BTB: Snooze alarm! An anglo-Arab goes to Rolex

Snooze alarm! An anglo-Arab goes to Rolex

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:47 PM PDT

"I would not recommend for anyone to buy a four year old, barely broke, redheaded, Arabian as their 13 year old kid's first event horse" LK

But then again, it's apparently one way to get to Rolex. I don't know if there have been other anglo-Arabs (half-Arab) at Rolex, but how exciting that one of the entries this year is a 15.2H dish-faced chestnnut! His rider, Lauren Kieffer, is from Mount Carmel, Illinois and she rides with the O'Connors. The story is that Snooze Alarm came to her barn as a youngster, and she rode him for her trainer while her trainer was pregnant. They didn't instantly click, but they eventually formed a partnership and her parents bought her the horse. Lauren tells their story the best (see the Eventing Nation series) so I won't recount it here.

They have been recognized for their achievements in eventing. In 2007 they won the 2007 Arabian Horse Association's Ambassador Award and the USET Markham Trophy in 2008. In 2009 and 2010 they were named on the Eventing Developing Rider list.