Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horses [2] Year Photo Horse Trainer Owner 1939 Strolling Jim, chestnut gelding foaled 1936 Floyd Carothers: Col. C. H. Bacon [3] 1940 Haynes Peacock, chestnut gelding f. 1927 Col. J. L. Haynes Col. J. L. Haynes [4] 1941 Haynes Peacock, chestnut gelding f. 1927 Col. J. L. Haynes Col. J. L. Haynes [4] 1942
The most anticipated class, however, is the World Grand Championship, the largest honor in the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. [19] Competition at the Celebration is traditionally opened each night by a white or gray Tennessee Walking Horse and rider carrying the American flag, during the singing of the American national anthem.
In 1950, the United States Department of Agriculture recognized the Tennessee Walking Horse as a distinct breed. [5] In 2000, the Tennessee Walking Horse was named the official state horse of the US state of Tennessee. [15] It is the third most-common breed in Kentucky, behind the Thoroughbred and the American Quarter Horse. [16]
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 ...
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 ...
“Burt” Daugette, Anne’s younger sister, won the Amateur Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 1966, 1968 and 1969. She retired the Arnolt Challenge Trophy in ...
Dunn entered Rebel in the 1992 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, where the pair won the preliminary class before entering the World Grand Championship. Dark Spirit's Rebel was the favorite in a class of 13 horses, and when he won the record crowd of 28,000 began screaming his name. [ 4 ]
He was sold to Kay Dennis as a three-year-old, and she put him in training with Bill Bobo of Shelbyville, Tennessee. Ridden by Bobo, Pride's Jubilee Encore won the Tennessee State Championship as a three-year-old. In 1995 Bobo entered him in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and won the Four-Year-Old World Championship. Pride's ...