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  • TWHBEA Stallion Directory now available March 17, 2025Spring is in the air and breeding season is upon us! Check out the 2025 Stallion Directory and find the perfect stallion for your mare. Photo is of 2024 World Grand Champion, Cavender who is standing at Sugar Creek Farm in Shelbyville, TN.
  • Youth Judging Contest Scheduled for April March 17, 2025This year’s Youth Judging Contest will be held on Friday, April 25 at Champions Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee. This year’s event will also feature a Skillathon where youth can test their equine knowledge at various stations. Once again, participants will be invited to attend The Celebration in August and the winners will be recognized in ...
  • SAVE THE DATE . . . TWHBEA to Celebrate 90th Anniversary in May March 17, 2025What started as street corner conversation in Lewisburg, Tennessee between former Tennessee Governor Jim Nance McCord and Burt Hunter, led to the initial public meeting on May 11, 1935 and the formation of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ Association of America. 90 years later, now called the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association, we ...
  • TWHYA announces new date and location for Summer Splash Horse Show March 17, 2025The Tennessee Walking Horse Youth Association (TWHYA) has announced a new date, location, and format for their Summer Splash Horse Show. This year’s show will be held on Friday, June 13 (the night before Walking for Cancer) in Champions Arena in Shelbyville, TN. In a bold change to the show’s format, this year’s event will be a ...
  • Exhibitor and Horse Cards continue for 2025 Show Season March 17, 2025The show season will soon be here! Again this year TWHBEA is administering the show cards that will be required by shows affiliated with American Horse Services (AHS) and S.H.O.W.-HIO. Proceeds from the sale of the Exhibitor and Horse Cards will again help fund the industry’s ongoing legal efforts. Last year the Show Cards provided ...
  • 2025 TWHBEA International High Point Program March 17, 2025Affiliate your horse show for 2025 TWHBEA International High Point program year. Shows affiliated with the Program will receive free advertising on the TWHBEA website, all social media sites such as Facebook and distribution of email blasts to TWHBEA’s email database. Affiliated shows agree to the rules of the Program, and submit the complete show results ...
  • TWHBEA Membership Benefits . . . March 17, 2025Did you know that included with an Adult TWHBEA Membership you will receive a 10% discount on any *SCOOP service, including: Subscriptions, Website & Social Media Platform Advertising, Billboards, Logo Design, Scoop Social, Print Advertising, and Scoop Scan. Membership card must be presented for discounts. Call 931-680-5696 or email thescoopgraphics@gmail.com
  • Satellite Office Open During FAST Show March 17, 2025The TWHBEA Satellite Office on The Celebration grounds will be open from 4-8pm each day of the FAST Spring Showcase March 13-15 and the National Trainers’ Show March 27-29, 2025. Customers will be able to take care of registrations, transfers, leases, memberships, purchase the Horse Cards and Exhibitor Cards at the Satellite Office.
  • Miss Kentucky Celebration Candidates Announced March 17, 2025The reigning Miss Kentucky Celebration Kerrington Stamper announces the 2025 candidates! The 2025 Miss Kentucky Celebration contestants are Mallie Smith, Brentnee Adams,  Brooklyn Jones, and Macy Jones. The Kentucky Celebration will be held September 19-20,2025 at the Mercer County Fair Grounds in Harrodsburg, KY.
  • WHTA Auxiliary Welcomes Back the Trainers’ Basketball Game March 3, 2025The WHTA Auxiliary will host the Trainers’ Basketball Game on March 26th. Players and coaches are needed to hit the court. All of the proceeds will benefit the Walking Horse Legal Fund. If you are interested in sponsoring or contributing towards this charitable event, please contact Jayden Jackson at 931-492-3525. The final day to register is ...
  • Equine Obituary- El Zorro’s Star March 3, 2025El Zorro’s Star passed away on February 22, 2025. The beautiful stallion was born on April 28, 2007. José José was his sire and he was out of the World Grand Champion mare, Pusher’s Evening Star. El Zorro’s Star’s resume was quite impressive and include the following: *2013 World Champion Owner Amateur Gentleman Show Pleasure *2013 Reserve ...
  • Obituary-Bubba Taylor March 3, 2025Bubba was born February 12, 1976, in Columbia, Tennessee, to Bud and Annelle Henson Taylor. He was a TN Walking Horse Trainer for several stables around the Middle Tennessee area. Bubba enjoyed working with all horses, but especially Tennessee walking horses. He loved camping and tending to his brood of chickens. He will be deeply ...
  • Equine Obituary-Cash’s June lady March 3, 2025“I know in my heart that you are now galloping free in green fields, where the sun always shines, and the grass is always sweet.” I know every story is already written before it even gets the chance to begin. We can try to change it, reverse it, fix it. . but only the man upstairs ...
  • Obituary-Frank White March 3, 2025Frank White passed away peacefully on February 4, 2025, at his home in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Born in Terry, Mississippi on November 9, 1940, Frank spent his early years in the cotton fields with his mother as she picked cotton. The eldest of nine children, “Frankie” eventually stopped attending school so he could help his mother ...
  • WHTA GEARS UP FOR NATIONAL TRAINERS’ SHOW March 3, 2025As part of the annual WHTA awards weekend on February 14th, the Walking Horse Trainers’ Association held a meeting and voted for individuals to judge this year’s Trainers’ Show. The votes were counted with Jeanette Baucom, Scott Beaty and Bill Cantrell being selected to judge the 57th Annual National Walking Horse Trainers’ Show. The show will ...