On the heels of the largest sound flat shod Walking Horse show ever held at Miller Coliseum, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the members of NWHA met in Lexington, Kentuckyto discuss plans for the coming year and elect new Officers and Board members.

Highlights of the meeting were:
The Board of Directors approved five NWHA sponsored regional shows for 2008.
Colorado – July 18-20, Douglas County Fair Grounds, Castle Rock, CO
Ohio – May 30-31, the Ohio Classic, Springfield, Ohio
Indiana  - July 11-12, Indiana Celebration, New Castle, IN
North Carolina – June 5-6, Asheville, NC  
Texas – April 4-5, East Texas Gaited Classic, Nacogdoches, TX

The membership elected Juana Grover as President, John Lewis as Vice President, Lisa Hite as Secretary and Gordon Lawler as Treasurer. Newly elected Board members include; Martie Jacobson and Colette Pfender,  Central Region, Tracy Weier, Eastern Region, Linda Richwine and Jimmy Black, At-Large. 

Based on a membership survey NWHA decided to begin implementing a new Versatility Rule Book.

NWHA presented 53 annual high point awards including Overall High Point Versatility Champion, won by Rick Davidson on “Master Revelation” and Overall High Point presented to Jennifer Batts on “She’s Doubly Delightful”.

NWHA presented Trail Riders’ Incentive Program 2007 Year End Awards, “The T.R.I.P. Awards”. The Iron Buns Award went to Fran Kueker (537.5 hours), Reserve High Mile Rider to Mark Krider (296 hours),  High Mile Horse to “Wolf’s Walkman” ridden by Fran Kueker (278 hours), Reserve High Mile Horse to “Harlow” ridden by Glenda Levin (126.5 hours),  High Mile Youth Rider to Rebecca Stocker (84 hours), and Reserve High Mile Youth to Rayne Illingworth (56 hours).

The Phoenix Award was given to Pam Reband as she embodied the spirit of doing what’s right for the horse. The Pegasus Award went to Gordon Lawler for his dedicated service to NWHA. The Loblolly award, for the first time given to a horse, went to “Allen All Around” for making the NWHA experience enjoyable, memorable and worthwhile. This horse is owned by Lee and Linda Ritter.