Karen Banister
Banister has been a carded judge for APHA since 1994. She’s also carded with ApHC, AQHA, NSBA, and PtHA. She’s judged the APHA Youth World Championships and the European APHA Championships, as well as the German and Italian Quarter Horse Championships.
Banister and her husband, Marc, started White Harvest Farms in Brighton, Colorado, in 1986. It operates as a breeding, training, boarding, and lesson facility. They coach riders, and breed and train Paints and Quarter Horses for nationallevel competition. They enjoy training national and regional champion hunters and team roping horses.
When judging conformation, I adhere to the rulebook to judge each horse fairly and on his breed organization’s standards. _ e AQHA standard is a horse of stock type that’s balanced, structurally correct, attractive with high quality,…
