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9/1/2023 |
| It was a perfect night filled with perfect performances as the first of three nights of world grand championships began Thursday night in “The Big Oval” at the 85th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. |
9/2/2023 |
| Marvin Ellis North was born on May 1, 1961, and departed this life on August 29, 2023. He was the second of eight children to the late Joe Ellis North (2011) and Shellie North. |
9/1/2023 |
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9/1/2023 |
| The Blue Moon of Tennessee shined on over the 85th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration on a near perfect evening for the 13-class schedule on the second Wednesday. Announcer’s assistant Margaret Eakin explained to ring announcer Mark Farrar that a blue moon is the second full moon of a month, and is a rare occurrence as it rose above the East side of “The Big Oval”. |
8/31/2023 |
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8/31/2023 |
| The old saying is “red skies at night, sailor’s delight.” Tuesday night at the 85th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration with 13 classes scheduled to compete, that red sky, an indication of fair weather, was almost completely obscured by dark gray rain clouds. |
8/30/2023 |
| In the interview that follows, Dr. David Bullock shares his thoughts after winning the Owner-Amateur Stallions (Canter) class on Tuesday evening. |
8/30/2023 |
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8/30/2023 |
| Carolyn Asbury Dysart, age 89, of Smith Farm Road in Lincolnton, died on Monday, August 28, 2023. |
8/30/2023 |
| Twenty years ago, Becky Woodruff started a fellowship luncheon at Ms. Mary Bobo’s. Always on the Tuesday of the Celebration each year, she and Dee Cantrell have been the mainstays during the past two decades. |
8/30/2023 |
| In the interview that follows, Karen McGee and Lisa Teel share their thoughts after winning the Mare and Foal class on Wednesday evening. |
8/30/2023 |
| While it may seem like it was only yesterday that the 85th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration kicked off in Cooper Steel Arena, here we were back in Cooper Steel Arena at the Monday morning session; the final morning session of the show. The schedule featured 13 classes from trail pleasure, weanling, lite-shod, country pleasure and park pleasure divisions, along with the final equitation class of the show. |
8/28/2023 |
| On Thursday, August 17, 2023, two-time World Grand Champion and two-time World Champion, Sam I Am Jose, passed away from sepsis after undergoing emergency colic surgery just ten days before he was scheduled to compete for World Championship honors in the Four-Year-Old Stallions division at the 2023 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. |
8/28/2023 |
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8/29/2023 |