1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 November Voice RS | Page 5

Kentucky Walking Horse
Celebration Proves To Be Good
Follow-Up For National Classic
The Annual Kentucky Walking Horse Celebration
proved to be a fitting follow-up for the national Celebra­
tion in Shelby ville, Tennessee, held just two weeks before.
From Shelbvville to Shelby ville . . . that's the way they
traveled during the first two weeks of September as over
two hundred horses were hauled to this well known Ken­
tucky town to enter the twenty one classes of the two
day show.
This is an all Walking Horse event, and here were
seen many of the top horses of the nation. Trainers from
several states were seen here and many horses that were
shown at the national Celebration were also exhibited
here. For almost a year, the Kentucky Walking Horse As­
sociation has been involved in a good promotional pro­
gram for Kentucky-bred Walking Horses. Interest was
high and enthusiasm was at a peak as their year-long
effort paid off with a good show.
Manager Bill McKay, very busy as a high school prin­
cipal found time amid the beginning of of school, to keep
things going throughout the show. He and his wife Mary
Ann put in two full days during the show.
Judges Z. B. Havnic, Milton, Kentucky, David Mc­
Kenzie, Peterson, W. Va. and George Henson, Winches­
ter, Tennessee, had a neck straining job keeping up with
the horses in the completely round area where the show
was held, but managed to trun in a well accepted verdict
in each class. Facilities and cooperation at this show are
excellent. The management went all out to make trainers
and exhibitors “at home” and made an extra effort to
see that everyone was well cared for while attending this
fine show.
We learned that the “round arena”, one of the two or
three remaining Bull Rings located in this part of the
country, is scheduled to be lengthened for next years show
to allow a good “straightaway” on each side. This would
greatly help the show although most exhibitors did not
complain in the round ring that they showed in this year.
If enthusiasm continues to grow next vear as it has in
the past, the KENTUCKY WALKING HORSE CELE­
BRATION will become the “next stop” for all Walking
Horse exhibitors after they leave the Tennessee fall clas­
sic. It is a good time to have a top horse show as it
falls in between the Celebration and beginning of the
Deep South Shows. Try to be there next year. It is a
good show!
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