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TWHNCWGC
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC), sometimes known as the Celebration, is the largest horse show for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, and has been held annually in or near Shelbyville, Tennessee since its inception in 1939. The Celebration was conceived by Henry Davis, a horse trainer who along with several other horsemen, felt the Shelbyville area should have a festival or annual event. Although the Celebration was originally held in Wartrace, Tennessee, it moved to Shelbyville, the seat of Bedford County, a few years later. The Celebration spans 11 days and nights in late August and early September annually, and finishes with the crowning of the World Grand Champion Tennessee Walker on the Saturday night before Labor Day. The TWHNC draws an estimated 2,000 horses and 250,000 spectators to Shelbyville each year. History The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was founded in 1939. A Wartrace resident, Henry Davis, went to Winchester, Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlinsdale Farm
Harlinsdale Farm is a historic district in Franklin, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. It dates from c.1900 and had other significant dates in 1935 and 1945. Its main horse stable, the centerpiece of the property, was completed in 1935. Instead of traditional placement to the rear of the main house on the property, this stable is prominent in the property, set at the end of the drive in from the road, with its long axis parallel to the road. Several buildings on the property were modified in 1945. with (see photo captions pages 26-29 of text document) It includes Colonial Revival styling for four laborers' houses on the property. When listed, the district included 14 contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and one contributing site, as well as four non-contributing buildings and one non-contributing site. The NRHP eligibility of the property (and 342 other farm properties in Tennessee) was covered in a 1974 study of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APHIS
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid '' Aphis glycines''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as '' A. coreopsidis'' and '' A. fabae'', are myrmecophiles, forming close associations with ants. Selected Species *'' Aphis affinis'' *'' Aphis asclepiadis'' — milkweed aphid *'' Aphis craccae'' — tufted vetch aphid *''Aphis craccivora'' — cowpea aphid *''Aphis fabae'' — black bean aphid *'' Aphis genistae'' *''Aphis gossypii'' — cotton aphid *'' Aphis glycines'' — soybean aphid *'' Aphis helianthi'' — sunflower aphid *''Aphis nerii'' — oleander aphid *'' Aphis pomi'' — apple aphid *''Aphis rubicola'' — small raspberry aphid *''Aphis spiraecola'' — spirea aphid (syn. ''Aphis citricola'' — citrus aphid) *''Aphis valerianae'' — black valerian aphid See also * List of Aphis species Photos Image:Aphis citricola1.jpg, ''Aphis ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Protection Act Of 1970
The Horse Protection Act of 1970 (HPA); (codified ) is a United States federal law, under which the practice of soring is a crime punishable by both civil and criminal penalties, including fines and jail time. It is illegal to show a horse, enter it at a horse show, or to auction, sell, offer for sale, or transport a horse for any of these purposes if it has been sored. Soring is the practice of applying irritants or blistering agents to the front feet or forelegs of a horse, making it pick its feet up higher in an exaggerated manner that creates the movement or "action" desired in the show ring. Soring is an act of animal cruelty that gives practitioners an unfair advantage over other competitors. The Horse Protection Act of 1970 is enforced by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), a branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Although violations of the law are seen most often in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, the Horse Protection Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soring
Soring, or "big lick", is the use of chemicals to cause pain to the front feet and legs of horses when they touch the ground. This results in the horses picking up their front feet higher and faster than they would do naturally. People who sore their horses believe that it gives them a competitive edge over other horses in the horse show ring. Soring is illegal in the U.S. under the Horse Protection Act of 1970. Tennessee walking horses are not allowed to be shown without passing an UDSA and HPA inspection for soring. Tennessee walking horses are not allowed to have scars on their pastern as it is considered associated with soring. Other breeds that have a history of soring including the Racking Horse and the Spotted Saddle Horse. Soring is often mistaken for padded performance. The pads, sometimes called "stacks", that are seen on Tennessee walking horses in padded performance are made of rubber and are light weight. When a Tennessee walking horse is seen wearing rubber pads they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Jose
I Am Jose (foaled October 8, 2008) is a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion and three-time World Grand Champion. He is the first stallion and second horse to win the World Grand Championship three times. I Am Jose is black with a star on his forehead. Life and career I Am Jose was foaled on October 8, 2008 near Franklin, North Carolina. He is a black stallion with a star on his forehead, sired by Jose Jose and out of Pride's Angelique. He was bred by Robert Rollins and sold to Billy and Debbie Woods of Lexington, Tennessee on February 14, 2011. The Woods put him in training with Casey Wright of Reagan, Tennessee. In 2013, Wright entered I Am Jose in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, where he won the four-year-old World Championship. Wright and the Woods made the decision to enter I Am Jose in the open World Grand Championship, which he won. I Am Jose won a second World Grand Championship in 2014, and a third just after midnight on September 6, 2015. I Am Jose is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Spirit's Rebel
