january tennessee walking horse trainer kentucky spent career northern alabama trained horses years won tennessee walking horse world grand championship age horse dark spirit rebel time oldest rider win honor inducted named trainer year twice age won second world grand championship rpm making oldest winning rider second time son steve successful trainer matched father record remain father son win world grand championships breed died heart attack january life death born kentucky near lexington grew family farm involved horses young age moved northwest alabama 1950s wife née lewis children david steve successful horse trainer died january age following heart attacks brought complications knee replacement surgery buried sheffield alabama won world grand championships father won winning horses parole remain father son win world grand championships won world grand championship years steve steve said think winning meant won said partnership steve wanted work ain fathers sons got long career began training horses teens began training tennessee walking horses specifically participated year years beginning time popular signed hours performances total personally showed horses celebration years counting estimated trained shown riders training facility later located florence alabama covered acres point mid-1980s horses training given trainer year award time trained tennessee walking horses years career won world grand championships horses dark spirit rebel rpm world championships horses named trainer year fellow trainers consistently showing training quality horses twice oldest rider win world grand championship time age judged tennessee walking horse shows inducted notable horses trained bay stallion dark spirit rebel world grand championship training years years old making oldest trainer win class competition held record crowd rebel favorite horse going competition field team stallion said popular celebration history said win coming celebration seen like twice good nice know got friends supporters second world grand champion rpm son dark spirit rebel rpm won celebration hopes winning year horse sold million new owners moved rpm trainer stable tennessee intention entering celebration shortly celebration day convicted judge fined year suspension given task riding rpm won world grand championship making oldest rider win class second time breaking earlier record
Bud Dunn