WALKING HORSE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION SCHEDULES MAJOR CLINIC AND HORSE SHOW FOR APRIL
In an announcement of major significance , Mr . Jack Short , Executive Secretary of the Walking Horse Trainers Association with offices in Shelbyville , Tennessee , stated that the professional trainers organization would stage the first Tennessee Walking Horse Trainers Clinic and Horse Show at Ellington Center in Nashville , Tennessee on April 10-11 . Plans for this program exceed anything that has ever been attempted before and all indications are
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Office Phone _________________ Home Phone that this will be the most important event to take place in the Walking Horse world since the beginning of the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in 1939 . The Walking Horse Trainers Association of America has a membership of over 300 professionals from coast to coast . It was formed in 1968 and has already established itself as an organization that is dedicated to the advancement of this great breed . Thus far the Trainers Association has been a guiding hand in working with the American Humane Association and the American Horse Shows Association regarding rules and regulations for exhibiting the Tennessee Walking Horse .
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Mr . Wallace Brandon , one of the most highly regarded professional trainers in the business , has been appointed chairman of the committee to handle the clinic and the show . In discussing the proposed program , Mr . Brandon stated , " This breed is just now beginning to become established as a show horse and it is up to the professional trainers to help newcomers learn the best ways to work with this horse . We have outlined a program for the clinic that will be the most comprehensive ever attempted . He pointed out that the clinic would be aimed at beginners and amateurs who are invited to bring their own horses to the grounds to get first-hand help from the top professionals . There is adequate stabling for 100 horses and more can be provided if necessary .
In describing the program , Mr . Vic Thompson , President of the Association , added , " Lectures and demonstrations will cover nearly every phase of Walking Horse activity . Selection of the mare and stallion for mating , their care , the care of the foal , halter breaking , feeding , hoof trimming , grooming , etc ., will be a starter .” Training the young horse will include tail cutting and setting , tacking up , adjusting horse boots , preparing for the show ring .
The care of tack , shoeing , adjusting tail braces , principles of feeding , riding , and artificial insemination are other subjects to be covered . The all-Walking Horse Show is to be comprised of
18 classes with $ 5,500 prize money , of which $ 3,000 goes in the championship stake . This will be second
only to the $ 10,000 world championship prize at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in
Shelbyville . Juvenile , equitation , ladies , and pleasure horse classes will be included .
TRAINERS ’ ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 1969 OFFICERS ; PLANS DIRECTORY
The Walking Horse Trainers ’ Association held a two-day meeting at the Holiday Inn in Shelbyville , Tennessee , January 17 and 18 . Given prime consideration was the 1969 election of officers and board members . Results were : President - Vic Thompson ; 1st Vice President - Jack Moorman ; 2nd Vice President - C . A . Bobo . Board members with three-year terms are : Bud Dunn , Alabama ; John T . Carter , Tennessee ; Kenny Price , North Carolina ; and Joe Webb , Arkansas . Two-year terms went to : David Welsh , Kentucky ; C . A . Bobo , Middle Tennessee ; Jimmy Holloway , Mississippi ; and Jim Babb , Georgia . Serving one-year terms are : Wallace Brandon , Middle Tennessee ; Don Bolinger , Missouri ; and Paul Whitehead , Ohio .
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