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Wed November 2, 2011
Sports

Nicholasville Rider Takes on World's Best

Credit Charles Bertram / Lexington Herald-Leader
Christina Kelly on her horse, Camirage, on a friend's farm on Walnut Hill Rd. in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, October, 27, 2011. She will ride this horse in the upcoming National Horse Show in Lexington.

When show jumper Christina Kelly rides in the National Horse Show this week, she might be competing with a home-field advantage. Kelly, 18, lives with her parents in Nicholasville. She has competed several times at the Kentucky Horse Park, including in the Alltech Arena. The high point of her summer was the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show, which was in August.