Rowdy Rev

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Rowdy Rev
BreedTennessee Walking Horse
DisciplinePerformance show horse
SireThe Revelation
DamPrides Dixie Delight
Sex Stallion
ColorChestnut
BreederHarlinsdale Farm
Owner Middle Tennessee State University
Trainer Bill Bobo
Brandon Stout
Major wins
Four-Year-Old World Championship in 2005
Reserve World Grand Championship in 2007
Stallion Class winner 2008-2010

Rowdy Rev is a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion who won the Reserve World Grand Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Although he repeatedly competed in the World Grand Championship, he never won, despite wins in other large shows.

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Life and career

Rowdy Rev is a 16.3  hands (67 inches, 170 cm) [1] chestnut stallion with a flaxen mane and tail and a blaze on his face. His sire was The Revelation and his dam was Prides Dixie Delight. [1] He is currently standing at the Middle Tennessee State University's Horse Science Program. He was bred and owned by Harlinsdale Farm at the time it was under Bill Harlin's management. He was trained for most of his show career by Bill Bobo of Bobo Farms, Shelbyville, Tennessee. [2] Ridden by Bobo, Rowdy Rev won the Four-Year-Old World Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 2005. [3] He first entered the World Grand Championship in the Celebration in 2006. Rowdy Rev was one of three horses who passed United States Department of Agriculture's inspectors that year, but due to controversy the class was canceled and no horse competed. [2] Bobo and his wife later stated in a Shelbyville Times-Gazette interview that they believed Rowdy would have won had the class been held. Rowdy Rev won the Reserve World Grand Championship in 2007. The following year he placed third after suffering from a cold. [2] Harlin had considered retiring Rowdy Rev to stud, but made the decision to breed him to a few mares and then continue showing the next year. [4] Rowdy Rev suffered a hoof crack just prior to the 2009 World Grand Championship and did not compete. He won Section B of the Stallions Class, [lower-alpha 1] a preliminary to the World Grand Championship, three years in a row from 2008 to 2010. [2] Rowdy Rev won the stake at the Spring Fun Show in 2008. [5] In 2012 Rowdy Rev was moved to Brandon Stout's training barn. He and Stout placed second in the Wartrace Horse Show stake before competing in the Celebration. [6]

Rowdy Rev stood at stud at Harlinsdale Farm. [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ The stallions class is traditionally split into two separate sections, A and B, due to the large number of entries. These are judged separately and a winner is awarded in each.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Westwood Farms Reference: Rowdy Rev" . Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Stallions ride rough roads". 31 August 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Reminiscing with Bill Harlin". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rowdy Rev's back for another try". 14 January 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rowdy Rev repeats Fun Show win". 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Going for blue: Contenders look towards World Grand Championship". 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Resources THE SCOOP" . Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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