Dark Spirit's Rebel was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won a World Grand Championship in 1992. Nicknamed Rebel, the horse was trained by Alabama resident Bud Dunn. After his show career was over, Rebel sired the 1999 World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse, RPM. Life Dark Spirit's Rebel was a bay stallion foaled in 1984, sired by Pride's Dark Spirit and out of Bridle-Vale Penny. He was bred by Harlinsdale Farm of Franklin, Tennessee, the former home of the notable sire and show horse Midnight Sun. He was sold to Frank and Shirley Neal at Harlinsdale's 13th annual production sale. Career Dark Spirit's Rebel was initially trained by Ramsey Bullington, who had previously won one World Grand Championship. In 1990 he was moved to Dunn and Son Stables in Florence, Alabama. The Neals initially planned to have Steve Dunn train and show Rebel, but he was concentrating on another horse and Rebel was paired with Steve's father, Bud Dunn. Dunn entered Rebel in the 1992 Tennessee Walki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPM (horse)
RPM was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won a World Grand Championship in 1999. As a four-year-old, RPM was sold for $1.25 million, estimated at the time to be the highest price ever paid for a Tennessee Walking Horse. RPM was trained by Bud Dunn, who also trained the horse's sire to a World Grand Championship in 1992. Life and career RPM was a black stallion sired by Dark Spirit's Rebel, the 1992 World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse, and out of Ebony's Emmy Lou. As a yearling, RPM was sold to Pete Hammond and Bob Kilgore for $100,000 and put in training with Bud Dunn of Florence, Alabama, who had also trained Dark Spirit's Rebel. Dunn showed RPM to the three-year-old World Championship at the 1997 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and the four-year-old World Championship in 1998. The same year, RPM was entered in the open World Grand Championship and won reserve. Dunn was aiming RPM at the World Grand Championship the next year. However, in May 1999, RPM was sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Dunn
Emerson "Bud" Dunn (May 15, 1918 – January 11, 2001) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer from Kentucky who spent most of his career in northern Alabama. He trained horses for over forty years and won his first Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship at age 74 with Dark Spirit's Rebel; at the time, he was the oldest rider to win the honor. He was inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame in 1987 and named trainer of the year in 1980 and 1991. In 1999 at age 81, Dunn surpassed his own record for the oldest winning rider by winning his second World Grand Championship, riding RPM. He died of a heart attack in January 2001. Life and career Dunn was born on May 15, 1918, in Scott County, Kentucky, near Lexington, the second child and only son of Lucius and Sadie Burgess Dunn. He was named Emerson but was generally known as "Bud". Horses played a large part in his early life, and he later said that he "came into the world around them". Dunn began training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaker's Shocker
Shaker's Shocker was a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion who won his breed's World Grand Championship in 1966. Life Shaker's Shocker was foaled in 1962, by World Grand Champion Mack K's Handshaker and out of My Darling. He was bred by Tom Barham of Lewisburg, Tennessee. He was a black stallion standing high, and was originally registered as Handshaker's Nodder. He was sold to the Sain family in the fall of 1962 and his name was subsequently changed by Betty Sain. Shaker's Shocker sired 195 foals in his lifetime; after his retirement from showing, he was the lead sire at Sain Stables. He died October 13, 1981. Career Betty Sain trained Shaker's Shocker entirely by herself; the first time she rode him, her father was in the hospital. Sain began showing Shaker's Shocker as a two-year-old in 1964, and he had a fairly successful season. In 1966, Betty Sain entered Shaker's Shocker in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. He won the four-year-old World Championship, referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Sain
Elizabeth Fay Sain, (born November 20, 1942) is a former Tennessee Walking Horse trainer and breeder from Tennessee. In 1966 she became the first woman to win the breed's World Grand Championship with the horse Shaker's Shocker. Life Betty Sain was born Elizabeth Fay Sain on November 20, 1942, in Manchester, Tennessee. Her parents were Virginia Wright Sain and H. Pearl Sain, and she was their second child. As of 2010, Betty Sain had retired from the horse industry and was living in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Career In 1962, the Sain family bought the weanling colt Shaker's Shocker from Tom Barham, of Lewisburg, Tennessee. Betty Sain trained the colt exclusively and started him under saddle herself. In 1964, she began showing him. In 1966, she entered Shaker's Shocker in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and won the four-year-old junior stake. She was expected to compete in the four-year-old division again but instead chose to enter the open stake, making her the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
