Vicki Self, trainer of Flashy Pride, the 1991 World Grand Champion Tennessee walking horse, explains that the pads tilt the weight of the horse back a bit so that it walks with a high-stepping prance.

One painless training technique, he said, is to fit pads, about 3 inches tall, below the horse’s hoof. “It can change the way the horse lands on its foot,” according to Mullins.

Supporters say the grant will help study new ways to detect soring. Anti-soring activists say a grant to a walking horse industry group will 'perpetuate cruelty.' Ariana Maia Sawyer Nashville ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. -- A blue-ribbon Tennessee walking horse stallion might be worth $1 million or more when put up for sale, but it can earn that money back for a new owner in a year through stud ...

The HPA violation database holds over 12,500 violations. The board of directors of the Walking Horse Trainers Association, collectively, holds 160 violations — the leaders of the industry.

Possible TN Walking Horse Rule Change Brings Hundreds To Public Hearing A proposed change to how Tennessee Walking Horses are trained has people on both sides of this controversial issue riled up.

In the same vein, the plight of the Tennessee walking horse cries out for an overhauled approach to enforcement and a regulatory framework overseen by an agency completely independent of industry ...

A horse walks into a bar. Or, a GIF of a walking horse goes viral on the internet. Now everybody wants to know — is this horse going forward or backward? Back on July 20, 2021, Damayanti Datta ...

Chancellor Lee Adams, center, rides Roanie, a 22-year-old American quarter horse as Dory Pell, right, the program director at Victory Farm watches on Friday, November 8, 2024. Victory Farm is a ...

Harry Butler looks back at the storied career of Rock-A-Bye Lady, a championship Tennessee Walking Horse honored more than 50 years after her death.