1997 Sorrel Overo Mare, 16+ hands, 1400 lbs
Double Registered: APHA, AQHA

     A Paint Horse named Macho Town Chica also knows the meaning of tough competition. The remarkable 5-year-old mare won APHA's Supreme Champion title in October 2002, becoming the first Paint Horse to earn7the distinction in the last 10 years. The horse earned nine Registers of Merit in classes ranging from racing to halter to working hunter.  Despite the variety of disciplines she had to learn, it took "Chica" only three years to become a Supreme Champion. Owner Debbie Watkins obviously thinks a lot of her Paint. "I can do anything with this mare," she said. "If I want to go team penning tonight at the local club, I can do that. I can take her trail riding - she's an awesome trail horse. She has a mind that's just super. She's an incredible mare."

APHA SUPREME CHAMPION

OPEN SUPERIOR ALL-AROUND

OPEN PERFORMANCE VERSITILITY CHAMPION

APHA Open Champion

Open Record:
Superior Halter 135 Pts.
20 Grand Championships
22 Reserve Grand Championships
Superior Western Pleasure 52 Pts.
ROM Race AA (83 SI) 6 Pts.
ROM Trail 35 Pts.
ROM Western Riding 10 Pts.
ROM Hunter Under Saddle 13 Pts.
ROM Hunter Hack 10 Pts.
ROM Working Hunter 11 Pts.
Jumping 2 Pts.
ROM Barrels 10 Pts.
ROM Heading 11 Pts.
Steer Stopping 5 Pts.
Heeling 1 Pt.

Amateur Record:
APHA Amateur Champion, Debbie Watkins 9/1/2002 Superior Halter 136 Pts
ROM Halter ROM Barrel Racing 12 Pts.
Western Pleasure 7 Pts.

Novice Amateur Record:
Western Pleasure 5 Pts.
APHA Amateur Champion, Rebecca Watkins Evans 8/2001
ROM Halter 27 Pts.
ROM Showmanship At Halter 13 Pts.
Hunter Under Saddle 9 Pts.
Barrel Racing 7 Pts.
Western Horsemanship 6 Pts.
Hunt Seat Equitation 4 Pts.
Pole Bending 5 Pts.
Stake Race 5 Pts.
Western Pleasure 8 Pts.
Trail 1 Pt.

Novice Amateur Record:
ROM Horsemanship 12 Pts.
ROM Showmanship At Halter 11 Pts.
ROM Trail 19 Pts.
ROM Western Pleasure 23 Pts.
Hunter Under Saddle 8 Pts.
Hunt Seat Equitation 6 Pts.
Western Riding 4 Pts.
APHA Amateur, Matthew Watkins ROM Halter 16 Pts.

All totaled this mare has earned 645 combined points to date.

     Welcome to the Official home page of  Macho Town Chica.  Born on April 27th 1997, Chica quickly became the pride and joy of the Watkins family.  She is the first foal of the Watkins' AQHA mare, Double Town Delight.  Delight was never shown in AQHA shows (we couldn't stand the way the judges wanted the horses to move in those days!) but became well known in the 4-H and Pony Club competitions as the best.   Chica started her career as a Longe Line Futurity winner taking first place honors in several futurities. (APHA didn't approve the class until the next year so Chica has no official points in Longe Line.)  We showed her some as a yearling and finally got a Grand Championship in halter towards the end of her yearling year. (Chica was growing up so fast that we had trouble getting enough weight on her to show at halter as a yearling.) 

     All that changed as a two-year-old!!  In Chicas first show of the season she earned Grands and never looked back!!  She was rarely beat as a 2-yr-old in halter and went on to beat even "the big boys" at Bakersfield that year.  We read an APHA article that year about Supreme Champions and how the honor was deemed "nearly impossible to attain because of the specialization of the modern Paint horse".  It got us to thinking.  Chica already had more than enough Grands and she moved soooooo pretty.  We were used to training her dam in several different facets of horsemanship (in 4-H the horses are expected to do Dressage and Jumping one day, Game the next, and do Trail and Pleasure the next.)  We thought, why not?  We knew she could move better than most pleasure horses and that she had the speed to attain the AA rating in racing she needed. (We had match raced her on the beaches of the Oregon coast and Debbie had worked on the track at one time and knew she had speed.) 

     The other and probably most important asset this mare possessed was her wonderful mind.  She really loved the diversity of new classes.  She took to the Jumping and Cow work like a duck to water.  She started getting a little too in love with the Barrel Racing so we waited until we were finished with most of her needed ROM's before we finished her Barrels.  By the end of July in her 5th year Chica had become APHA's 40th Supreme Champion and the first APHA registered horse to achieve the award in over 10 years.  Macho Town Chica is truly a living legend!   Just look at the following awards!