Canadian Nationals

49th Canadian National
Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show

Show Update #1

	A Champion-Style Birthday Leah Stubbs of Tacoma, Wash., celebrated her birthday on Friday, earning a Canadian National Champion title in Arabian Western Pleasure AATR 18-39 atop her 9-year-old bay Arabian stallion, RA Monaco (Khadraj NA x Roze Of Shah). Stubbs, who earned reserve in the same class in 2005 on RA Monaco, said her championship made it the perfect birthday. RA Monaco is owned by Rainwater Insurance Inc. and trained by Larae Fletcher Powell.
'Command' Performance The lone male competitor in the Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Country English Pleasure JTR 17 and Under, Dalton Budd of Eaton Rapids, Mich., riding Sufis Highcommand (Avatar Al Sufi x Buck's Song), snatches the national championship against 20 other competitors during the semi-finals/finals of the class on Friday afternoon. Sufis Highcommand is owned by Mike and Terri Budd and trained by Terri.
	Wearing the Royal Red Rose Blanket Proud Ryan Pullara of Carmel Valley, Calif., riding Britas Vistoso+// (El Ibn Palabrita x Ga-Zheidi), a 1989 grey gelding, won the Arabian Western Pleasure JOTR 13 and Under on Thursday afternoon. The duo was also named the reserve national champions on Friday morning in Arabian Western Pleasure JTR 13 and Under. Britas Vistoso is owned by Pullara Arabians and trained by Jim Lowe.
'Red' All the Way Wendy Obst of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada, takes a moment to pat her horse, Red Allert+// (Patrons Legacy x Miss Arabesque), a 1989 chestnut gelding trained by Todd Ehret, before being announced as the Arabian English Show Hack AAOTR Canadian National Champion on Friday afternoon.
	Setting up Jeff Schall of Elk River, Minn., sets up Pprovidence (Echo Magnifficoo x Bey Amore), who was the unanimous champion of nine horses in the Arabian Futurity Colts on Thursday night. Pprovidence is owned by Margaret Vanden-Broek of Norco, Calif.