11. Bobo has been named Trainer of the Year by the Walking Horse Trainers Association. 12. Aug . 26-Sept . 4 : Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, Shelbyville. 13. His genes have also contributed to the American Saddlebred, and Tennessee Walking Horse breeds. 14. The Tennessee state legislature recently passed a bill making the Tennessee walking horse its official horse. 15. Marshall County is the home of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders'and Exhibitors'Association. 16. Round-trip tickets are $ 18 adults, $ 10 children at the Walking Horse Museum. 17. It is also the World Headquarters of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders'and Exhibitors'Association. 18. The modern Tennessee Walking Horse is described as " refined and elegant, yet solidly built ". 19. Carothers trained Strolling Jim, the first Tennessee Walking Horse to become National Champion of his breed. 20. That's a desecration to put him on a Tennessee walking horse , " jokes Bass.