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NASDA asks USDA to rescind HPA rule

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.

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  • Walking Horse Trainers Association Horse of the Year Committee Announces Changes to the 2025 Program

    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. Read More

  • Legislation to amend HPA introduced

    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. Read More

  • Oral arguments set in Wright vs. USDA

    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. Read More

  • YIWH Dedication: IB Smokin Joe

    In 1959, Rodger’s Perfection was named the World’s Grand Champion at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. It was also the debut year of one of the longest-running and most beloved Western TV shows of all time, Bonanza.

    Patriarch Ben Cartwright and his three sons, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe, rode across a field on Buck, Chub, Sport and Cochise for the show’s opening. 

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  • YIWH Dedication: LaRue McWaters Family

    “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

    Those words from poet Maya Angelou could have been written about the McWaters family. LaRue, Ann and their family have contributed to the Tennessee Walking Horse industry for years with compassion and hard work.

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  • Industry attorneys make requests of USDA

    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.  Read More

  • American Horse Council makes request of USDA

    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.  Read More

  • NASDA asks USDA to rescind HPA rule

    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. Read More

  • National Trainers’ Show adds class

    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. Read More
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