UNIONVILLE, Tenn. – Current two-time World Champion Ritz In Command passed away Monday, June 29, 2009. Only a four-year-old, Ritz In Command and Barbara Kenehan competed Friday evening at the Bedford FFA Show in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Ritz In Command was owned by Jay and Barbara Kenehan of Flat Creek, Tenn., and was trained by Finish Line Farms of Unionville, Tenn. Ritz In Command carried Barbara Kenehan to her first Celebration blue in the Owner Amateur Three-Year-Old Mare and Gelding, Div. A. last year. Rodney Dick also won the 2008 Three-Year-Old Gelding World Championship on this talented gelding.

The Walking Horse Reports regrets this huge loss to the Kenehans and Finish Line Farms.