The 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will be held August 21-31, 2024 on its historic showgrounds in Shelbyville. Earlier this summer, an entry deadline for preliminary class entries was set for July 23rd at 5:00PM central standard time. This deadline was earlier than in past years by approximately a week.

In response to requests this year and over the past several years, The Celebration® board of directors has made the decision to keep the original entry deadline of July 23rd,but also allow late entries through July 30th at 5:00PM CST. All late entries will be charged double the normal entry fee for entries received after the original July 23rd date.

Online entries will once again be accepted by The Celebration® this year starting July 14th entermywalkinghorse.com. The Celebration® will take entries not made online, in the Blue Ribbon Circle on both July 22nd and 23rd until 5:00PM each day.

For more information on the upcoming 86th Annual Celebration please visitwww.TWHNC.com or call 931-684-5915.

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC) has released the class schedule for the upcoming 86th Annual Celebration. The Celebration will begin on Wednesday August 21, 2024 and run through the following Saturday, August 31st. The class sheet mirrors 2023 in terms of what classes are offered.

The only changes are a slight reorder of the classes on the first Saturday morning and a move of the Juvenile Park Performance from Thursday evening to Friday evening, which in turn moved the Amateur Mares & Geldings Park Performance from Friday to Thursday.

The entry deadline for the 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is 5:00PM CST on July 23, 2024. The Celebration will take entries in person at the Blue Ribbon Circle Club on July 22nd and 23rd and will once again this year accept online entries at entermywalkinghorse.com.  

Click here to see the full schedule: 2024 CELEBRATION CLASS SCHEDULE

For more information contact The Celebration at www.TWHNC.com or 931-684-5915

Entries will be accepted for the 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration on July 22nd and 23rd until 5:00 pm, central standard time, each day at the Blue Ribbon Circle Club on the Celebration grounds. Entries will close July 23, 2024 at 5:00 pm. Late entries will not be accepted.

The Celebration will again this year accept online entries.

The 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will be held August 21-31, 2024 in Cooper Steel and Celebration arenas.

For questions or assistance, contact The Celebration at 931-684-5915.

2024 CELEBRATION CLASS SCHEDULE WITH SPLITS

2024 CELEBRATION ENTRY FEE BREAKDOWN

2024 CELEBRATION STALL REQUEST

2024 CELEBRATION ENTRY FORM

2024 CELEBRATION PRIZE DISBURSEMENT FORM

2024 CELEBRATION ARMBAND REQUEST

2024 CELEBRATION CLASS SPLIT PREFERENCE

2024 SHAVINGS REQUEST

2024 CELEBRATION CREDIT CARD FORM

2024 BARN MAP

2024 CELEBRATION PREMIUM-BOOKLET

The 87th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration RV Policy:

Camping on site continues to be a popular option for our Celebration fans, and we want to maximize that experience. We are excited to announce that we will have all new shower houses for each of our three RV Parks for the 86th Celebration.

Reservation policy for 2025 Celebration:

• All previous occupants that booked for 10 days or more last year will be guaranteed a spot if they book and pay by June 1st.

• All previous occupants that booked spots for less than 10 days last year will have the opportunity to reserve a spot for 10 days or more, and must pay by July 1st.

• Anyone interested in booking for 10 days or more has until July 15th to reserve and pay for a spot.

• On July 16th and after The Celebration will start taking request for reservations that are less than 10 days. Reservations with higher number of days reserved will have priority.

• We intend to have all spots reserved by August 1st.

• RV Reservations will be $50 per night.

To make a reservation please contact Barbara Armstrong at 931-684-5915 ext. 105 or barbarmstrong@twhnc.com

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2023 CELEBRATION CLASS LISTING *

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration closed entries for its upcoming 85th Annual Celebration on August 1st. The pre-show entries for the upcoming World Championship topped 2,500 coming in at 2,502. Entries in 2022 were 2,536, which was a 12% increase over 2021.  The number of unique horses once again topped 1,300 coming in at 1,352.

“I am thrilled about our pre-show entries again this year.  Last year was the first year since 2012 to hit 2,500 entries and the team was so excited when we hit that number this year. I want to thank all of our trainers, exhibitors, and owners for supporting our World Grand Championship Show” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.

The 2023 Celebration will once again feature the National Futurity classes within the Celebration class schedule.  The class schedule includes 14 different classes being split with one of those, Two-Year-Old Stallions, being split three ways.  The Aged Stallions class on the first Saturday night will once again be split into an A and B division after not being split in 2022. The 85th Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will be held August 23-September 2, 2023. 

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has selected Derek Bonner, Leah Boyd, Nathan Clark, David Sisk and Kenny Smith to judge the 85^th Annual Celebration.  The Celebration®® will begin Wednesday August 23^rd and conclude on Saturday September 2^nd.

“We are pleased to be able to name such an experienced group of judges for our upcoming World Championship show.  Our committee did a tremendous amount of due diligence on each of the judges that were qualified and available to judge this year.  While several others were vetted, we feel extremely confident that this group will do an excellent job in marking their cards,” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.

Bonner, from Mooresboro, N.C., will be marking the cards at The Celebration® for the fourth time.  Bonner has previously judged The Celebration® in 2013, 2015 and 2021 and has also judged the Spring Fun Show in 2014 and 2022.  Earlier this year Bonner judged the Walking in the Smokies and FAST Spring Showcase.

Boyd, from Murfreesboro, Tenn., will be the rookie on this year’s panel, making her first appearance in the big oval for The Celebration®.  Boyd did previously judge for The Celebration® at the 2022 Spring Fun Show.  Boyd has previously judged The International as well as for the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association at the 2020 Summer Sizzler.

Clark, from Arab, AL., will be making his sixth appearance in center ring for The Celebration®.  Clark has previously judged in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2019.  Clark has also judged the Spring Fun Show five times, with his most recent coming this year.  Clark wrapped up his judging in 2022 at the North Carolina Championships.

Sisk, from Columbia, Tenn., has previously judged The Celebration® four times.  Those appearances came in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2021.  Sisk has also worked the Spring Fun Show in 2018 and Celebration Fall Classic in 2022.  Earlier this year Sisk judged the National Trainers’ Show.

Smith, from Manchester, Ky., will make his second appearance as a Celebration judge.  In 2019 Smith judged both the Spring Fun Show and The Celebration®.  Smith has also judged at major venues across the industry including the National Trainers’ Show and Alabama Jubilee twice.

For more information on the 85^th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration visit www.TWHNC.com.  

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