Andrew Grayson Kilgore The Kilgore’s are very proud to announce the birth of Andrew Grayson Kilgore. Andrew was born on July 9, 2013 at 8:43 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces and was 22 inches long. Parents Matt and Amy Kilgore are thrilled with their new bundle of joy. Grandparents Bob and Mary
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The Celebration is proud to announce its newest partner and corporate sponsor, L & H Distributing Co.  L & H distributes Anheuser-Busch brands as well as other brands that include Yuengling, Fat Tire and Monster Energy to name a few. In addition to its sponsorship, L & H will partner with the Celebration for sales
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To say Gen’s Fire & Ice was a great horse is to simply say Fred Astaire could dance. No other horse in the Tennessee Walking Horse World could match his level of success and many have tried.  He was laid to rest in Orange, California on the morning of July 14, 2013. He was owned
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The Roger Latham Memorial Horse Show will take place in Baileyton, Alabama at the Baileyton Park in Baileyton, Alabama. The show will be held on Saturday August 10, 2013. The honorable Ronal Young of Lewisburg, TN will be the judge. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Parkside Booster Club. Class sheet and additional details
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Marty Irby was featured on the front cover of The Tennessean on July 24, 2013. Irby stated he was the youngest Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association president and served his term in 2010 where it ended in December. Irby stated he joined with Keith Dane, the Humane Society’s equine protection director and is
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RICHMOND — Nancy DeLores Short (Minton), 62, of Richmond, the wife of Harlin “Pooch” Minton, and the daughter of Jesse N. Short (Nancy) and Margaret Helen Vanderpool Short, passed away Saturday morning, July 20, 2013, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, following a courageous battle with cancer. Nancy was born in Richmond, Kentucky, on
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The Pine Spur Hunt Club Show in Virginia has moved their date to August 17,2013.

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC) will host its 75th Anniversary World Championship August 21-31, 2013 on its historic show grounds in Shelbyville, Tenn. Adjudicating the anniversary show will be Rollie Beard, Lewisburg, Tennessee, Jamie Bradshaw, Union Grove, Alabama, Leigh Stuart, Alvaton, Kentucky, Allen Forman, Thomson, Georgia and Derek Bonner, Mooresboro, North Carolina. “The
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As the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC) is making plans to celebrate it’s 75th Anniversary show August 21-31, 2013 on the historic show grounds in Shelbyville, the deadline for box seat renewals recently passed and renewals showed a continuation of a disturbing trend. While reform efforts have been successful and a turnaround in the
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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will have two levels of grounds fees for horses entered at the 75th Annual Celebration to be held August 21-31, 2013.  Horses that are renting a stall for the 2013 Celebration will continue to have a $75 grounds fee, the same in 2012.  Horses stabled off
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