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Only 12 Days Left!

The TWHBEA National Futurity On-Line Stallion Fee Auction is down to its last 12 days. The current bids total $11,600 with all proceeds going to benefit the TWHBEA National Futurity in creating bigger purses for its participants. Currently many popular stallions are awaiting their first bids...
10/3/2018

Judges selected for WHTA Thanksgiving Classic

Show Chairman, Dean Byard, is pleased to announce the judging panel for the 1st Annual WHTA Thanksgiving Classic horse show to be held Nov. 9 at the Calsonic in Shelbyville.
10/2/2018

Obituary – Earnest Burke

Earnest (Turk) Franklin Burke, age 82, of Wildersville, Tennessee died Friday, September 28, 2018. Born in Old Hickory. Tennessee on August 27, 1936 to Clyde Wilson and Gladys L. Burke. He served in the Air National Guard, worked at the Nashville Gas Co. for 20 years and the State of Tennessee as a Natural Gas Inspector from which he retired in 2003. 
9/30/2018

Equine Obituary – I'm Uncle Kracker

I’m Uncle Kracker passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 22, 2018 at the age of 18. Sired by Gen’s Major General and out of Ultra’s Misty Leigh, Kracker entered the show ring over 100 times throughout his show career...
9/30/2018

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9/28/2018

Judges selected for Tunica Fall Classic

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has selected Jamie Bradshaw, Jeannette Baucom and Smokey Carswell to judge the Tunica Fall Classic. The Tunica show will be held November 1st-3rd at the Paul Battle Arena in Tunica, Miss.
9/28/2018

WHOA reschedules Brownsville, Kentucky

Due to grounds conditions at the Brownsville, KY horse arena this weekends shows on Saturday, September 29th and Sunday, September 30th have been rescheduled for November...
9/27/2018

Lester H Burns retires at Kentucky Celebration

Lester H Burns is by World Grand Champion Ted Williams and out of a direct daughter of The Pusher CG, Push Along Cassidy, a world grand champion producing mare of the Rick Atnip breeding program of Smithville, Tennessee.
9/27/2018

Allison Thorson write-in campaign for the state of Tennessee

I would greatly appreciate your vote for the 2019 TWHBEA  board of directors as a write-in candidate for the state of Tennessee! Please watch the following video...
9/26/2018

NCCWHS class schedule changes

The North Carolina Championship, scheduled for Oct. 4-6, has made the following changes to their class schedule...
9/24/2018

Obituary – Burl Dale

Burl Jacob Dale entered into eternal life Tuesday, September 18, after a courageous fight with heart disease. He recently celebrated his 82nd birthday...
9/24/2018

Columbia honors its own

Columbia’s mayor Dean Dickey proclaimed Sept. 20 to be Gen A' Mighty Day following the horse’s recent World Grand Championship victory at the Celebration, making the horse the fifth World Grand Champion to hail from Columbia...
9/24/2018

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9/21/2018

A Mighty Strong Finish

Going into the coveted World Grand Championship class Saturday night, Sept. 1, the field was somewhat wide-open for contenders riding for the biggest prize of the show. The preliminaries had given several horses a chance to shine, a few surprises emerged, and the judges were spread out with their opinions throughout the week, as was the crowd, demonstrating stiff competition.
9/20/2018

#900 never to return to Celebration competition

At the 79th anniversary of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, Bill Callaway and Gen’s Black Maverick rode into the ring on the last Saturday night to a roar of applause and cheering, and they exited the ring in the same fashion as they claimed the title of 2017 Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion...
9/19/2018