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WHOA Recognizes Celebration World Grand Champions
Friday, September 29, 2006


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- September 28, 2006
Contact: Tommy Hall, executive director, 615-494-8822

WHOA Recognizes World Grand Champions at Celebration

MURFREESBORO, TENN. -- At its meeting today, the Walking Horse Owners’ Association board of directors voted unanimously to recognize the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration as the only event to crown World Grand Champion Walking Horses. The Celebration is a great tradition in our industry and in the equine world and WHOA appreciates all that they do to showcase our horses at a world-class event.

WHOA fully supports the Celebration and looks forward to crowning the next generation of World Champions culminating in the crowning of the next World Grand Champion at the Celebration on September 1, 2007.



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