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Publication Date |
| 2025 Auxiliary Scholarship Applications are now available! Completed applications must be received or postmarked by June 16, 2025. |
3/18/2025 |
Thomas Aaron Smith, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and pillar of the Bedford County, Tennessee community, passed away on March 5, 2025, at the age of 88. Born on November 2, 1936, to John Alonzo Smith and Mary Etta Ball Smith, Thomas lived his entire life in Bedford County, where he left an enduring mark through his dedication to his family, faith, and community service. |
3/18/2025 |
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3/14/2025 |
| Maree Westbury Parrott Cherry, 95, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2025, following a brief illness. |
3/14/2025 |
| The following notice was sent to the Horse Industry Organizations by USDA Deputy Administrator for Animal Care, Sarah Helming. |
3/14/2025 |
| Walking Horse Trainers Association Horse of the Year committee would like to announce some changes to the Horse of the Year program for 2025. World Champion and World Grand Champions will still be automatic nominees with the added requirement of having to been shown at least 3 times in their division during the show year. |
3/13/2025 |
| The Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act and the Horse Protection Amendments Act were both introduced in the 119th Congress. The PAST Act would eliminate the use of pads and action devices, eliminate the Horse Industry Organization system of enforcement and increase penalties for violators of the HPA. |
3/13/2025 |
| The 2025 International class schedule and rules and regulations are now available!! |
3/13/2025 |
| United States District Judge Thomas L. Parker set oral arguments on the USDA’s motion to dismiss for April 14, 2025 in Memphis, Tenn. The USDA moved to dismiss portions of the Wright’s complaint. The most important of those was the claim by Wright’s that the relief, should they win, be applied industry-wide. The USDA claims that those claims for industry-wide relief are time barred under the Administrative Procedures Act. |
3/11/2025 |
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3/7/2025 |
| In a letter sent March 6, 2025, Patrick F. Philbin, attorney for industry plaintiffs, asked the USDA to reconsider certain aspects of the current enforcement and inspection scheme under the Horse Protection Act. At the core of Philbin’s letter is the need for adequate due process to be provided under the HPA and for industry participants to have some form of a pre-deprivation hearing prior to their horse being disqualified. |
3/7/2025 |
| The American Horse Council issued a news release outlining a request made by them to USDA to reopen the comment period on the Horse Protection Act rulemaking that made significant changes to the application of the law. The majority of the rule was vacated in federal court as a result of the lawsuit brought by the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. |
3/5/2025 |
| Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller recently introduced a resolution at the National State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Winter Policy Meeting asking USDA to rescind the Biden Administration’s rule to amend the HPA. |
3/5/2025 |
| The National Trainers’ Show that will be held in Cooper Steel Arena, March 27-29, 2025, has made an addition to their original class schedule. |
3/5/2025 |
| WHOA Delivers Aid to Hurricane Helene Victims in North Carolina! On February 14, 2025 WHOA delivered a semi truck load of horse products to North Carolina hurricane victims. Another semi truck load of hay was delivered to the same area on March 1, 2025. |
3/5/2025 |