Main Power is a

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who won the World Grand Championship in the 2005

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. He had previously been the Three-Year-Old World Champion in two categories, Four-Year-Old World Champion and Reserve World Grand Champion.

Life and career

Main Power was foaled on April 3, 1999. He is a solid black

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with no white markings. He was sired by Gold Power and out of the mare Main Man's Spirit. His dam was double-registered with both the

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and the Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America. He was trained by Joe Cotten and during his show career was owned by Holland, King and Kilgore of

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, Decatur, and

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, respectively. Main Power entered the

for the first time in 2002 and was named Three-Year-Old World Champion in both the Amateur and Stallion divisions. The following year he won the four-year-old preliminary class before winning the World Championship for that age division, and in 2004 he entered the World Grand Championship for the first time. He placed second. In 2005 he won the B division of the Aged Stallion class in the Celebration and again entered the World Grand Championship. He competed against 9 other horses to win the World Grand Championship. Following the win, he was retired to stud at Sand Creek Farms in

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References

{{Reflist World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horses Individual Tennessee Walking Horses