Reno

Last Wednesday afternoon I went with Preston and his Mother to Reno to watch his brother and sister-in-law show at an Arabian Horse Show. We stayed in Reno at the Sands hotel for two nights. Preston's brother, Nathan did VERY well at the show. He showed 4 horses, two won first place, and one got second place. He showed all of them in reining.

Nicole, Preston's sister-in-law showed her horse "Louie" in a couple of English Pleasure classes. She did really well but the competition was fierce so she didn't make it to the top 5. There were over 20 horses in both classes she competed in. This show was a really big show with a lot of really nice horses.

Here is a picture of the barren wasteland on the way to Reno.

The Sands resort. Fancy huh?
Preston and I had a good time watching the show and critiquing the horses together.
Nathan on Sage Hill Hunny Bunny. He took home first! Bunny is a half-Arabian, half Quarter Horse. I got to cool this horse down after the class. She is a nice horse.
This is Nobles Top Gun, he also won his class! This horse is out of Preston's dad's stallion, Vaguely Noble. Nathan did very well showing. Not only are his horses very well bred, he did a fantastic job training them.
Preston and Nathan giving their horse a cool shower after he was shown.
Nicole on Louie and Nicole's best friend, Katie.
The Arabian people are huge into looks. Everything looks very nice, including their stalls.
They even bring sod to lay in front of their row of stalls. Crazy.
Here is Top Gun doing a couple slide stops.