One of the highlights of the Arabian & Half Arabian Youth National Championship Horse Show is the Native Costume Class. When I signed up to volunteer, I made sure not to sign up to work when the Native Costume Class was scheduled.
I was excited to capture photos showing the authentic Arabian Saddles, too. They remind me of camel saddles.
The beautiful horses and riders are all decked out in their gorgeous costumes, and the public is encouraged to whoop and holler excitedly whenever the horses break into a thrilling gallop around the arena.
Such unusual saddles. I was excited to be able to capture a photo of them with my camera as the saddles are usually hidden beneath the robes.
Keep an eye on this young man and his horse.
During one of those spirited gallops, the horse, in the photo above, had a costume malfunction.
The saddle slipped down the side of the horse, the rider jumped off onto the arena wall, and the rider-less horse ran around in a panic with it’s saddle and costume dragging along between it’s legs.
Thankfully, no one was hurt, and after the horse’s costume and saddle were replaced, the brave rider remounted and completed the Native Costume Class on his courageous horse.
Uh oh..…looks like another costume malfunction.
7 comments:
Great pictures, I was never one for Arabians. I used to work in a barn that had them and they were just to high strung for me. I prefer my quarter horse any day. They are great movers though!
I had a similar incident occur in a native costume class that I rode in years ago (for the record native costume is my favorite to ride in...super fun). The thing in my case was that it almost happened twice! I became painfully aware during the first hand gallop that my saddle was dangerously loose! As it turned out another rider's unfortunate wreck gave me a chance to tighten up before the class continued. An epidemic of costume malfunctions! In my class the rider got back on. Glad to see this one did too!
Wow, they must put a ton of change into those costumes and tack. The young man was fortunate that neither he nor his horse were hurt.
Great pictures.
Dan
Native Costume is my favorite class too. I'm glad no one was hurt and the horse settled down.
those costumes are truly works of art and glad no one was injured during the saddle malfunction.
What beautiful costumes, riders and horses! Love your shots! So glad the costume malfunction didn't cause any harm to horse or rider!
Beautiful !
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