Class schedule….coming soon!

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has selected Jennifer Bingham, Robert Cortner and David Sisk to judge the Celebration Fall Classic.  The Fall Classic will be held November 3^rd-5^th in Calsonic Arena on the historic showgrounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration.

The panel is experienced with Sisk and Bingham both having multiple appearances judging The Celebration and Cortner, who previously judged the 2021 Spring Fun Show.  Sisk has judged The Celebration four times, most recently in 2021.  Bingham has judged The Celebration seven times with her most recent appearance in 2017.

For more information on The Celebration Fall Classic visit www.TWHNC.com

2022 CLASS ORDER CHANGES-CLASS 146

CLASS ORDER CHANGES

The Calsonic Arena will be open for riding August 22-23 from 7:30 am-Noon.

2022 CELEBRATION CLASS LISTINGS

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration recently announced over a 10% increase in entries for the upcoming 84^th Annual Celebration.  As a result, The Celebration has made the decision to split 11 classes this year.  Two of those classes, Open Two-Year-Old Stallions and Open Three-Year-Old stallions were split into A, B, and C divisions this year.

            Those classes will also have all of the Futurity nominated colts in one of the sections making that class a dual purpose for those nominated entries.  It would be possible this year with the changes to the Futurity that a single entry could win a World Championship and Futurity Championship in the same class.

            Although entries were up, the decline in aged stallions that canter and thus compete in The Celebration’s preliminary to the big stake on the first Saturday continued its downward trend.  Only 12 entries entered the competition and some of those are also entered in other amateur and/or open classes. 

            Earlier this year, the Celebration’s class sheet committee recommended eliminating the 15.2 & Under canter class and replacing it with an open canter class on the second Wednesday night of the Celebration.  Of the 12 horses entered in the aged stallions preliminary, 9 (or 75%) of those are also entered in the open canter class on Wednesday night.

            “Due to low entry numbers, the addition of the open canter class on Wednesday evening and the real possibility of having a split preliminary class with two to three horses in it, The Celebration has made the decision not to split the aged stallions on the first Saturday night.  We have put a lot of thought into this for the last two years and I didn’t want to make a change my first year, but with the additional class this year on Wednesday night it tipped the scales for us to make this change in hopes of providing our fans with an exciting and thrilling preliminary on Saturday night. The Celebration is the pinnacle of the show season and if you want to be the World Grand Champion, you are expected to face strong competition on the industry’s biggest stage ,” said Celebration CEO Warren Wells.

            The following is a list of all classes that were split:

Class 38 – Two-Year-Old Walking Mares

Class 41 – Owner/Amateur Two-Year-Old Stallions

Class 52 – Owner/Amateur Novice Riders on Novice All Day Pleasure Horses

Class 65 – Owner/Amateur Novice Lady Riders on Novice Mares & Geldings

Class 68 – Three-Year-Old Walking Stallions (A,B,C)

Class 86 – Three-Year-Old Walking Mares

Class 105 – Owner/Amateur Two-Year-Old Mares & Geldings

Class 123 – Two-Year-Old Walking Stallions (A,B,C)

Class 131 – Owner/Amateur Three-Year-Old Mares & Geldings

Class 133 – Owner/Amateur Four-Year-Old Mares & Geldings

Class 140 – Owner/Amateur Three-Year-Old Stallions

Mikey’s Motors is now located on The Celebration® grounds just behind Barn #1. Contact Mikey’s at 615-962-9265 to reserve your cart today. A first this year is Mikey’s will have carts on hand for purchase as well. **All golf carts on the grounds require a pass. You can pick these up at the Barn Office (Barn 10). www.mikeysmotors.com