Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: A Touch Of Class

There’s nothing like a good Thoroughbred story, and A Touch of Class had the perfect Cinderella story come true in the 1984 Olympics in show jumping. The mare was small, quirky and initially fated to be a racehorse, but instead became one of the most successful show jumpers in history. Ridden by Joe Fargis, the mare cleared 90 out of 91 jumps for the entire competition, and beat the impressive stallion Abdullah, ridden by Conrad Homfeld. She was the fourth horse in history to win two show jumping gold medals, and her performance earned her the very first non-human USOC Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year. Watching her performance over these enormous jumps gives me goosebumps every time, and I hope you enjoy it too!

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