Our News Home Page Our News Archives

Versatility Shows in North Carolina and Tennessee
Thursday, September 14, 2006





     The Walking Horse Owners’ Association (WHOA) has two versatility shows scheduled for this Saturday, September 16th.  The shows will be held in Lewisburg, Tennessee and Raleigh, North Carolina.
     The Lewisburg show will be held at Rising Glory Farm and features 39 classes including versatility and game classes.  Jesse Dotson will judge the show, which will begin at 9:00 AM.
     The show in Raleigh is hosted by the Raleigh Lions Club and will begin at 8:00 AM in the outdoor warm-up ring at the Governor James B. Hunt Horse Complex on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.  Michael Culbreath will judge the 27 classes which include trail obstacle and reining.  The show is being held in conjunction with the North Carolina State Championship Saddlebred and Morgan Show.  According to Bill Whitley, assistant show manager, exhibitors should enter the fairgrounds through the entrance on Frank Weeden Drive.  There is also an entrance (Gate 4) on Trinity Road.
     Class schedules for both shows are available by calling WHOA at 615-494-8822, or download it from www.walkinghorseowners.com. 

More Stories

  • **Updated Horse Show Schedule

    The Walking Horse Report will provide daily updates to the list of canceled and postponed horse shows... Read More

  • Jose's Cold Chills update

    The Walking Horse Report has just recently learned that Jose’ Cold Chills will not be returning to the ring. Following an injury at the 2020 Celebration in the Walking Stake class the decision was made today that the talented horse will no longer compete in the ring. Owner Bart McWaters made this statement for the McWaters Family... Read More

  • Inman steps down from The Celebration

    Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Chief Executive Officer Mike Inman tendered his resignation to the Celebration’s board of directors on September 23, 2020.  The resignation from Inman will be effective immediately and comes after his eight-year stint at the helm of The Celebration. Read More

  • Obituary – Peggy Vernon

    Peggy Joyce Vernon, 81, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. She was born in Winona, Mississippi, on September 19, 1938... Read More

  • Obituary – Steve Beech

    Stephen W. “Steve” Beech, III, 77, resident of Belfast, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at Lynchburg Nursing Center... Read More

  • Trainers' Show schedule update

    The Walking Horse Trainers' Association has added a class to their original schedule. Class 18 will be Five & Under Show Pleasure, Riders’ Cup. The show will be held October 8-10 at the Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee.  Read More

  • Obituary – June Hawkins

    Mrs. Freda June Harris Hawkins, 85, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. Born in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Harris and Edna Frances Gillum Harris... Read More

  • WHTA newsletter from the President

    Hello all!  I pray that everyone had a safe trip home. The 82nd Annual Celebration was certainly one to remember in many ways. The quantity and quality of horses presented were outstanding.  The spectators were energized, the decorations were beautiful and the rain plentiful... Read More

  • Some Razzle and Jazz was added to 2020

    Christmas really did come in July for Tennessee Walking Horse trainer John Allan Callaway. The gift was delivered not by Santa Claus, but by Alan Riddley of Shelby, North Carolina, to the Callaway barn in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Master’s Razzle And Jazz was the present and at 16.3 hands high, the dark bay stallion was a little too big to wrap...  Read More

  • Latest Issue 9 21 20 Main

    Read More