Trainers Show

Trainers' Show makes move (12/22/11)
The first big Tennessee Walking Horse show of 2012 won't be held in Shelbyville as in years past. A conference call was held earlier this week by the board of directors of the Walking Horse Trainers' Association (WHTA) to prepare for the upcoming 2012 National Trainers' Show in White Pine, in Jefferson County, which is in east Tennessee...

TWH groups form unity committee (12/15/11)
Four groups representing the Tennessee Walking Horse Industry have selected members of a new "unity committee" that is to focus on the future of the business. Two weeks ago, the boards of directors of four industry groups -- the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA), Walking Horse Owners' Association (WHOA), Walking Horse Trainers' Association (WHTA) and The Celebration -- met and agreed to form the committee to discuss issues related to the future of the breed in the show ring, as well as unification within the performance horse division.. ...

TWH groups team up to fight change (12/01/11)
A "Unity Committee" will be formed to discuss issues related to the future of the Tennessee Walking Horse in the show ring and also to discuss unification within the performance horse division. However, the group objected to any reduction of pads and action devices for walking horses, also opposing proposed mandatory penalties by the Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

History lives at Wartrace Horse Show (08/02/11)
It's one of the last shows before the Celebration -- and one of the oldest shows in Tennessee. Come Saturday to Wartrace, and you'll see history walking, running walking, and cantering around the ring at the horse show grounds. "It should be a good show this year," said Heather Beard, secretary for the horse show committee. "All of our classes are sponsored -- there's 25 -- and trainers' response has been real good."...

Mule show a 'great' success (07/13/11)
Hundreds of donkeys and mules, their owners, trainers and fans visited the Celebration show grounds last week for the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show. It was, you could say, a braying success. "It went great," said Dale Barnett, marketing and media director for Calsonic Arena. "We had great classes, the crowd was really into it. The rain felt good and the humidity didn't."...

Donkeys, mules hit the ring (07/08/11)
The Celebration offered its own sort of "Hee-Haw and Howdy" Wednesday evening as the mule and donkey show exhibitors trotted into town. While Celebration staff grilled burgers and chicken breasts for the visitors, the mules and donkeys themselves provided the sound track with snorts, whinnies and the occasional bray...

Big donkey, mule show is this week (07/05/11)
When you drive into Clearview Farm on U.S. 231 South, you'll see almost every breed of horse imaginable grazing in the fields or resting in the elegant barns. There will be quarter horses and Arabians, Freisians and walking horses, Appaloosas and spotted saddlehorses...

Folsom Prison escapes with blue (05/31/11)
All five of the stallions vying for the stakes class at the Spring Fun Show had their supporters, and the cheers followed them around the ring at Calsonic Arena like a wave Saturday night. Fans cheered on Star, the Reserve World Grand Champion of last year's Celebration and this year's National Trainers' Show. They clapped and whistled for Puttin Cash on the Line, who won two stakes classes last year, and they "whooped and hollered" for Jail Time, Folsom Prison Blues and Ultimate Power Stroke...

Fun Show visitors often spring back (05/28/11)
The Celebration's Spring Fun Show will end tonight, but many of those who came to watch, exhibit, or both will be back next year. And the next. "It's a family tradition," said Jill Smith of Jackson. "It has been for 25 years." Of course for her and her husband Verner and their children, it's also a family reunion as well as a family tradition...

'Traveler' joins owner at Fun Show (05/27/11)
Angie Runnels of Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been coming to the Celebration's Spring Fun Show for years, but this year, for the first time, she'll have a horse competing. Her 8-year-old Silver's Travelin' Shadow, called "Traveler" around the barn, was entered in the very first class, the Model class...

Fun Show opens Thursday (05/25/11)
The 41st Annual Celebration Spring Fun show, scheduled to begin Thursday night, is moving back inside Calsonic Arena after being outdoors in the big Celebration arena for the past two years. The show, a traditional kickoff to the summer season and a showcase for World Grand Championship contenders, expects attendance of over 6,000. It will run through Saturday night...

Cool rides on display (05/11/11)
This Saturday's Celebration City Region Antique Automobile Club of America Car Show will be a big event, to be sure, attracting exhibitors and spectators from throughout Middle Tennessee and beyond. The show will feature 29 classes and seven special awards; it's free to spectators, and open to anyone who's got a vehicle they'd like to show off, even if it's not the ultimate show car...

Trainers Show finalists repeat Celebration spots (03/22/11)
It was almost like the last class of the 2010 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration revisited. When Star, a crowd favorite whose registered name is actually Moody Star, was called as the stakes winner of the 43rd annual National Trainers Show Saturday night, the crowd went wild...

Fun for funds (03/17/11)
By the time this weekend is over, some walking horse trainers will have a rainbow of ribbons on their stall doors. Some trainers will have trophies, or new horses or new clients. But by the time Wednesday night was over -- some of them had pie on their faces...

