I got my first Arabian last year and decided to do all his training myself with the guidance of a couple local trainers since sending him off somewhere scares the heck out of me. I'm not sure what we'll end up showing in, although I would like to take him to some breed shows in the next couple years. Right now we're still learning the basics under saddle. I'm hoping by the end of the summer to be able to enter in a limited distance endurance ride with him if his vet gives me the okay. Ultimately we're going to do a little bit of everything from barrels and poles to breed shows to endurance to jumping....and anything else someone tells me an Arab "can't" do along the way.
Anyway, I'm excited to see a group of people who want to show, but still treat their horses humanely!