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| The ETWHA donated $8,942.00 to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The association is appreciative of the exhibitors, trainers, spectators, vendors and all the volunteers that helped make this happen! Each year the ETWHA works very hard to donate to this worthy cause. |
1/31/2025 |
| United States District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk issued his ruling today in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, Tom Gould and Kimberly Lewis’ challenge to the USDA’s rule to amend the Horse Protection Act. |
1/31/2025 |
| The Walking Horse Association of Alabama and the Alabama Walking Horse Ladies Auxiliary were able to donate $17,500 to Smile A Mile from fundraising efforts in 2024. Over the years, WHAA and the AWHLA has donated a total of $571,000 to Smile A Mile. |
1/31/2025 |
| The Phoenix Horse Show is set for March 18-22, 2025 at the Covered Arena at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The show is WHOA affiliated and the first leg of WHOA’s Triple Crown of 2025. Three judges will adjudicate the show with one alternate. |
1/29/2025 |
| The FAST Spring Showcase is pleased to announce that Ross Campbell, Wayne Dean and Rod Slagle will judge their event that is scheduled for March 13-15, 2025. The show will take place at the Cooper Steel Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee. |
1/29/2025 |
| Beatrice Reed Livingston, 99, went to be with the Lord Saturday evening (Jan. 25, 2025) at Church Hill Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center. |
1/28/2025 |
| Voting for Horse Of The Year will end at 11:59pm on January 31st... |
1/28/2025 |
| The Walking Horse Report has recently learned of the passing of 2xWGC & 3xWC Trip My Trigger at the age of 33 on January 19, 2025. |
1/27/2025 |
| Debbie devoted her entire life as a “true animal lover” She was extremely talented and competitive in the equine world. Her accomplishments read somewhat like a Cinderella Story, winning many championship awards aboard her coveted Tennessee Walking Horse, R Golden Man. |
1/27/2025 |
| On January 23, 2025, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will temporarily postpone its final rule to amend the Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations for 60 days from February 1, 2025 to April 2, 2025. APHIS published the final rule (89 FR 39194-39251) amending the horse protection regulations to provide, |
1/24/2025 |
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1/24/2025 |
| House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the postponement of a final rule amending the Horse Protection Act (HPA)... |
1/24/2025 |
| In letters to the Trump Transition team, thirteen states’ agriculture departments have asked the United States Department of Agriculture to begin the process of formally withdrawing, in its entirety, the Horse Protection Amendments final rule. The rule was originally published May 8, 2024 and would have most of its provisions become effective February 1, 2025. |
1/23/2025 |
| The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and its Chairman, James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the Trump-Vance Transition team pointing out the major flaws in the Horse Protection Act Rule that was finalized during the Biden Administration and is set to take effect February 1, 2025. |
1/22/2025 |
| President Donald J. Trump signed multiple executive orders yesterday, one of which could apply to the Horse Protection rule set to go into effect February 1, 2025. In his executive order President Trump allows agencies, including USDA, to postpone rules already published in the Federal Register for further review prior to their effective date. In order for this to apply to the rule impacting the Walking Horse industry, the agency would have to take this action to review the Horse Protection rule. |
1/21/2025 |