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NOVEMBER 7-22, 2008 (dates tentative) Read below for a special recap of this past year's world show.
BY MEGAN BROWNELL, JOURNAL INTERN
 | Karen Hornick rides A Certain Vino
to the junior western pleasure win. |
Karen Hornick rode A Certain Vino to win at the 2007 AQHA World Championship Show in junior western pleasure. Trained by Karen and her husband, Ty, at Jamestown, Ohio, the 2003 brown gelding is owned by Lee Reeve of Garden City, Kansas. He was bred by Tim and Lou Petty of Ocala, Florida. “Loping - he just comes out every day loping,” Karen said about “Vino” being a pleasure to ride. “He’s the same every day. He’s fun to ride and has a great feel. “We’ve worked all year toward this,” she said. Vino is by Certain Potential and out of Dotevia by Zippo Jack Bar. Lee bought the gelding two years ago at the World Show. In 2005, Vino won the Reichert Celebration’s $250,000 Sports Medicine Challenge. “He’s a great horse and he’s had a great year,” Lee said. “This is a great culmination to the end of the year.” Lee said his family and the Hornicks like everything about Vino. “Of course we like it when he wins,” Lee said with a smile. Vino placed first under four of the five junior western pleasure judges at this year’s World Show. “We’ll keep showing him as long as he wants to perform,” Lee said. Horse: A Certain Vino
Pedigree: 2003 brown gelding, Certain Potential , Dotevia by Zippo Jack Bar
Exhibitor: Karen Hornick, Jamestown, Ohio
Owner: Lee Reeve, Garden City, Kansas
Breeder: Tim and Lou Petty, Ocala, Florida
Total class entries: 48
Purse: $27,265.44 World Champion Prizes: Custom gold-tone trophy, Montana Silversmiths sterling silver buckle with a 14-karat gold overlay, Cripple Creek Outerwear World Show jacket, Tex Tan spurs and spur straps, Justin smooth ostrich Techno Crepe boots, 100 pounds of Nutrena feed, Professional’s Choice products and neck wreath. Total purse and prizes for the 2007 AQHA World Championship Show: $2,634,750. |
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