Joe Fargis Looks Back On Olympic Gold With Touch Of Class

Joe Fargis and his mare, Touch of Class (aka Kitty) in the 1984 Olympics, where they won gold.

When Joe Fargis arrived in southern California for the 1984 Olympics with the rest of the United States Equestrian Team, he spent the first week wondering if he’d even be able to compete at all.

Santa Anita Park, home to one of the most famous Thoroughbred horse racing tracks in the country, had been chosen as the venue for the show jumping competition, and Fargis’s horse, Touch of Class — an 11-year-old Thoroughbred mare who had started her career as a racehorse — was not a fan.

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