William Shatner: Difference between revisions

On April 24, 2014, he performed for one night only an autobiographical one-man show on Broadway, which was later broadcast in over 700 theaterstheatres across Canada, Australia, and the United States. A large portion of the revenue went to charity.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gluck |first=Robert |date=April 25, 2014 |title=From 'Star Trek' to one-man show, William Shatner stays in the limelight |url=http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2014/4/23/from-star-trek-to-one-man-show-william-shatner-stays-in-the-limelight |work=[[JNS.org]] |location=Boston, MA |accessdate=2014-09-06 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906064950/http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2014/4/23/from-star-trek-to-one-man-show-william-shatner-stays-in-the-limelight |archivedate=September 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In his spare time, Shatner enjoys breeding and [[Horse show|showing]] [[American Saddlebred]]s{{r|jordan20100903}} and [[American Quarter Horse|Quarter Horses]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huber|first1=Mark|title=William Shatner|url=http://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/william-shatner|website=Business Jet Traveler|accessdate=15 August 2016|date=April 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018103131/http://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/william-shatner|archivedate=October 18, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Shatner rode one of his own horses, a mare named Great Belles of Fire, in ''Star Trek Generations''.<ref name="HarrisM">{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Moira C. |others=Photographs by Bob Langrish |title=America's Horses: A Celebration of the Horse Breeds Born in the U.S.A |year=2006 |publisher=[[Globe Pequot Press|Lyons Press]] |location=Guilford, CT |pages=42–43 |isbn=978-1-59228-893-9 |oclc=76906780 |lccn=2003001797}}</ref> Shatner has a {{convert|360|acre|ha|adj=on}} farm near [[Versailles, Kentucky]], named [[Belle Reve Farm]] (from the French ''beau rêve'', "Beautiful Dream"—Belle Reve was the name of Blanche Dubois' and her sister Stella's family home in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''), where he raises American Saddlebreds. Three of his notable horses include Call Me Ringo, Revival, and Sultan's Great Day. The farm's activities help benefit the Central Kentucky Riding for Hope "Horses For Heroes" program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ckrh.org/ |title=CKRH Home Page |website=Central Kentucky Riding for Hope |publisher=Neil Tollner |location=Lexington, KY |accessdate=2013-11-12 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112122331/http://www.ckrh.org/ |archivedate=November 12, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Shatner also plays on the [[World Poker Tour]] in the Hollywood Home Games,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Tournaments/Seasons/WPT_Specials/Hollywood_Home_Game_V.aspx |title=Hollywood Home Game V |website=[[World Poker Tour]] |publisher=WPT Enterprises, Inc. |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=2013-11-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112123036/http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Tournaments/Seasons/WPT_Specials/Hollywood_Home_Game_V.aspx |archivedate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> where celebrities play for their favoritefavourite charities. Since 1990, he has been a leading force behind the Hollywood Charity Horse Show, which raises money for children's charities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horseshow.org/ |title=Welcome to the Hollywood Charity Horse Show |website=Hollywood Charity Horse Show |publisher=Picture Partners |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=2013-11-12 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102222044/http://horseshow.org/ |archivedate=January 2, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/actor-william-shatner-horses-around-for-charity-3/|title=Actor William Shatner Horses Around For Charity|publisher=|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831034226/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/actor-william-shatner-horses-around-for-charity-3/|archivedate=August 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2018, Shatner was awarded the [[National Reining Horse Association]] Lifetime Achievement Award in the [[National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dale Wilkinson Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://nrha.com/halloffame |website=National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame |publisher=www.nrha.com |accessdate=May 14, 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Shatner won a world championship title with his standard bred road horse, Track Star, while showing at the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalhorseman.com/horse/track-star-road-horse|title=Track Star National Horseman|website=www.nationalhorseman.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>