Rowdy Rev

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.

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 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]

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