FAST Funds
- I. EDUCATION FUND
- Judges
- • Horse Protection Act & Regulations
- • Equine Welfare
- Trainers
- • Horse Protection Act & Regulations
- • Equine Welfare
- Owners
- • Owners Informational Clinics
- • Horse Protection Act & Regulations
- • Continuing Educational Courses on Inspection Procedures
- • Pre-Inspection Clinics & Inspections
- • New Owners Clinics
- • HIO requirements and Owners Liability in enforcing the welfare of the Tennessee Walking Horse under the HPA and the Regulations
- • Rulebook for exhibitors & owners
- • What to look for in purchasing your first TWH.
- Show Managers
- • Clinics for TWH Show Managers, Sale Managers
- • How to Put on a TWH Horse Show for fun and profit
- • Records that need to be kept to improve your TWH show
- • Responsibilities of Horse Show Management when dealing with the USDA Inspection Protocol, Trainers, Owners and the public.
- • How to Promote your TWH Show locally and nationally
- TWH Youth Programs and Scholarships
- • Scholarships for the Youth involved in the showing, breeding, training, and ownership of the Tennessee Walking Horse
- • Camps for the TWH Youth
- • Sponsorship of Academy Programs
- • Sponsorship of special classes for the promotion of the Tennessee Walking Horse and the TWH Youth
- Tennessee Walking Show Horse Specific Clinics
- • Confirmation
- • Gaits
- • Shoeing
- • Breeding for specific traits
- • Versatility
- Judges
- II. EQUINE WELFARE FUND
- Tennessee Walking Show Horse HIO FUND
- • DQP Inspection Clinics on HPA
- • DQP & USDA VMO Joint Training on HPA
- • Veterinarian Oversight of HIO Inspection Processes for adherence to the HPA
- • Creating & Supporting Protocol for a Program of Ring Stewards in Show Ring and Warm Up Ring to ensure HPA compliance
- • Inspection Protocol for Owners, Trainers, Exhibitors, Show Managers, DQP’s, and other individuals responsible for compliant horses under the HPA.
- • Technology Support for the Inspection of Tennessee Walking Show Horses
- o Digital Radiography
- o Gas Chromography Unit (Sniffer)
- o Drug Testing
- o Fluoroscope
- TWH Rescue and Rehabilitation
- • Retirement and Rescue Facilities
- • Catastrophic Assistance
- o Second Career—establishing and assisting with testing criteria to place Tennessee Walking Show Horses in appropriate second careers
- • Academy
- • Mounted Police
- • Forestry Service
- o Therapy Programs
- • Mental
- • Physical
- • Behavioral
- o Second Career—establishing and assisting with testing criteria to place Tennessee Walking Show Horses in appropriate second careers
- Tennessee Walking Show Horse HIO FUND
- III. PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE TENNESSEE WALKING SHOW HORSE
- Promotion and Preservation of TWH Shows and TWH Exhibitions
- • Tennessee Walking Horse Show Promotions
- • Act of God donations to Horse Show Charities
- • Helping Civic, Non-Profits, Corporate and Non-Corporate groups fulfill charitable efforts
- • Sending volunteers and horse show personnel to assist new and struggling shows
- • Providing training for horse show volunteers
- • Promotions
- • Advertising
- • Training Horse Show management in responsibilities to Horse Protection Act, Horse Protection Regulations, HIO’s, and United States Department of Agriculture
- Preservation of Tennessee Walking Show Horse Industry
- • Education
- • Good business practices
- • Accounting
- • Breeding business
- • Training business
- • Running a Sale
- • Related Industry businesses
- o Photography
- o Tack
- o Feed & Hay sale and production
- • Accounting Education
- • Mentoring Programs
- • Genetic education and studies for good breeding practices
- Promotion and Preservation of TWH Shows and TWH Exhibitions
- IV. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
- Tennessee Walking Show Horse Gait Enhancement Study by Natural and Mechanical Training Aids
- Epithelial Tissue change Study on all Gaited Breeds comparing age and use
- AAEP Equine Initiatives
- Performance Shoe and action device Study
- Shoe weight influencing gait Study
- Research of breeding stallions that pass undesirable traits such as cryptoorchidism and club feet.
- Any scientific or research project or study that supports the purposes of the Foundation for the Advancement and Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse, Inc.