle Bit Association has more than 20,000 active members and more than 44,000 registered horses across its ten alliance breed organizations. NSBA members earn more than $13.5 million in monetary awards at NSBA-sanctioned horse shows annually, and the association sanctions nearly 600 horse show events and close to 200,000 horse show entries each year.
To learn more about NSBA, please visit nsba.com.
