Arabian Nationals 2009 Tulsa Oklahoma

The 2009 Arabian Nationals closed last night at about 10:00. A real weak show this year, given the economy, with the cancellation of almost 50% of the classes. One of the big highlights of this years show was the winning bid of $11,000.00 for a handmade Dale Chavez saddle, that's how poor it was.
The competition highlights for me was the Stachowski brothers, Peter and Jim grabbing the Championship and Reserve, respectfully in the HA/AA Country English Pleasure class, beating some great trainers, including Bob Battaglia and Mary Trowbridge. Peter was mounted on RH Gladiator and Jim rode Worth The Wait(Wait for what? 2nd Place? LOL)

On a wilder note, training Ace Joel Keisner above, went Reserve to his wife Ashton Keisner's Grand below. It looked to me like Joel had legged Ashton up on the better horse. Damn, love will make a man do ignorant things sometimes. LOL The Keisner's are a great training team, and Joel rode Mariachi WA, while Ashton "robbed" him mounted on Casting Crowns DFA.