Interview with Edward Teater, May 9, 2008
Project: Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, Edward Teater, a Saddlebred trainer, discusses his childhood and his father's successful career as a Saddlebred trainer. Teater shares memories of the legendary Saddlebred champion Wing Commander and talks about what he learned working with his father. Teater also discusses managing Dodge Stable after his father died in 1972, the dispersal of the Dodge Saddlebreds, and his employment at North Ridge Farm in Minnesota.Interview Accession
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American saddlebred horse Castleton Farm (Ky.) Dodge Stables (Ky.) Horse owners--Interviews Horse trainers--Interviews Jessamine County (Ky.) Moreland, Robert E. North Ridge Farm (Mn.) Teater Stables (Ky.) Teater, Earl, 1905-1972 Teater, Edward M., 1933- Teater, Edward M., 1933- --Interviews Van Lennep, Frances Dodge Van Lennep, Frederick Wing Commander (Show horse)Interview Rights
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Teater, Edward Interview by Kim Lady Smith. 09 May. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Teater, E. (2008, May 09). Interview by K. L. Smith. Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Teater, Edward, interview by Kim Lady Smith. May 09, 2008, Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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