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Winner’s Circle Twinkle Gorman LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD


The Zone 10 Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Zone 10 Committee to a distinguished equestrian whose lifetime experience and accomplishments exemplify the devotion to the sport of horse showing and horses, and whose equestrian career has continually elevated the sport's excellence.


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Gorman estimates that she has compiled enough mileage to get to the moon and back. Twinkle can still remember the names of the ponies in Sacramento’s William Land Park, where her uncle took her for rides when she was just a little girl. It wasn’t long before she would do just about anything to earn the $2 to pay for her own pony to ride. Even then Twinkle loved to jump, if she could find a log, she would jump it…At the age of 10, her father started her with lessons from Sacramento trainer, Barbara Worth. Twinkle had her first horse out of Barbara’s schooling line. Then came Mr. Pan, the horse she rode until she graduated from High School. Her father bought some property near Land Park including a stable. Twinkle would convince her friends to board their horses there and she cleaned the stables and cared for the horses herself. This went on thru the 1940’s and early into the 1950’s. In 1952, Twinkle met her husband, John Gorman and


was married. The career was temporarily put on standby making a home and having 4 children for some 19 years. In 1973, Twinkle again had the opportunity to get back in the saddle. Twinkle’s husband bought Money Mad.


All Photos Courtesy Twinkle Gorman Top: Twinkle Gorman with Absolute Gold, left, and Sotheby.


Bottom: Twinkle rides Mr. Pann during a 1940s steeplechase at the old State Fair site in Sacramento. 40


ith Sacramento located on the northern fringe of the show circuit – plus 16 fox hunting trips to England and Ireland- Twinkle


To start her second phase with trainer, Larry Mayfield, she had Money Mad and a hunter, Little Renown; both were quite successful through out the area, Money in the jumpers and Renown in the hunters. As the years went by, Twinkle had help by many different trainers; it all depended on what the horses needed at the time. Twinkle and John also would take numerous trips to England and Ireland to fox hunt. They would spend several days out in the countryside in all kinds of weather. Twinkle loved it, jumping all those solid jumps,


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