He is one of only three horse trainers to win the breed's World Grand Championship four times, and trained the first three-time winner.
[1] Steve Hill said later, "The horse was small and so was I, and my uncle thought we'd match up pretty good.
"[2] Hill made his show-ring debut at age 14 on Wilson's Allen at the Wartrace Horse Show.
[3] Hill won a total of 4 World Grand Championships at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in his career, beginning with the red roan mare Midnight Merry in 1949.
Hill lived in Murfreesboro but had his training stables in nearby Beech Grove, Coffee County.