The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, sometimes known as the Celebration, is the largest horse show for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, and has been held annually in or near Shelbyville
The main arena at the TWHNC grounds
Merry Go Boy and Winston Wiser at the Celebration in 1947.
Midnight Sun, two-time winner of the World Grand Championship
Bud Dunn and RPM competing in the World Grand Championship, the Celebration's final class.
Dark Spirit's Rebel
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Dark Spirit's Rebel was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won a World Grand Championship in 1992. Nicknamed Rebel, the horse was trained by Alabama resident Bud Dunn. After his show career was over, Rebel
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration
…the World Grand Championship. The oldest rider to win was 81-year-old Bud Dunn on RPM in 1999. Dunn had previously been the oldest winning rider with Dark Spirit's Rebel in 1992, at the age of 74. Although there have been six horses who won the stake two years consecutively, there have been only two three-time winners…
Bud Dunn and Dark Spirit's Rebel