The 2013 Gulf Coast Charity Trainers Show judges are Dean Byard -  Antioch, TN, Brandye Mills – Birmingham, AL and Allan Forman – Martinez, GA.

Troy and Cassie Kathman of Lakeside Park, Ky., are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Carson Claire Kathman. Baby Carson was born on February 8th weighing in at 6 pounds 9.5 ounces. Both mommy and baby are healthy and doing very well. Cassie Kathman is the daughter of thrilled grandparents, Tim and Cindy
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The newly organized Performance Horse Association will hold its first board meeting on Friday March 1, 2013.  The board will consist of two representatives each from the Walking Horse Trainers’ Association (WHTA), Heart of America HIO, PRIDE HIO, SHOW HIO and Tennessee Walking Show Horse Organization (TWSHO).  Those 10 representatives will be joined by three
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Shelbyville, TN. – The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association, at a called membership meeting, voted February 18, 2013, to support a new HIO. The new HIO will use DQPs from three existing HIOs which agreed to join in the plan and to temporarily shelve existing HIOs in favor of the new HIO. The HIOs in attendance
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The WHTA National Trainers Show will be held at the Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville, TN on March 14, 15 & 16, 2013. They still have box Seats Available for sale. For additional information on the upcoming horse show contact Marcia Allison at the WHTA office 931-684-5866.

The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association (WHTA) recently decided to hold their 2013 annual convention and Horse of the Year awards banquet at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, TN. Make plans to attend the 2013 Horse of the Year awards banquet it is scheduled for December 7, 2013.

Joe Michael and Kim Moore, of Glasgow, would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Ashley Brooke Moore, to Wesley Lee Hendrick, son of Kenny and Alicia Hendrick, of Bowling Green. The couple married on Jan 12, 2013 at Bethel United Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The bride is a 2006 graduate of
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Lewisburg, TN – The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ And Exhibitors’ Association (TWHBEA) has compiled the results of its member survey regarding H.R. 6388, the proposed Horse Protection Amendments Act presented in September 2012 by Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Steve Cohen (D-TN). A total of 347 TWHBEA members responded to the survey; this represents 3.5%
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