The Walking Horse Trainers’ Auxiliary will hold their annual Celebration meeting on Sunday, August 28th at 11:30 am on the porch of Finish Line Farms’ Celebration grounds barn. As a reminder, this is the last meeting to count for 2016 show eligibility. Also, all members are encouraged to stay afterwards and help with the Auxiliary
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Celebration Chief Executive Officer Mike Inman sent a letter to each member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Welfare Committee inviting them to attend the upcoming 78th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. The Celebration will begin on August 24th and continue through Saturday September 3, 2016. “In your position on the AAEP
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The youth council will hold their annual meeting at 6:00 pm, Saturday night on the bleachers at Champions Arena. Please don’t be late. There will be a scavenger hunt that night during the show. At the meeting you will get your list of items to hunt for throughout the night!! Y’all don’t want to miss
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The “Hat’s Off To The Celebration” events will take place Saturday, August 27th. Please wear your favorite derby hat to the show that evening! Categories are as follows: 1. Largest Hat 2. Most Beautiful Hat 3. Gentleman’s Hat 4. ADO hat (amateur owned and designed) 5. Girls Hat – 11 years and under 6. Boys
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Principal Deputy General Counsel Lee Fink sent a letter to Joseph Wilson, Counsel for the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration stating the General Counsel is reviewing the letter sent on August 10, 2016 and will respond no later than August 23, 2016. The letter sent to USDA-APHIS Administrator Kevin Shea asked the USDA to conduct
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The Mississippi Walking horse Association (MWHA) recently raised almost $1,000.00 through a T-Shirt campaign for donation to the Tennessee Walking Horse Legal Fund. In addition, the MWHA has proudly donated $5,000.00 to FAST and are planning future donations as well, including 75% of the proceeds of the fall show to FAST. In a statement made
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The Kentucky Celebration, scheduled for October 14-15, has selected the judges for this year’s event. The votes were tallied and Lisa Newsome and Newton Parks will alternately judge the classes. The event will be held at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. For more information please call 859-582-4122

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration through its counsel Kelley Drye & Warren sent a letter to USDA-APHIS Administrator Kevin Shea requesting APHIS officials conduct lawful inspections at the upcoming 78th Annual Celebration. In the letter, The Celebration reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the welfare of all horses competing. “The Association is fully supportive of
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The Lynn Culbreth Memorial Scholarship and the NCWHA Ronald Mosley Memorial Scholarship will be awarded at the 2016 North Carolina Championship Walking Horse Show in October. Applicants must be at least a senior in high school. The scholarship application and the scholarship rules may be found at www.ncwha.org The scholarship deadline is September 30, 2016

Murfreesboro, Tenn.—Tuesday, August 9, 2016 the first of five USDA public hearing sessions on the proposed rule that would ban the pad, action device and band, as well as eliminate industry regulation through Horse Industry Organizations (HIO) was held. The industry gathered in large numbers with a crowd in excess of 350 people. Of the
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