Protest the 2020 Tennessee Walking National Celebration August 27

We ask everyone who can to please join the protest of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration event which begins Thursday, August 27, 2020, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, either in person, or via social media. Here is the Facebook Event Page for the Protest. Clant Seay who organizes and stages the protest every year states: We…

Petition successful for cancellation of horse soring “fun show”

(BILLYGOBOY) — Thanks in large part to YOUR signatures and comments, the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced tonight that the "Spring Fun Show" will NOT be held on May 21-23 , 2020.  Large credit is owed to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette newspaper's excellent coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN which helped…

Horse Soring — Protest Big Lick horse cruelty at Celebration today and tomorrow

Clant Seay relates the following: Tonight is HUGE. The attendance at this year's Big Lick animal cruelty showcase -- The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration -- is way down. I talked to a person parking the cars who has worked there for years, and i asked her WHY. Her exact quote: "It's going down quick.…

Soring: Horses, The World and Us by Roy Exum

Readers of Tuesday's Horse will by now know the name of Roy Exum, writing for The Chattanoogan, about the super hot horse soring issue. Exum writes another excellent piece, this time about the upcoming sentencing of the serially villainous Jackie McConnell, caught on tape soring and beating Tennessee Walking horses. I love this bit, but…

Walking Horse Celebration war of words, soring and slaughter

What do horse soring and horse slaughter have in common? It may not be the first thing that springs to mind, or even the second. I am referring to the Horse Protection Act. I just read the article about the continuing war of words among the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the United…

Mike Walden eyes win at Tennessee walking horse show

by PAM SOHN Cross-posted from the Chattanooga Times Free Press Mike Walden came by his love of horses honestly, taking easy steps behind his father, who founded Chattanooga Police Department's horse patrol decades ago with donated Tennessee walking horses. Now most Chattanoogans know Mike, also a former police officer, by his company name: Walden Security.…

Tensions high as inspectors take crackdown to heart of the walking horse industry

Winky Groover, of Shelbyville, is a trainer who is willing to talk about the past and the future. He believes that on the whole, the breed draws more spectators than any other horse events. But he thinks to keep that going, he and his fellow trainers and walking horse owners have to convince the government…