For two years in a row, Tamar-bred Arabian horses have waged a 40-percent completion rate in the Arabian Western Pleasure AAOTR Maturity. Four Amateurs earned Top-10 honors on their true-moving, low-hocked, arched-neck, true-loping, Tamar-bred mounts.
Tamara Hanby, who owns Tamar Arabians, located in Weatherford, Texas, works to produce the perfect combinations from both a breeding perspective and in pairing Amateur riders with the right horses. Weaving her magic, so to speak, Hanby has matched the amateur riders with the perfect horse for them. "She's really in-tune with her horses and clients," says Erin Douglass, who went Top 10 in 2008 (on Tamar Esperanza) and 2009 (on Tamar Adagio) in the Arabian Western Pleasure AAOTR Maturity. "She breeds to produce great performance horses," says Tamar Trainer Troy Peterson. Read More