Walking On Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2017 | Page 10

Association Scoop
Walking Horses Walk On At Illinois Horse Fair
The Illinois Walking Horse Asso-
ciation represented the Tennessee
Walking Horse and helped promote
the Walking Horse Owners’ Asso-
ciation at this year’s Illinois Horse
Fair. Over the course of the event,
the group staffed a breed booth,
greeted visitors at their horses’
stalls, and orchestrated a nine horse
breed domo. Additionally, they had
a vendor booth where the group’s
youth members sold hand-made
items to raise funds to help them
travel to out of state horse shows.
Items for sale included tail bags,
dream catchers made from old
horse shoes, and a variety of wood-
en signs with horse related messag-
es. The Illinois Horse Fair, which is
Illinois’ largest horse expo, was held
March 3-5 at the State Fairgounds
in Springfield, Illinois.
Northwest Horse Fair Features Walking Horses
The Tennessee Walking Horse
Association of Oregon did a fine
job representing our breed and
promoting the Walking Horse
Owners’ Associaiton at this year’s
Northwest Horse Fair. Held March
24-26 at the Linn County Fair &
Expo Center in Albany, Oregon,
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this year’s event attracted visitors
from throughout the West. Attac-
tions included a Breyer horse show,
a Mustang Adoption Challenge,
top-level clinicians Ken McNabb
and Van Hargis, and a huge trade
fair.