Our first officers were elected in 1985 and we were welcomed as a charter club of the PINTO HORSE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA that same year. STP hosted its first PtHA approved show in September of 1985 and the club was off and running (so to speak).
    
Although first known as P.O.S.T. (Pintos Of South Texas), the charter's name  was changed to S.T.P. (South Texas Pintos) shortly after discovering a name conflict with a pinto car organization.  
     
Over the years, STP has been active in various functions for its membership and to promote the PINTO HORSE in South Central Texas. S.T.P. continues to  produce and sponsor events such as clinics, trail rides, team pennings, open all-breed shows, PtHA approved shows, the South Texas Area Champion Show, and of course, the largest and richest Pinto futurity in Texas, the Lone Star Classic Futurity. S.T.P. has the honor of having hosted the PtHA National Convention and was the site for the inaugural induction for the PtHA Hall of Fame. One of the first inductee's into the PtHA Hall of Fame was one of our founding members, South Texas' own, Ernestine Owings.
     
S.T.P. is proud of the many honors won by its members over the years.
Honors such as  National Champion, Reserve National Champion and Horse-of-the-Year.  Our  Queen candidate, Jennifer Mcdonald,  was chosen Miss PtHA 1990-1991 and our Youth Team, consisting of Eric Edling, Ashley Becker, Destiny Newman, and Megan Kaylor, which won the team tournament in 1995 were the National Champions.      Click here to see our current S.T.P. Queen
   
We invite you to browse through our website, which is dedicated to promote the PINTO HORSE in South Central Texas, to its membership, and to all PINTO Horse Lovers everywhere. We also invite you to join the fun by jumping into the 'carousel of colors' and become a member of S.T.P.