PRESERVING THE PAST FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society

Sound Horse Conference, March 29, 2014

1926 Stallion Poster

Clark’s Red Allen, a 1921 son of Major Allen and a Roan Allen F-38 mare

Star Gray Wilson

The late Jimmie Gray, at his barn near Belvidere, Tennessee, shows off his linebred Wilson’s Allen stallion.

Leon Oliver

Leon Oliver, breeder, riding Red Bud’s Rascal

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor with Sun’s Smokey Midnight

Meeting the babies

Diane Sczepanski and Danny Taylor during a colt evaluation session.

Photo in first ad

Silver Rain in Dixie with Adam Brandon riding

Going international

Sandra van den Hof of Hechtel, Belgium

The Heritage Horse Criteria

• 1. Older, rare bloodlines. Heritage Horses initially had a minimum of five stallions or mares with registration numbers from the thirties and forties still on papers.• 2. Horses with modern bloodlines shown built-up after 1976 did not qualify.• 3. The signature smooth gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse has been sought

out. Heritage Horses perform a natural, evenly timed, four-beat nodding and walking gait barefoot or plain shod.• 4. Various colors and patterns are found in Heritage Horses. All color lines trace,

horse by horse, to individuals with those colors and patterns recorded in the TWHBAA Studbooks.• 5. Offspring of a pair of Heritage Horses will be accepted as Heritage Horses once

they exhibit a true, timed, four-beat walking horse gait.

In the mountains

Dick Haines rides and packs on his Heritage Walking Horses

Trails in Tennessee

Enjoying the fields and woods on steady Heritage Horses

1940 Pulaski Red Carpet show

Red Bud Allen and trainer Zollie Derryberry pause to record a blue ribbon win.

Ready to show

NFF Wilson’s Society King and trainer Dena Plendl warming up for a class.

Echo’s Bon Bon & Billy Taylor

We love those Heritage Mares!