Thunderbolt and William Shatner Win at the 2013

In the Amateur Roadster to Bike Championship at the 2013 Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show William Shatner and Belle Reve Farm LLC's Thunderbolt earned the blue ribbon. This and more from Friday evening at #WCHS 2013 are available on-demand on USEFNetwork at www.usefnetwork...

[@suzanne9622]

Skillful driving job. Magnificent horse! A great bond between the two, deserving of the win! A pleasure to watch.

[@abbyhunt5128]

William Shatner is a badass!!! I loved Captain Kirk!

[@deborahwebb3736]

I think maybe Raymond Shively helped train this horse. Mr. Shively was always so good with roadster to bike and roadster to wagon horses. I helped him out at the American Royal one time when one of his grooms called in sick. Raymond, that is. He paid me with a free ticket to that evening's show.

[@MorganHorse]

The only time I wouldn't mind not winning, is the time I get beat by a Starfleet Captain.

[@vleonicaroberts2495]

Great piece of driving, Bill!

[@agentfungus9742]

What would happen if Shat wasn't awarded the blue ribbon? The Wrath of Shat would rain down!

[@MorganHorse]

Not a blue ribbon sir! A champion tricolor and a blanket of roses, a World's Grand Champion tricolor ribbon at that!(In all seriousness he deserved the win, although it was a fairly weak class... It seems members of the Morgan breed are superior road horses)

[@oucutie1]

Morgan_Horse Oh no! Say it isn’t so!! No breed beats the Saddlebred....in anything!!! (Except maybe the Arabian in a hot, desert race). 😂

[@harveypost7799]

Work on a small horse farm barn full of old cars one a model t racer and these hear two wheelers. 51 years ago

[@elizabethb4634]

I wonder if Bill flies between LA & Kentucky or drives.

[@Amclaren2009]

What was the original purpose of creating these gaited horses?

[@laurenrousell8117]

Amclaren2009 Mainly travel and carriage work.

[@anonymousjet]

It's a more comfortable gait to ride when traveling long distances.

[@coollikegrass2489]

Gaited horses had better long term stamina and a smoother gait. These horses that snap their legs up all fancy only do it for show purposes, and back in the day it was for pride/ego

[@chloelawson7320]

CoolLikeGrass 🙄 they literally don’t

[@ratherbfishing455]

To race them! Standardbreds!

[@marilynlevine4257]

American saddle bred

[@shawnabloom]

He is actually quite a horseman!! 👍🏻👍🏻