Walking Horse Exhibitors Withdraw from Show


	Walking Horse Exhibitors Withdraw from Show

MorganLvr

7-10-2008 5:14 PM

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walking horses, exhibitors, usda, soring

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</P><P>According to Earl Rogers Jr., president of the Kentucky Walking Horse Association, the four-day Owingsville Lions Club Horse Show drew more than 500 Tennessee Walking Horses, many of them contenders for the breed's championship title at the upcoming National Celebration in August. But the prospect of failing USDA testing brought the competition down to just 40 horses in the show's final two days. 
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