The Tennessee Walking Horse is a handsome horse with a small head, delicate ears, and graceful, sloping neck. It has a short back , powerful hindquarters and legs, and hardy hooves.

However, some Tennessee walking horses do wear ”high heels” when performing in competition. These are pads about 3 inches thick and weighing about 3 pounds each that are worn on the front hooves.

The other, introduced Feb. 26, has the support of the breed's official registry and the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, the industry's premiere show. The stakes are high.

Aug. 22,2012 — -- As the world's largest Tennessee Walking Horse competition kicks off today in Shelbyville, Tennessee, there will be unprecedented inspections of the horses to check for ...

Marty Irby is the Executive Director at Animal Wellness Action in Washington, D.C., and a Past President of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association in Lewisburg. When U ...

The next year, an effort to add a new division to the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association’s National Futurity for 2- and-3-year-old trail pleasure horses prevailed ...

May 16, 2012 — -- Large numbers of the famed Tennessee Walking Horses have been tortured and beaten in order to make them produce the high-stepping gait that wins championships, an ABC News ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration season kicks off this month and lasts until November in Shelbyville. Chet Lowman, now a student at Auburn University, grew up ...

Her horse, Soldier, a Tennessee walking horse she tried to rehabilitate from old soring injuries sustained before she bought him, finally succumbed to too many years of abuse. He had to be put ...

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association (the breed registry) has allowed individuals with histories of federal disqualifications for alleged HPA violations to serve in key ...

* In 2000, the breed registry of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association had just over 22,000 members. In 2020, TWHBEA has 2,450 members - a decline of almost 90%.

They might be called Tennessee walking horses, but they’re popular and plentiful in the Bluegrass State, too. That’s all the more reason for Kentuckians to support efforts to eliminate horse ...