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developed. Finally, in the only workout
in the big three classes this night, the
judges put these two back out for more,
along with Callaway’s Karla and Debbie
Foley, (SA) Calif First Night Out and
Neil Visser, and Thunderstorm Warning
with Tammy Devore.
In the end, this tri-color too went to
North Carolina, with Peter Cowart for
his owners Beth Arndt and Megan
McClure, while a smiling and great
sport Mary McClean rode up for
Reserve Champion honors again this
year. Announcer Peter Doubleday interviewed
Cowart before the final 2008
victory parade, who said the new
World’s Grand Champion already had a
home for life, was never and would
never be for sale, and that his owners
were that kind of supportive people, of
him and his horse. He told of watching
CH Sky Watch win all those years ago,
and dreaming he’d like to do that himself
some day.
Well, now he has . . . so Peter with
his wife Kim, a World’s Grand
Champion in her own right, are
returning to North Carolina after a
night that left plenty of Kentuckians
wondering if the center of gravity in
the Saddlebred world might just have
felt a seismic shock.
Carolina rules this year!
Jane Beshear, First Lady of Kentucky,
attends the World’s Championship Horse Show
Photo by Jen Corcoran
By Jessica Fisher
Devoted equestrian is yet another
role that Jane Beshear, First Lady of
Kentucky, plays in the “horse capital of
the world.” As an ambassador of the
horse industry she attended Saturday
evening, August 23, at the World’s
Championship Horse Show at Kentucky
State Fair’s historic Freedom Hall.
The Kentucky State Fair was honored
as First Lady Beshear participated
in the presentation of awards for the
Five-Gaited World’s Grand Champion.
“All parts of the horse industry are
extremely important to Kentucky and
particularly the American Saddlebred.
It is a part of Kentucky, it is very much
a part of our heritage and it is only
proper that they be represented here to
show how much the state, the people,
and the governor feels about this breed
and about this type of horse show. This
is a wonderful horse show and I am
very proud that the state of Kentucky
has this type of event; we just hope it
continues to grow,” says Beshear.
As an accomplished equestrian, the
First Lady currently competes with her
thoroughbred mare, Big Time Magic, in
horse shows throughout the area. Mrs.
Beshear is active in various horse organizations,
including the board of directors
of Equestrian Events, which organizes
the Rolex Three-Day Event; and
the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Foundation, which will host the World
Equestrian Games at the Kentucky
Horse Park in September of 2010.
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avoid mistakes in this publication, the
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