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North Carolina Championship selects judges Monday, August 21, 2023
The North Carolina Championship Walking Horse Show, scheduled for Oct. 5-7, has selected Brent Grider, Newton Parks and Amy Trimble to mark the cards for this year’s event. The show will be held at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher, North Carolina.
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TWHNC welcomes Senator Bill Hagerty Monday, August 21, 2023
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is excited to once again welcome Senator Bill Hagerty to The Celebration on Thursday night August 24th. Senator Hagerty has been a staunch supporter of the Tennessee Walking Horse and the impact the industry has on Tennessee and rural communities across the Southeast.
Click here for an invitation to an event for Senator Hagerty on Thursday evening August 24th at 5:00PM at the Blue Ribbon Circle Club on the showgrounds of the The Celebration.
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TWH Old Timers Trivia Quiz-CLICK HERE
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Created on August 20, 2023 By WalkingHorseChat Staff
TWH Old Timers Trivia Quiz
If you can pass this, you are a certified TWH Old Timer!
1 / 10
The head trainer at Porter Rodgers Stables prior to Joe Webb was whom?
2 / 10
Joe Webb trained horses in Arkansas and????
3 / 10
The 1965 Southwest Circuit included all of the following shows EXCEPT?
4 / 10
In the 1950 TWH sire rankings Midnight Sun was the leader by a wide margin. The second ranking sire was?
5 / 10
The difference between Go Boy's Shadow's 1955 & 1956 WGC wins was?
6 / 10
Handshaker's Delight, Mr. Magic, Mr. Charcoal & Black Magic Woman got their early training from which trainer?
7 / 10
Who was the original owner of the "Sale of Showring Champions"?
8 / 10
In what year was the 1st Harlinsdale Farm Yearling Production Sale held?
9 / 10
What year was the 1st Murray Farm Sale held?
10 / 10
Popular breeding stallion the late Pride's Stormy Night, was foaled in which state?
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Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen (MEMPHIS) Applauds USDA Decision to Publish Strengthened Horse Protection Act Rule
Congressman Cohen Applauds USDA Decision to Publish Strengthened Horse Protection Act Rule
United States Congressional Seal
August 17, 2023
Press Release
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeking comment on rule to outlaw horse soring
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime advocate for ending the practice of horse soring – the intentional injury to horse legs to produce an exaggerated gait called the “Big Lick” – today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announcement that it will be publishing a proposed rule to strengthen Horse Protection Act (HPA) requirements. Congressman Cohen has long urged the USDA to reissue an HPA rule forbidding the practice. Congressman Cohen, a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus who has worked to end horse soring, was named the U.S. Humane Society’s Humane Horseman of the Year in 2022 for his efforts.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“Soring is cruelty and has no place in walking horse competition. Intentionally injuring horses for a competitive advantage is unacceptable. I applaud the USDA on seeking to strengthen the Horse Protection Act by eliminating this practice.”
“Soring is a perverse cruelty, carried out in secret by scofflaws seeking to cheat their way to glory in the show-ring,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. “It’s high time the full authority of the USDA be realized through implementing this rule in final form. No industry deserves to operate with such unfettered abject animal cruelty. We are grateful to Congressman Cohen for his steadfast leadership to end soring by pressing for this rulemaking and for Congress to pass the PAST Act.”
Congressman Cohen introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, to protect Tennessee Walking Horses and related breeds from soring.
The proposed changes include:
relieving horse industry organizations and associations of all of their regulatory responsibilities, which will eliminate potential conflicts of interest and ensure impartiality of inspections;
establishing qualifying criteria for people applying to be inspectors, as well as processes for denying applications;
allowing event management to appoint an APHIS representative to conduct inspections;
prohibiting any device, method, practice, or substance that could mask evidence of soring, as well as all action devices and non-therapeutic pads and wedges, and substances applied above the hoof;
clarifying the “scar rule” by modifying the description of visible changes that indicate soring, and;
amending recordkeeping and reporting requirements for management at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions to increase oversight and prevent those that have been previously disqualified from participating in events.
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USDA proposed rule released from OMB
The proposed rule to amend the Horse Protection Act that USDA sent to the Office of Management and Budget was released by OMB on August 10, 2023. The proposed rule was sent to OMB on September 2, 2022 for its review. The new rule has not yet been released publicly but should be in the next several days. Until the public release, the contents of the rule remain unknown.
After USDA releases the rule, they will provide for a comment period, most likely to be 60 days. The comment period on the withdrawal of the old 2017 rule closes on August 21, 2023 and should ultimately result in the formal withdrawal of the old rule. This withdrawal was opposed by the Humane Society of the Unites States, however the district court allowed the USDA to formally go through the withdrawal process upon remand.
During its request to withdraw the old rule, USDA consistently claimed that a new, more effective rule would be forthcoming, so this is the expected timeline of the public release. After the comment period closes, USDA will take time to review the comments, make any necessary changes and then will be required to send the rule back to OMB for a final review. Once the rule becomes final, it will contain the final changes to the current Horse Protection Act and Regulations. In that final release the timeline for implementation would also be specified.
The industry organizations will review the proposed rule when it is released publicly and file formal comments with regards to the contents and validity of the rule. The industry has already retained counsel, Ellis George Cippolone out of Washington, D.C., to help with the filing of the comments. This same firm is handling the comments on the withdrawal of the 2017 rule currently in the comment period.
TWHBEA approves new naming rules
TWHBEA approves new naming rules Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The Executive Committee of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association (TWHBEA) recently approved a recommendation from the Membership and Registry Committee in regard to the rules for naming horses. The updated rule was approved on August 11, 2023 and is effective immediately. The updated rule is below and can also be found in the Corporate Rules, which are under the Governance tab at www.TWHBEA.com. For questions, please call 931-359-1574 or email info@TWHBEA.com.
RULE 1:
REGISTRATION
The TWHBEA is the official Registry for Tennessee Walking Horses. All registrations, to be valid, must be filed with the TWHBEA on the prescribed form and accepted by the Secretary. The TWHBEA Registration Application/Parentage Verification Kit Request form is a dual-purpose form valid for one year from the date processed. If the parentage verification laboratory does not receive the DNA sample within one year of the date processed, and an extension has not been requested, the application will be voided and the applicant will have to re-file and fees paid again.
1.04 Naming of Horses (effective 8/11/2023)
1. No horse will be registered by a name which has exactly the same spelling as a name already registered.
2. Horses designated in the Registry as World Grand Champions, Foundation, or Hall of Fame are considered a “protected class.” Phonetically or confusingly similar names will be considered the same for horses in the “protected class.”
3. Adding a registered prefix to any name can be a differentiating factor so long as the originally named horse has a foaling date of 35 years or more prior to the request date and the originally named horse is not considered a protected class.
4. Name of horse must not exceed 25 characters which include all alpha-numeric characters, punctuation marks, and spaces specific to the Roman Alphabet.
5. All names must have a pronunciation.
6. Profane, vulgar, or sexually suggestive names will not be accepted.
7. The Registry may refuse to accept a name that it deems to be confusingly similar to a name or prefix previously recorded or to be otherwise unsuitable. Any submitted names that are in question of complying with the rules will be either accepted or denied by the official Registrar of TWHBEA.
8. The same person/entity that has used a name to register a horse may reuse the same name if the originally named horse is still listed in their recorded ownership and has been listed as deceased in registry records and does not have any registered progeny or show records.
9. You have one year from the date a DNA kit is issued to complete the registration process. After this time the foal application will be voided, and the name will no longer be held. Extensions may be requested by the owner of record. There will be no refunds given for incomplete paperwork or failure to complete the registration process in a timely manner.
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