Love Thy Neigh-bor

Santa Barbara equestrian Karen Jenkins, 80, riding her quarter horse gelding Homer, who was celebrating his 20th birthday, made history in a Century Club ride at the Earl Warren Showgrounds.

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

Karen, the wife of Jedlicka’s Saddlery owner, Si Jenkins, has been a lifelong rider and a member of the local Sage Hens riding group for half a century.

The Century Club, sponsored by the U.S. Dressage Foundation, promotes the classic art of dressage, which I would see regularly when covering the Royal Family at the Badminton and Burleigh horse trials.

Homer has the distinction of being one of two Jenkins family horses to be featured on the 2013 official Fiesta poster.