The Washington State Paint Horse Club, is the oldest Paint Horse Club in Washington. The club's first meeting was on May 4, 1968 in the Kiwanis Meeting Hall in Issaquah, WA. This meeting was a result of the efforts of Karen Ulvestad, Ann McMahan, Joan Haggett, Sharon Mack and Howard and Maxine Yeager and was attended by twenty paint horse enthusiasts.

In 1969 an award system was set up and in November of that same year the Paint Horse Breed was accepted by Washington State Horseman as one of their Breed Divisions; thus becoming eligible for their year end high score awards. On August 31, 1969 WSPHC held their first APHA approved Paint Horse Show at Mar's Stables in Puyallup. It was attended by Paint Horses from all over Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

The next year their show, The WSPHC Paint Royal, was held at The Trails and was an "A" rated show. In 1994 WSPHC Star Spangled Classic hosted the first Washington Bred Weanling Futurities.

For several years the WSPHC has sponsored one of the High Point Awards at the Zone One Zone-O-Rama Show and did so again in 2008.
 

The Presidents of the Washington State Paint Horse Club...