Redd Crabtree
| Birth name | Charles Crabtree, Jr. |
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| Occupation | Horse trainer and breeder |
| Discipline | Saddle seat |
| Born | September 5, 1935 Aberdeen, Arkansas |
| Died | January 19, 2015 (aged 79) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Major wins/Championships | Five-Gaited Stallion World's Championship 1966, 2010 Five-Gaited Gelding World's Championship 1971 Three-Gaited Two-Year-Old World's Championship, 1982 Three-Gaited Two-Year-Old World's Championship, 1983 Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship 1975, 1978, 1997 Two-Year-Old Five-Gaited World's Championship 1999 |
| Lifetime achievements | President of United Professional Horsemens Association Director/Vice president of American Saddlebred Horse Association |
| Honors | |
| UPHA Hall of Fame, 1994 C. J. Cronin Sportsmanship Award, 1994 & 2014 ASHA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010 KY Athletic Hall of Fame, 2014 Rock Creek Horse Show Hall of Fame, 2014 | |
| Significant horses | |
| Chief of Greystone, Glory Kalarama, Burning Tree's Good Omen, Dow Jones, Burning Tree's Big Country, Will Shriver, Cora's Time, Supreme Heir, The New Yorker, Zorvoorbij Commander in Chief, Swish, Callaway's Bluesman, Epic Hero | |
Redd Crabtree (1935–2015) was an American Saddlebred horse trainer. Crabtree, the son of notable Saddlebred trainers and saddle seat riding teachers Helen and Charles Crabtree, who owned Crabtree Stables, won three Five-Gaited World's Grand Championships and multiple World's Championships in the World's Championship Horse Show. He was president of the United Professional Horsemens Association, vice president and a director of the American Saddlebred Horse Association and was inducted into three Halls of Fame. Redd Crabtree died on January 19, 2015.