Earl Teater (1905/06-1972) was an American Saddlebred horse trainer. He was best known for showing the stallion Wing Commander to six World's Grand Championships, although he later won another World's Grand Championship on Dream Waltz.
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| Discipline | Saddle seat |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905/1906 Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
| Died | 1972 |
| Major wins/Championships | Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship in 1956 |
| Honors | |
| Inducted into UPHA Hall of Fame | |
| Significant horses | |
| Wing Commander, Dream Waltz. | |
Life and career
editTeater was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1905/1906. In 1943 Teater moved to Brentwood, Tennessee to be the trainer for Maryland Farm.[1][2] In 1945 he returned to Kentucky and became trainer for Dodge Stables, part of Castleton Farm.[3] Teater was best known for training the chestnut stallion Wing Commander.[4] In 1948 he entered Wing Commander in the World's Championship Horse Show for the first time. The two won the five-gaited World's Grand Championship that year and every year through 1953, making them the first six-time winners.[5] Teater also trained the five-gaited horse Waltz Dream, who won the World's Grand Championship in 1956.[6] Teater's son Ed ran the Tattersall Sale, an auction for all ages and disciplines of Saddlebreds, and was later the president of Teater American Saddlebred Enterprises.[7] Earl Teater died May 19, 1972, of cancer. He was 67 years old and his obituary ran in The New York Times.[1] He was inducted into the United Professional Horsemens Association Hall of Fame.[3][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "EARL TEATER". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Beisel, Perky; DeHart, Rob (10 October 2007). Middle Tennessee Horse Breeding. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439635315. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Ransom, James Harley (22 August 1962). "History of American Saddle Horses". Ransom Publishing Company. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Inc, Time (4 October 1954). "LIFE". Time Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Wing Commander: The Great American Show Horse - International Museum of the Horse". www.imh.org. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Millard, James Kemper (22 August 2017). Kentucky's Saddlebred Heritage. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738544403. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chas. l. Cook, Jr (4 March 2015). Historical Memories of American Saddlebred Visionaries. ISBN 9781935538097. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Danilov, Victor J. (22 August 1997). Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 108. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Internet Archive.
Earl Teater.