World Show: November 17
November 17, 2009
Check out the photos below from Day 12 of the 2009 AQHA World Championship Show (click on the photo to see the captions). For more coverage of the World Show, go to www.aqha.com.
The old man’s not ready to retire.
Vicki McAngus and Jettin Boone had a clean round in the jump-off to win another world championship. (Journal photo)
Jettin Boone and Vicki McAngus still have what it takes to jump higher and faster.
At age 21, some might think a multiple world championship-earning horse like “Jet” has earned a quiet, easy retirement. Those people don’t include Vicki, his owner, who says that the big brown gelding is just getting started.
“He’s just not ready to retire,” Vicki said after picking up Jet’s seventh world championship in open jumping. “He doesn’t know that he’s 21. He still dances and prances around out here like he was a 4-year-old, and I think he’ll tell me when he’s ready to retire.”
Even injury couldn’t hold Jet back. He bowed a tendon on the last jump of the finals in 2008 and spent the next six months recuperating. Vicki got him qualified for the 2009 AQHA World Championship Show in just two shows.
And will she be back next year with “Jet the Not-Ready-for-Retirement Jumper” to defend their title?
“Absolutely.”
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November 19th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
THIS IS TO JETTIN BOONE AND VICKI. THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW A GOOD HORSE AND RIDER ALWAYS LAST FOREVER!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
[...] and people head home. But stalwart fans who stayed to watch the finals in 2005 were thrilled when a jump-off became necessary between three horse-and-rider teams, all either previous world champions or [...]
October 25th, 2010 at 4:02 am
[...] nothing on my place was prettier. And when they competed, few horses were better. They earned their retirement. In their old age, we came to love every one of their funny little personality quirks, and [...]