Tibbs Arabians

Evolving from an Appaloosa breeding program in the 1940's and 50's, today's emphasis is in the training, showing, and enjoyment of Arabian and Half-Arabian horses by daughters Barbara and Laurie. In addition, the training and education of riders of all breeds in a wide variety of equine related disciplines is an important part of the daily operation. Both Laurie and Barbara have over fifteen years of experience as Bonner County 4-H leaders and now advise the youth members of the Emerald Empire Arabian Horse Club. They have also enjoyed success at the local, regional and national levels. Some of those successes included coaching a National Champion Youth Horse Bowl Team, Three National Champion Youth Horse Judges, and three National Scholarship Award recipients and numerous National winners in youth horse judging.

In the showring Barbara and Laurie have racked up 6 U.S. National Championships, 3 U.S. Reserve National Championship, 2 Reserve World Championships,  26 U.S. and Canadian National Top Tens, 27 Regional Champions, 17  Regional Reserve Championships, 31 Regional Top 5 Awards as well as over 100 Class A Championships and Reserve Championships.

All horses owned by Tibbs Arabians have been trained by Barbara and Laurie and were either born on the ranch or were purchased as yearlings or two-year-olds.

What We Do

Our primary interest at Tibbs Arabians is showing at the local, regional, and national level.  We currently have horses competing in the western, trail, dressage, western dressage, halter, and sport horse divisions at local and regional levels.  We have  previously shown in hunter, show hack, sidesaddle, and English divisions. We also enjoy taking our equine buddies out for enjoyable scenic rides in the area in which we live.When not riding, we host lessons for all ages and experience levels.  We also host clinics with prominent clinicians. 

Top:  Harold Tibbs and Toby I, Bottom:  Virginia Tibbs and Skeen Dhu (Cricket)