The 8th annual Arabian Horse Association Sport Horse National
Show was held September 22-25th in Nampa, Idaho. KB Omega
Fahim+++// and daughter KB Jull Fahim+//, swept the open FEI
dressage division. This is the first time a father and daughter have
dominated the entire open FEI dressage competition of this national
championship show. Fourteen year old KB Omega Fahim+++// won
Grand Prix and Intermediate 11, while eleven year old KB Jull
Fahim+// captured Intermediate 1 and Prix St. Georges. People were
on the edge of their seats for the final Grand Prix test to be performed
on the last day of the championships. Omega, under his exceptional
trainer and rider, Chelsey Sibley, completed this monumental task
with grace and ease. During the evening’s special ceremony, both
horses were presented and awarded as champions of each test. Jull also
achieved the open FEI high point of the show.
Approximately 400 horses displayed their athletic abilities at the
Idaho Horse Park. The Sport Horse National Championship Show
featured 90 classes in several divisions that included in hand, hunter,
jumper, dressage and driving, to name a few. Horses from forty-one
states and two Canadian provinces came to compete in this national
event. The prominent dressage judges were Marlene Schneider,
Brian Ross, Jacqueline Lindberg and Sandra Chohany. Sport Horse
Nationals is the only single-breed sport horse event in the nation offered
just for Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses registered
with the Arabian Horse Association or the Canadian Arabian Horse
Registry.
The breeder of Omega and Jull, Elaine Kerrigan, has devoted the
past 35+ years creating these amazing Arabian sport horse athletes.
According to Chris Bailey, “Not only is Omega amazing but he also
produces the perfect get; kind, smart and athletic.” I have not seen one
Omega offspring that I would not want.”
Arabian stallion KB Omega Fahim+++// is owned by breeder Elaine
Kerrigan of Kerrigan Bloodstock in Eureka, CA and Half-Arabian KB
Jull Fahim+// is owned by Chris Bailey, also of Eureka. Both horses are
trained and shown by Chelsey Sibley of Sky Ranch, in Sonora, CA. |
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