Carol Harris

Carol Harris (March 26, 1923 – August 7, 2021) was an American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame horsewoman. Harris made her way into a self-proclaimed "good ol' boy" industry. She was one of the first women American Quarter Horse Association's (AQHA) judges. She judged at the AQHA World Championship Show, the first woman to do so.

Life Carol Harris was born on March 26, 1923, in New Jersey. She spent her childhood in West Orange, New Jersey. Around 1930, Harris was focusing her time on horses, dogs, cats, and other animals she was interested in. But it was the horses and dogs that she chose to breed, train, and show. Harris had horses as a child, and her first was a Standardbred. The standardbred was a pacer that she turned into a trotter. Harris also showed Hackney ponies, Arabians, Saddlebreds, and Tennessee Walkers. She soon turned that 400-acre facility into what has been labeled a "Quarter Horse Camelot." He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2006. Harris was at home when she died from complications of cancer.

She made her mark upon the equestrian world in many ways, including breeding, judging, and holding the president position at several equine associations.