Redd Crabtree

Redd Crabtree
Birth nameCharles Crabtree, Jr.
OccupationHorse trainer and breeder
DisciplineSaddle seat
Born(1935-09-05)September 5, 1935
Aberdeen, Arkansas
DiedJanuary 19, 2015(2015-01-19) (aged 79)
Louisville, Kentucky
Major wins/ChampionshipsFive-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 achievementsPresident 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.