Entries in class 139, Owner-Amateur Riders on Walking Mares or Geldings, 15.2 & Under, will also be considered a Preliminary class to Class 192, Owner-Amateur Riders on Walking Mares or Geldings, World Grand Championship®.
Championship Entries can be made at http://entermywalkinghorse.com or at the Barn Office (Barn 10) between 8:00 am-Noon the day before the class is to be held.
All horses placing 1st-5th in a qualifying preliminary class, must show back in its corresponding championship class or will forfeit the premiums won in that preliminary class.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH AT NOON IS THE DEADLINE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT’S CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH AT NOON IS THE DEADLINE FOR FRIDAY NIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH AT NOON IS THE DEADLINE FOR SATURDAY NIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
STICK HORSE ENTRY DEADLINE IS AUGUST 30TH AT 8 PM.
The 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will be held August 21st through August 31st and will once again host over 2,500 entries. The total number of pre-show entries was 2,536 matching the total from 2022, which was the first time in 12 years that the Celebration had topped 2,500 entries.
The total number of entries is 34 entries higher than last year and the total this year is a 25% increase just five years ago. “My goal the last two years has been to pass that 2,500 entries mark. We did it first in 2022 and that was the first time to get above 2,500 since 2012. I’m thrilled we are over 2,500 and that we surpassed the last two year’s numbers. I can’t thank our trainers, exhibitors, and owners enough for supporting our World Grand Championship show” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.
The Celebration added a late entry deadline this year for the first time. The late deadline was used by 28 entries in total, 13 of which were Maiden entries at the International last week. The Celebration previously announced that Maiden entries could use the late deadline with no penalty due to the fact that championship was not held until after the original Celebration deadline.
For more information on the 86th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration visit www.TWHNC.com
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
The 53rd Annual Spring Fun Show will be held May 25-27, 2023, in the outdoor Celebration Arena on the showgrounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Judging the Spring Fun Show will be Chris Bobo, Nathan Clark and Chris Zahnd. The trio will combine two Celebration veterans along with Zahnd, who will be judging his first Celebration event.
“We are looking forward to a great show and are excited about having the show outdoors in Celebration Arena. This panel is an experienced panel and we are excited to have Chris Zahnd judge one of our shows for the first time. He has done several major shows over the last three years and we look forward to having him at the Fun Show,” said Warren Wells, Celebration CEO.
Bobo has judged The Celebration® four times in his career and judged it most recently in 2021. Bobo has judged the Spring Fun Show multiple times as well. Clark has judged The Celebration® five times, most recently in 2019. Clark, like Bobo, has also judged the Spring Fun Show on multiple occasions.
Zahnd will be judging a Celebration show for the first time however he has judged several major shows in the past three years. Zahnd has judged Marshall County, the FAST Showcase, Woodbury, North Carolina Championships and Alabama jubilee among others since the beginning of 2020.
The Spring Fun Show will feature 69 classes across the three evening performances. Each performance starts at 6:00PM. For more information, including sponsorship opportunities visit www.TWHNC.com or call The Celebration® office at 931-684-5915.
(Reminder- Online Entry available for Fun Show Click here)
2022 Fun Show Prize Disbursement Form
2022 Fun Show Credit Card Form
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has selected Leah Boyd, Derek Bonner and Jamie Bradshaw to judge the 52nd Annual Spring Fun Show. The Fun Show will be held May 26th-28th in Calsonic Arena.
The judging panel includes two experienced Celebration judges along with Boyd, who will be making her first assignment at a Celebration event. Bradshaw, from Arab, Al., has previously judged The Celebration five times, most recently in 2019. Bradshaw will be marking the cards for the third time at the Spring Fun with the last being in 2012.
Bonner, from Moresboro, N.C., has also judged The Celebration three times, most recently in 2021. Bonner also previously judged the Fun Show in 2014. He and Bradshaw were on the same judging panel at the 2013 Celebration.
Boyd, Murfreesboro, Tenn. will be marking the cards at the Fun Show for the first time in her judging career. Boyd most recently judged the TWHBEA Summer Sizzler in 2020 but has also judged the International in her career in 2007.
“We are excited to have this panel judge our show. We receive a lot of feedback from our exhibitors about the lack of variety in the judging panels across the industry so The Celebration feels it is vital to do what we can to help grow the list of experienced judges while also providing the most competent panels for our exhibitors to show before,” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.
In order to continue to achieve The Celebration’s mission of expanding the judging panel this year’s associate judges will be Vickey Gilbert, from Rogersville, Al., and Chad Williams, from Murfreesboro, Tenn. The associate judging program is an effort to give additional judges the opportunity to judge one of the industry’s premier events while also allowing show management to learn more about their judging. Their cards will be kept and reviewed but won’t count toward the tie of the class at this year’s show.
For more information on the 52nd Annual Spring Fun Show visit www.twhnc.com.
2022 CELEBRATION TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration recently received its tentative class sheet back from its committee for the 84th Annual Celebration. The class schedule has major changes as 2022 will mark the first Wednesday evening session of The Celebration®. The TWHBEA Futurity, which has traditionally been held on the first Wednesday evening of The Celebration®, will now have its classes as part of the traditional Celebration classes during the 16 sessions.
The first Wednesday evening will still host four Futurity only classes in the yearling fillies and stallions and weanling fillies and stallions and will be held in Calsonic Arena meaning just as in previous years. Thursday’s evening session will be the first in the outdoor Celebration Arena.
“The move to incorporate The Futurity as well as add a 16th session will allow us to further spread out some of our classes, keep our session lengths manageable and increase the competition across our divisions,” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.
Another new change that has received an overwhelming positive response is the addition of the Two-Year-Old Mares World Grand Championship on the second Friday evening. The Celebration’s committee has also included an Open Canter class on the second Wednesday evening that replaces the 15.2 & Under Canter from previous years. This class will be a qualifier to the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship.
“We would really like to thank our committee that worked so diligently on this task. This year provided some unique challenges and opportunities with some of the changes that were incorporated so we are especially grateful for the committee’s hard work,” said Wells.
The class sheet committee is chaired by Jennifer Bingham and includes Nathan Clark, Justin Jenne’, Laurie Toone, Howard Hamilton, Amy Trimble, and Chris Hazelwood. The Celebration® will send out the schedule to industry organizations, post on its web site and include in industry publications for trainers, owners and exhibitors to review and send in comments.
All comments should be completed by Friday May 13th and sent to Connie Allen at callen@twhnc.com.