Peaches reaches for top trophy (02/11/11)
Okay -- it's not your usual Valentine story. Sandra Johnson of Waterfall Farms visited a friend's hunting plantation more than a decade ago and fell in love. Her husband Bill didn't mind, since he kind of fell hard himself. Now those who know the Johnsons and their amazing stable of walking horse superstar studs won't be surprised to find out that the object of their affections had four feet and a tail -- but they might be surprised to find out it didn't whinny. It barked...

WHTA suspends Peebles' license (01/07/11)
The Walking Horse Trainers' Association has suspended the license of a trainer who has been accused of sex crimes against three minors. The WHTA announced Thursday the action against Dick Peebles, who was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

Yee haw, haw, haw (07/08/10)
If there's one thing mule and donkey aficionados share beside a love for long ears and braying, it's a sense of humor. Maybe that's why they like the long ears and braying so much ... The 19th annual Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show opens today at the Calsonic Arena, and that sense of humor is evident in the T-shirts, the banners, the names of the animals, and the names of the farms and ranches from whence they come. ...

F.A.S.T. horse show on fast track (07/01/10)
If you're looking for a break from the neighborhood kids throwing firecrackers, another round of watermelon, or in-laws visiting over the holiday weekend -- head down to the Calsonic Arena Sunday for the F.A.S.T. Showcase horse show. "F.A.S.T. is the Foundation for the Advancement and Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse," said Brenda Carlon, a member of the nonprofit organization's board of directors. "We raise funds to support different avenues of the show horse."...

Skills and talent: State 4-H Horse Championships underway (06/23/10)
The kids crowding the Calsonic Arena and the Celebration grounds this week have more in common than their love of horses and horsemanship. Each and every one is a member of a 4-H club somewhere in Tennessee. The Tennessee State 4-H Horse Championships are being held this week, ending Saturday, as kids from 13 to 18 gather to demonstrate their skills and knowledge...

Entries rise, violations fall at Fun Show (06/02/10)
The numbers were up for the Spring Fun Show -- which pleases the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration CEO Dr. Doyle Meadows. There were almost 400 entries in this year's three-day show -- more than twice the number of last year's. The numbers were also down -- which pleases Tony Edwards, the DQP coordinator for SHOW, the Celebration's HIO in charge of inspections...

'Cash' pays off (06/01/10)
The heat, the humidity, even the threat of rain couldn't keep the die-hard Tennessee walking horse fans away from the Celebration's Spring Fun Show as it concluded Saturday night. Even as the stakes class approached, massive black clouds rolled over Shelbyville, lightning flickered within, but all eyes were on the ring...

Fun Show springs into action (05/28/10)
Memorial Day Weekend -- it is a time to remember those who have fallen in service to their country. It's also a time to get together with friends and family to enjoy picnics and that first big weekend on the lake. It's also the annual Spring Fun Show at the Celebration, which started Thursday night...

Meadows likes opening night turnout at Trainers Show (03/18/10)
Only a few classes into the 42nd annual Walking Horse Trainers' Association show, there were already several hundred spectators. "I'm very pleased with the turnout," said Dr. Doyle Meadows, CEO of the Celebration as well as the head of SHOW, the horse industry organization that sanctions the Trainers' Show...

Season's local kickoff begins Wednesday (03/16/10)
It's traditionally the first big show of the horse show season -- the first chance fans get to see if their favorites are coming back this year and what the new crop of colts and fillies look like. Last year, however, the Walking Horse Trainers Association's annual show wasn't the kickoff for the season...

Sweet taste of success follows cooking show (10/25/09)
If burning, red eyes with dark circles under them are indicators of success, I'm OK with that -- today. That's how most of my friends at the Times-Gazette, including myself, look and feel this morning, which happens to be the day after our sold-out relish� Cooking School and Expo...

A night of fun and recipes as chef wows cooking show crowd (10/21/09)
It's hard to tell who was having more fun Tuesday night at the sold-out Times-Gazette/relish� magazine Cooking Show and Expo with chef Jon Ashton -- the crowd, or Ashton. "It's really, really lovely of you to believe in me and believe in the magazine and let us in your life and have a bit of a laugh," the English cook said at the event, staged at the Calsonic Arena...

Calsonic Arena crew members are quick change artists (10/16/09)
When Calsonic Arena opened in 1989, 20 years ago, officials from the Celebration and from the arena's benefactor and naming sponsor, Calsonic Manufacturing Corp. (now CalsonicKansei North America), said they hoped it would be not only a place for equestrian competition but also for a wide variety of events to benefit the community...

Trainer faces difficult times after brain aneurysm (10/14/09)
When Jerry Williams left the hospital, a baby in his mother's arms, it was 38 years before he'd ever have to go to a hospital again. In fact, you might even say the Tennessee walking horse trainer was as healthy as a horse. That changed Sept. 30. "I came home for lunch and I was getting ready to go back to the barn," said Jerry. "I got hot and broke out in a cold sweat, and got a bad headache -- a pain like I've never felt before. I was numb on one side and couldn't move. I yelled for Jamel."...

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