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In 1950, the United States Department of Agriculture recognized the Tennessee Walking Horse as a distinct breed. [5] In 2000, the Tennessee Walking Horse was named the official state horse of the US state of Tennessee. [15] It is the third most-common breed in Kentucky, behind the Thoroughbred and the American Quarter Horse. [16]
The next year Lute retired from the horse industry and The Whole Nine Yards was moved to Bill Bobo's stable. [2] Bobo showed The Whole Nine Yards in the 2002 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and won both the open Four-Year-Old World Championship and the stallion-specific Four-Year-Old World Championship. [2]
The Whole Nine Yards, chestnut stallion f. 1998 Bill Bobo: Bob & Luanne Sigman family [59] 2004 The Black Night Shade, black stallion f. 1998 Jimmy McConnell Tom & Judy Waite [60] 2005 Main Power, black stallion f. 1999 Joe Cotten Holland, King & Kilgore [61] 2007 Master of Jazz, black stallion f. 2001 Jimmy McConnell Lee Wall & Mike McGartland ...
Harry Butler looks back at the storied career of Rock-A-Bye Lady, a championship Tennessee Walking Horse honored more than 50 years after her death.
The Whole Nine Yards was the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion in 2003. [8] Santana's El Nino , a son of Generator's Santana, was the 2008 World Grand Champion, [ 9 ] Watch It Now was the 2009 World Grand Champion, [ 5 ] and The Coach , who was Reserve World Grand Champion to him, won the honor in 2010. [ 10 ]
Bobo Farms, Shelbyville, a Tennessee Walking Horse training facility that showed the 2003 World Grand Champion, The Whole Nine Yards. [28] Brantley Farm, Wartrace, the earliest Tennessee Walking Horse breeding farm. Clearview Farm, an all-breed boarding facility that also hosts horse shows. [49]
The Talk of the Town won the three-year-old geldings class at the 1950 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. [4] A year later in 1951, he won his first World Grand Championship. He would win the class again in 1952 and 1953, making him the first of only two horses to win three World Grand Championships.
At three years old in 1955, Go Boy's Shadow won his first World Grand Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. He repeated his win a year later, in 1956. [1] [2] Go Boy's Shadow was the last horse to repeat at the Celebration for nearly fifty years, until I Am Jose won the stake three years running, in 2013, 2014 and ...