The Dr. Ann Johnson Canter Challenge To be included at all WHOA Triple Crown Shows and the International Grand Championship! This will be a Special class for 2025. 2 Classes included at all 2025 Triple Crown shows: Amateur/ Youth Canter Open to any Division Professional Canter Open to any Division 3 Classes at 2025 International: Amateur Canter Open to any Division Youth Canter Open to any Division Professional Canter Open to any Division Class will be Judged as follows: 50% Canter Gait 20% Flat Walk 20% Running Walk 10% Conformation Horses Must Back Properly Incentives for 2025: $3000 - WHOA Year End High Point Awards - Top 5 Amateur/ Youth Canter Open to any Division  $3000 - WHOA Year End High Point Awards - Top 5 Professional Canter Open to any Division WHOA would like to thank Dr. Ann Johnson for graciously sponsoring this exciting Challenge for 2025.

2025 WHOA Horse Show Reminders Because of the new HPA requirements going into effect Feb, 1, 2025, show managers are required to have even more accurate record-keeping than we have in the past. We will need your help and cooperation to make sure we are in compliance at all of our shows! We will need to have ACCURATE addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for each owner, trainer and rider.  We can no longer put the trainer’s contact information for owners and/or exhibitors.   We are now required to have current and accurate copies of each horses Coggins papers on file in the show office.  We will no longer be able to simply look at a Coggins and mark it complete – we must have a copy on file in the show office with the horses’ REGISTERED NAME and registration number. Barn names on Coggins are no longer acceptable! Each Coggins must have the horses registration number and REGISTERED NAME.  If something other than a horses registered name ends up on a Coggins, the registered name must be written in ink on the papers.  In order to help make these requirements easier, the following options are available from the WHOA show office: You can bring us printed copies of the Coggins/Health Certificates at any time to place in your file for the year. A copy of the Coggins/Health certificate must be received before any back numbers are released. We will have a printer/copier in the show office where you can print or make copies of the Coggins. If you make arrangements with the show secretary in advance, you can email a copy of the Coggins/Health Certificate and the show secretary will process it and file it with each horse in the event records.  This cannot be done on the day of the show! If you have multiple horse entries, all paperwork must be handled and back numbers must be picked up at the same time. REMINDER -- each owner and exhibitor must be members of WHOA before entries are accepted.  Please go ahead and complete your membership renewals now! Thank you!  WHOA wishes everyone a great 2025 show season! Come Walk With Us! www.walkinghorseowners.com

2025 Election Results 

Amy Cross Nance, 2025 President-TN

The following eight individuals have been elected to serve a three year term on the WHOA Board of Directors.

Martha Child-TN

Leslie Collins-KY

Jessica Mast-TN

Maggie Moore-TN

Peggy Moore-TN

Susan Paul-TN

Woody Woodruff-TN

Amanda Wright-TN

COME WALK WITH US IN 2025!

Congratulations to all the 2024 Kentucky Incentive High Point Winners !

Click HERE for Full Results

Click HERE for WHOA Quest Winners

Join Us on Feb 8, 2025 for the WHOA National High Points Awards Baquet!   

To be eligible for WHOA High Points, you must have been a member prior to the final WHOA affiliated event for 2024, which was November 2nd.

The Nominating Committee of the Walking Horse Owners’ Association has nominated the following people for the 2025 Board of Directors to serve for a 3-year term.

Nominees for WHOA Board of Directors:
Martha Child – Tennessee         
Kevin Gilliam – North Carolina         
Jessica Mast –Tennessee             
Maggie Moore – Tennessee
Peggy Moore – Tennessee             
Susan Paul – Tennessee
Woody Woodruff - Tennessee     
Amanda Wright– Tennessee

Nominee for 2025 WHOA President:  Amy Cross Nance- Tennessee

Any candidate for the WHOA Board of Directors must have been in good standing for the prior two years.  Anyone wishing his or her name declared as a candidate will need to notify the Walking Horse Owners’ Association office no later than December 1, 2024.  According to the By-Laws, Article III, Section 1, stating “anyone desiring to be a candidate shall give notice by registered mail, electronic mail, or fax to the Association of his or her intent to run for a directorship.”

This notice must reach our office no later than December 1, 2024

According to the By-Laws, Article IV, Section 2, stating, “The President shall be elected by total popular vote by the majority of the members for voting.  Any candidate for President must have been a member in good standing and must have served on the Board of Directors for the past two years immediately prior to the election.  In order to be a candidate for President, other than being nominated by the Nominating Committee, a person must be nominated by a member in good standing of this association.  Said nomination, together with a written statement by the nominee agreeing to said nomination, must be reported to the association no later than December 1, 2024.

These nominations must reach our office no later than December 1, 2024.

WHOA High Points Correction

Deadline – November 29, 2024

The deadline to report high point corrections is November 29, 2024. Please take a moment to review your records and send any corrections to engel@horseworld.net or text 931-639-2850 by 5:00 PM on November 29, 2024.

Thank you to the Walking Horse Report for managing the WHOA High Points Program!

Following the death of Charlie Howard in 2019 a fund was established through the Walking Horse Owners Association to honor his memory by helping young people through continuing education.

Congratulations to each of the 2024 recipients of a $500 scholarship from the Charles B. Howard Memorial Scholarship Fund:

Bryliegh Gray - Manchester Tn

Mallory Johnson-  Cookeville, TN

Payton Nelms - College Grove, TN

Corbin Parker - Frankenwig, TN

Mary Frances Way - Murfreesboro, TN

Congratulations to our WHOA members Tami Steinbrecher and Scot MacGregor and their Tennessee Walking Horses who were big winners at the 2024 WDAA Western Dressage World Championships in Guthrie Oklahoma! They competed at all levels against gaited and non-gaited horses and achieved great success!  Thanks for doing such a wonderful job of representing our breed!

                                         Click here for more details and photos

We have an exciting schedule of Triple Crown shows for 2025!  Next year, we will have four Triple Crown Shows and you will be able to choose three of the four shows to accumulate Triple Crown points!  Here is the 2025 schedule:

March 18-22  The Pennyroyal Charity & WHOA Triple Crown Show      Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY

April 3-5  The Southern Belle WHOA Triple Crown Show     Tri-State Exhibition Center MacDonald, TN (near Cleveland, TN)

May 8-10 The WHOA Spring Extravaganza Triple Crown Show     Miller Coliseum, Murfreesboro, TN

October 16-18 The WHOA Fall Festival Triple Crown Show     Oak Grove Gaming Equestrian Center, Oak Grove KY

July 15-26 47th International Pleasure & Colt Championship Show   Miller Coliseum, Murfreesboro, TN

Thanks for your support for the WHOA Triple Crown shows in 2024!  We are looking for an even bigger and better 2025!!

Message from Mark Taylor, WHOA Executive Director...

The 2024 International went extremely well. The total number of entries was 1789 which is down very slightly from last year. We were pleased with the great quality of horses and had a substantial increase in the number of entries for Championship Classes. Our Judges did a great job with 46% of the 1st place ties unanimous by the Judging panel. This year's show featured several exciting extras including a great 2024 Maiden Championship, The All Day Pleasure Challenge with 2 Divisions for 2024, the International Speed Horse Grand Championship, and the Dr. Ann Johnson Canter Challenge.

Thank you to all the folks that make it happen including the Sponsors, Exhibitors, Staff, and especially the great volunteers! 

We have exciting news for next year's International! Thanks to the great staff at Tennessee Miller Coliseum we will be able to expand the show schedule for 2025! This will enable us to re-align classes in order to help our exhibitors have a better experience. Tentative dates for next year's International are July 15-26, 2025.