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The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is the oldest breed-specific show for the Tennessee Walking Horse. While it includes over 100 classes, only one horse is selected as World Grand Champion every year. Almost all winners are stallions. [1]
The Celebration later moved to Shelbyville, which is located about 60 miles southeast of Nashville, [3] due to space issues, as small Wartrace was unable to cope with the volume of visitors and horses the show attracted. [1] Shelbyville is now known as the Walking Horse Capital of the World. [4] The modern Celebration spans 11 days in late ...
The Spotted Saddle Horse World Championship show is held at Calsonic Arena, [4] as is the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show. [5] The most popular annual event held at Calsonic Arena, however, is the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, the largest show for the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Celebration itself encompasses a wide ...
Renfrow, who provided information for this story (and married Anne Daugette in 1971), said Rock-A-Bye Lady really became famous at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration.
In 1935 the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association was formed, and it closed the studbook in 1947. In 1939, the first Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was held. In the early 21st century, this annual event attracted considerable attention and controversy because of issues linked to abuse of horses that was practiced to ...
Watch It Now was trained by Jimmy McConnell. In 2008 McConnell entered him in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and placed fourth in two classes, including the Four-Year-Old World Championship. McConnell and Watch It Now entered the Celebration again the next year and won the World Grand Championship.
First Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion Strolling Jim (1936–1954) was the first Tennessee Walking Horse to become World Grand Champion of his breed. [ a ] Since Strolling Jim's death, a restaurant, street, and an annual ultramarathon in his hometown of Wartrace, Tennessee have been named after him.
At three years old in 1955, Go Boy's Shadow won his first World Grand Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. He repeated his win a year later, in 1956. [1] [2] Go Boy's Shadow was the last horse to repeat at the Celebration for nearly fifty years, until I Am Jose won the stake three years running, in 2013, 2014 and ...