Breaking News is an

American Saddlebred The American Saddlebred is a horse breed from the United States. Descended from riding-type horses bred at the time of the American Revolution, the American Saddlebred includes the Narragansett Pacer, Canadian Pacer, Morgan horse, Morgan and ...

horse who won the Saddlebred Triple Crown in 2008, meaning he won the five-gaited stake in the Lexington Junior League Horse Show, the Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship in the

World's Championship Horse Show The World's Championship Horse Show, held at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky, in Freedom Hall, is a large horse show that includes the American Saddlebred, Hackney pony, Dutch Harness Horse, and Standardbred breeds. It is u ...

, and the five-gaited stake in the American Royal Horse Show in the same year.

Life and career

Breaking News is a

chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Description ...

gelding who was sired by The Talk of the Town and out of the mare Reedann's Cascade. He was bred by Dr. Alan Raun of Cumming, Iowa. Breaking News was trained by Peter Cowart of West Wind Stables in

Statesville, North Carolina Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. The population was 28,419 at the time of the 2020 census. Statesville was established in 1789 by an act of the North Carolina Legislature. It is part ...

. He was bought by Beth Arndt and her granddaughter Megan McClure in 2003. In July 2008 Cowart entered him in the Lexington Junior League Horse Show, where he won the

five-gaited Five-gaited horses are notable for their ability to perform five distinct horse gaits instead of simply the three gaits, walk, trot and canter, canter or gallop common to most horses. Individual animals with this ability are often seen in the Ame ...

stake. Breaking News won the Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship at the

in late August. In November he won the five-gaited stake in the American Royal Horse Show, making him a Saddlebred Triple Crown winner; a horse who wins the American Royal, Lexington Junior League, and World's Championship Horse Shows' five-gaited stake classes in the same calendar year. At the 2009 Saddlebred Ball, held in February, Breaking News was named the Horse of the Year.

References

{{Reflist Individual American Saddlebreds