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FAST prepares for Spring Showcase

Preparations for the FAST Spring Showcase are well underway! This year’s show will be held April 16-17, 2021 at Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville, Tenn. The two-night event is offering a limited number of VIP tables on the concourse of the arena...
2/10/2021

WHTA prepares for 53rd annual Trainers' Show

The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association will host their 53rd annual Trainers’ Show on March 18-21, 2021 at Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The event will include the following...
2/10/2021

Equine Obituary – Kid Callahan

Kid Callahan passed away unexpectedly on February 5, 2021, following a heart attack. Foaled on May 10, 2002, this 19-year-old gorgeous, black stallion was well known for his many blue-ribbon rides with owner Ed Breedlove in the saddle...
2/9/2021

TWHBEA conducts election

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association held its International Board of Directors Meeting on February 6, 2021 at both its headquarters and via Zoom. Due to the pandemic, the meeting was delayed from December when the election and board meeting are typically held...
2/8/2021

Sarah Smith joins FAST

The Board of Directors for FAST (Foundation for the Advancement & Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Sarah Smith has been hired as the foundation’s Director of Events...
2/3/2021

Help preserve the horse industry in Kentucky

On behalf of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), our board of directors and our thousands of grassroots and horse industry members across the Commonwealth, I am writing to ask you to join us in our campaign to ensure the continued operation of historical horse racing (HHR) in Kentucky...
2/2/2021

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1/29/2021

What now?

Get ready to show! As we turn the calendar to 2021, show season is just around the corner and despite what you might have heard or read on the internet and social media, the show season will be fine. There have been no changes to the law that effect our shows or horses in any way.
1/29/2021

Equine Obituary – Jammin' For Keeps

Reserve world champion Jammin' For Keeps recently passed away at Cedar Tree Farms. Affectionately known as Jammin,' the talented mare was sired by Cash For Keeps and out of Strawberry Jam. She found show ring success at young age and maintained that success for over a decade.
1/29/2021

TWHBEA reaction to NAS study

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association is pleased that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) recently concluded their study entitled, “A Review of Methods for Detecting Soreness in Horses (2021)”, recently published...
1/28/2021

More in depth on SHOW rules

The SHOW Horse Industry Organization is one of the certified HIOs by the United States Department of Agriculture. As part of the responsibility of having an HIO, SHOW has the “show rules” portion of its rulebook...
1/28/2021

Obituary – Donna Cooper Galloway

Donna S. Cooper Galloway was born on October 15, 1955 in Lexington, Kentucky. She passed away unexpectedly at her home in Winchester, Kentucky. on January 25, 2021. Donna is preceded in death by her parents, Orval Don Cooper (1995) and Florence Louise Cooper (1998) of Lexington, KY.   
1/27/2021

Obituary – Missy Grider

Missy Grider, 50, of Columbia, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at her home...
1/27/2021

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1/22/2021

WHOA announces Board of Directors

The Walking Horse Owners’ Association is proud to announce the following candidates were elected to the WHOA Board of Directors by the WHOA Membership...
1/22/2021