For Lyn Leach, her family had been showing American Saddlebred horses for more than 80 years.

After a 20-year hiatus to raise a family, Lyn and her daughter decided to get back into horse showing and this year had the experience of a lifetime.

Their horse won the World Championship for three-year-old horses at the World Championship Horse Show held at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville.

The horse’s name? “What a Surprise.”

Lyn said that Surprise was a true surprise that evening.

“Surprised doesn’t give it justification,” Lyn said. “She is certainly a gift. She is something that I didn’t expect.”

“I’m the third generation in my family to ride American Saddlebred horses,” she said. “They are not walking horses. My grandparents showed and my parents showed. I show and my daughter doe

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