Century Club Ride

Santa Barbara equestrian Karen Jenkins, 80, is presenting her quarter horse Homer, 20, in a Century Club Ride, sponsored by the U.S. Dressage Foundation, at the Earl Warren Showgrounds next Saturday (17).

The rare event is designed for horse and rider who achieve the combined age of 100.

Karen, her husband, Si, and son, Josiah, own Jedlicka’s Saddlery in Los Olivos, and formerly had a longtime store in our Eden by the Beach.

She has been a member of the Sage Hens riding group for 50 years and is riding for the group’s half century recognition award just days before her Century Club Ride.

Homer, known for his calm demeanor, has the distinction of being one of two Jenkins family horses featured on the 2013 official Fiesta poster.

Long may they rein…

Heading to Splitsville 

Just days away from celebrating their silver wedding anniversary, Montecito actress Joanna Kerns, who starred in the ‘80s sitcom Growing Pains, has filed for divorce from her architect husband Marc Appleton in Los Angeles County Superior Court, I’m saddened to learn.

Joanna, 66, who appeared in the ABC show with the late Carpinteria actor Alan Thicke from 1985 to 1992, married Appleton in 1994, just two years after the popular series came to an end.