Linda’s Legacy
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108 – March/April, 2022
By Barbara Aitken Jenkins
When little girls are young, they dream big. The sky is the limit. Sometimes, those dreams become muddled in everyday life as they get older. But some women are able to push through the mundane and create a life that exceeds any childhood dreams.
Linda Gordon was a woman who lived her life to the fullest. From the show pen to the boardroom, Linda lived life. Whether she was giving to the community she loved the most or walking to the barn on a crisp spring morning, dogs at her side, Linda created the life she had always dreamed of living.
On December 18, 2021, the horse industry lost Linda Gordon, a woman who, throughout her lifetime, was in constant pursuit of greatness. Best known for her accomplishments in the American Paint Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, and the World Conformation Horse Association, Linda will be remembered as a leading force in the horse industry. To Linda, horses were life.
On May 28, 1954, Linda was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up as the third generation in a cattle ranching family near Roanoke, Texas.
“We were both on horses as infants,” says Christy Thompson, Linda’s surviving sister. “[Our dad] just wanted us to learn, and he wanted us to learn how to do it and be self-sufficient and know everything about cattle ranching. Therefore, we learned about horses as well, because we gathered cattle with horses.
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108 – March/April, 2022
