JIM GEILER AND KIM KESSINGER

Stakes Highlights:

-Won Champion of Champions with Whosleavingwho in 2002

-Won the Go Man Go Handicap with Whosleavingwho in 2002 & in 2005

-Won the Los Alamitos Winter Championship in 2003 & 2005 with Whosleavingwho

-Won the Los Alamitos Winter Derby in 2001 with Whosleavingwho

-Won the Spencer Childers Championship with Whosleavingwho in 2003

-Won Vessels Maturity with Whosleavingwho in 2003

Kim Kessinger alone:

-Won the 2007 La Primera Del Ano Derby with Fancys First Affair

 Jim Geiler and Kim Kessinger have been partners on several horses since reigning AQHA Champion Trainer John Bassett introduced them at Ruidoso Downs a few years ago. The two have become great friends and business partners outside of racing. As far as horses are concerned, the owners acquired Whosleavingwho for $40,000 at the 1999 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale with Bassett training Whosleavingwho during his 2-year-old and most of his 3-year-old campaign and Jones taking over since then.
  "It's took him 18 wins to become a millionaire and we've loved every one of them," Geiler said. "Watching him become a millionaire has been a lot of fun for us. Los Alamitos is a wonderful place for an older horse to run and we'll keep letting him run as long as he looks like he's having fun doing it." Kessinger added. "Fast horses and good friends, this sport has been a lot of fun for us. Who knew that we would be so lucky to get a horse like  Whosleavingwho? He is a once in a lifetime horse. To own him is a great honor."
       Kessinger and Geiler are partners on several other horses including Meteoric, the runner-up in the Los Alamitos Winter Championship, and Rainbow Juvenile qualifier Hold Em Now. They are also partners on Love Ya Miss Jess, who competed in the Lassie Handicap, and a Chicks Beduino colt named Righter. Kessinger and his wife Lila operate K & K Farm in Akron, Colorado. The Kessingers have owned the cattle farm since the mid 1970s. The couple also own Washington County Title Company, which specializes in abstract titles. Geiler is a cattle rancher from Fort Summer, New Mexico. The duo is also part of the ownership that campaigns the hard-knocking gelding Meteoric. The son of Chicks Beduino has been involved in 13 stakes races over his career with his best efforts being second  in the Los Alamitos Winter Championship and Los Alamitos Million Futurity and a third in the All American Futurity.