# Casey Wright

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Not to be confused with [Carey Wright](/source/Carey_Wright).

For the Australian Olympic skier, see [Casey Wright (skier)](/source/Casey_Wright_(skier)).

**Casey Wright** (born September 1, 1981) is an American [horse trainer](/source/Horse_trainer) based in [Reagan, Henderson County, Tennessee](/source/Reagan,_Henderson_County,_Tennessee). Wright became notable for training, riding, and showing the [Racking Horse](/source/Racking_Horse) Gold Plated SD, who won a World Grand Championship in 2003. However, he is best known for training and riding the [Tennessee Walking Horse](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse) [I Am Jose](/source/I_Am_Jose), who won three [World Grand Championships](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse_National_Celebration#World_Grand_Championship) in consecutive years, 2013 to 2015. Wright was also named Trainer of the Year in 2013.

## Personal life

Wright was born September 1, 1981, and lives in [Reagan, Henderson County, Tennessee](/source/Reagan,_Henderson_County,_Tennessee).[1] He has a brother named Michael, who is also a [horse trainer](/source/Horse_trainer).[2] He and his wife Lindsey have a daughter and son, Emma and Ryder.[3]

## Career

Wright operates a training stable in Reagan, Tennessee, with his brother Michael.[2] Casey Wright trained the [Racking Horse](/source/Racking_Horse) Gold Plated SD, who won the Four-Year-Old World Championship in the 2002 [Racking Horse World Celebration](/source/Racking_Horse_World_Celebration).[4] The following year Wright and Gold Plated SD won the World Grand Championship.[5] Wright later trained and rode the three-time [World Grand Champion](/source/TWHNCWGC) Tennessee Walking Horse stallion, [I Am Jose](/source/I_Am_Jose).[6] I Am Jose and Wright won the four-year-old [stallion](/source/Stallion) World Championship at the 2013 [Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse_National_Celebration).[7] Wright and the horse's owners, Billy and Debbie Woods of [Lexington, Tennessee](/source/Lexington,_Tennessee), made the decision to enter I Am Jose in the open World Grand Championship, which he won on Wright's birthday.[7] I Am Jose, who beat a class of 8 horses to win, also made history by being the first four-year-old to win the World Grand Championship since [Shaker's Shocker](/source/Shaker's_Shocker) in 1966.[1] Wright was also named Trainer of the Year by the Walking Horse Trainers' Association.[7] The next year, Wright entered I Am Jose in the World Grand Championship and won again, becoming the first repeat winner since [Go Boy's Shadow](/source/Go_Boy's_Shadow) in 1955 and 1956.[1] The 2014 competition was made somewhat harder on the horses by the fact that it had rained for 5 hours by the time the class was called, making the arena footing slippery.[1] Wright said, "It was a little bit slick, but it was pretty firm up in under it."[1] In 2015, Wright and I Am Jose won their third consecutive World Grand Championship in front of a crowd of 15,000.[2] They are only the second horse and rider team to do so, after [The Talk of the Town](/source/The_Talk_of_the_Town_(horse)) and his trainer [Steve Hill](/source/Steve_Hill_(horse_trainer)) in 1951–1953.[2][6] In 2016, the Woods put another horse, Pocket Time, in training with Wright. He and Pocket Time won the Two-Year-Old Championship in the National Trainer's Show.[8]

## References

1. Chip Cirillo (31 August 2014). ["I Am Jose Wins 2nd straight Walking Horse Celebration Championship"](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2014/08/31/jose-wins-nd-straight-walking-horse-celebration-championship/14909101/). *The Tennessean*. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

1. Mike Organ (6 September 2015). ["I Am Jose 3-peats at Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration"](http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2015/09/06/jose-tennessee-walking-horse-national-celebration/71805866/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=). *The Tennessean*. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

1. ["Ryder Case Wright Birth Announcement | the Walking Horse Report"](https://www.walkinghorsereport.com/news/ryder-case-wright-birth-announcement-7341)

1. [https://rackinghorse.org/20031.pdf](https://rackinghorse.org/20031.pdf)[dead link]

1. [http://rackinghorse.org/Past-World-Grand-Champions-2014.pdf](http://rackinghorse.org/Past-World-Grand-Champions-2014.pdf)[dead link]

1. John I. Carney (6 September 2015). ["Triple Play: I Am Jose earns third World Grand Championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031356/http://www.t-g.com/story/2228677.html). *Shelbyville Times-Gazette*. Archived from [the original](http://www.t-g.com/story/2228677.html) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

1. John I. Carney (1 September 2013). ["I Am Jose named World Grand Champion"](http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20131014090849/http%3A//www.t%2Dg.com/story/1999423.html). *Shelbyville Times-Gazette*. Archived from [the original](http://www.t-g.com/story/1999423.html) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

1. ["Woods | the Walking Horse Report"](https://www.walkinghorsereport.com/news/woods-9757)

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