USDA Horse Protection Program Activity Report

Fiscal Year 2022 (10/01/21-09/30/22)

DATE1 EVENT

HORSE 

INDUSTRY 

ORGANIZATION

TOTAL ENTRIES 

INSPECTED BY 

DESIGNATED 

QUALIFIED 

PERSONS (DQPs)1

TOTAL ENTRIES 

INSPECTED BY USDA 

VETERINARY MEDICAL 

OFFICERS (VMOs)

TOTAL NUMBER OF HPA 

NONCOMPLIANCES 

REFERRED BY USDA VMOs 

TO SHOW MANAGEMENT 

FOR DISQUALIFICATION

TOTAL NUMBER OF 

HORSES DISQUALIFIED BY 

SHOW MANAGEMENT 

AFTER RECEIVING USDA 

VMOs INSPECTION 

RESULTS

TYPE OF NONCOMPLIANCE

October 8-9, 2021 The Appalachian Championships, Winfield, WV AHS 304 66 0 0 N/A

October 15-16, 2021 HAWHA Fall Classic, Springfield, MO HAWHA 104 21 4 4 Bilateral Sensitivity (2)

Unilateral Sensitivity (2)

October 23, 2021 Dix River Fall Classic, Brodhead, KY SHOW 75 16 0 0 N/A

November 12, 2021 FAST Fall Showcase, Shelbyville, TN SHOW 140 27 1 1 Bilateral Sensitivity (1)

November 13, 2021 Walking for the Angels, Shelbyville, TN SHOW 192 42 0 0 N/A

February 12, 2022 USDA & HIO Training, Shelbyville, TN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

March 17-19, 2022 54th Annual National Walking Horse Trainers' 

Show, Shelbyville, TN SHOW 283 66 13 12

Bilateral Sensitivity (2)

Unilateral Sensitivity (6)

Scar Rule (4)

Other (1)

April 1-2, 2022 Walking in the Smokies, Sevierville, TN SHOW 247 56 6 5

Bilateral Sensitivity (2)

Unilateral Sensitivity (3)

Scar Rule (1)

April 8-9, 2022 Southern Championship Charity Horse Show, 

Decatur, AL

AHS 258 41 9 7

Bilateral Sensitivity (5)

Unilateral Sensitivity (1)

Scar Rule (2)

Other (1)

April 22-23, 2022 WHOA Rumber on the River, Festus, MO WHOA 137 20 0 0 N/A

April 22-23, 2022 1st Annual Bluegrass Classic, Morehead, KY AHS 257 43 6 4

Scar Rule (1)

Prohibited Substance (2)

Other (3)

April 29-30, 2022 PPWHANC Tar Heel Classic Horse Show, Lake 

Waccamaw, NC

WHOA 221 22 0 0 N/A
May 20-21, 2022 Virginia Walking & Racking Horse Owners 

Association Show, Chatham, VA KY-HIO 380 36 11 8

Bilateral Sensitivity (3)

Unilateral Sensitivity (2)

Prohibited Substance (2)

Other (4)

June 4, 2022 EKWRHA Annual Celebration Horse Show, West 

Liberty, KY KY-HIO 115 21 7 4

Bilateral Sensitivity (3)

Unilateral Sensitivity (1)

Scar Rule (1)

Prohibited Substance (1)

Other (1)

June 10, 2022 43rd Annual 3 Year Old Futurity and Spring 

Show, Ava, MO MFTHBA 93 0 0 0 N/A

June 10-11, 2022 Professional Racking Horse Trainers Association 

Show, Hunstville, AL AHS 147 32 5 3

Bilateral Sensitivity (1)

Unilateral Sensitivity (2)

Prohibited Substance (1)

Other (1)

June 17, 2022 HAWHA Fun Show, Bolivar, MO HAWHA 54 0 0 0 N/A

June 17, 2022 The Ohio Classic, Springfield, OH NWHA 99 14 0 0 N/A

June 18, 2022 ANWARC Gaited Show, Fayetteville, AR HAWHA 52 0 0 0 N/A

June 18, 2022 7th Annual Get Your Pink On, Owingsville, KY WHOA 174 12 1 1 Other (1)

June 24, 2022 46th Annual Chestnut Hill Charity Horse Show, 

Chestnut Hill, TN AHS 62 12 2 2 Unilateral Sensitivity (1)

Other (1)

June 25, 2022 KWHA Ladies Auxiliary Jubilee Horse Show, 

Stanford, KY SHOW 131 19 1 1 Other (1)

July 8, 2022 54th Annual Indiana Celebration Region 7 

Championship, New Castle, IN NWHA 73 12 0 0 N/A

July 9, 2022 Lewisburg-Millcreek Lions Club Horse Show, 

Maysville, KY unaffiliated 0 13 0 0 N/A

July 9, 2022 78th Annual Owingsville Lions Club Horse Show, 

Owingsville, KY SHOW 141 0 0 0 N/A

July 15, 2022 Strides Against Cancer Horse Show, Brodhead, 

KY

SHOW 116 22 2 2 Scar Rule (1)

Other (1)

July 16, 2022 NMHA United We Stand Horse Show, Bowling 

Green, KY WHOA 119 0 0 0 N/A
July 16, 2022 Come-Unity Cooperative Care’s Tim Philpot 

Memorial Horse Show, London, KY AHS 108 21 1 1 Unilateral Sensitivity (1)

July 22, 2022 TWHBEA World Versatility Championship Show, 

Murfreesboro, TN WHOA 126 12 0 0 N/A

July 22-23, 2022 33rd Annual NSSHA Mid-Season Show, 

Manchester, TN WHOA 408 62 0 0 N/A

July 29-30, 2022 Illinois Racking and Walking Horse State 

Championship, Du Quion, IL AHS 166 45 0 0 N/A

July 29-30, 2022 44th Annual International Pleasure & Colt Grand 

Championship, Murfreesboro, TN SHOW 108 0 0 0 N/A

August 5-6, 2022 46th Annual Carter County Shrine Club Horse 

Show, Olive Hill, KY KY-HIO 153 24 1 1 Bilateral Sensitivity (1)

August 13, 2022 CKRHA Kentucky State Championship, Stanford, 

KY

KY-HIO 81 14 0 0 N/A

August 14, 2022 WHOA Show Series, Brownsville, KY WHOA 199 0 0 0 N/A

August 19-20, 2022 97th Annual State Fair of West Virginia Horse 

Show, Lewisburg, WV KY-HIO 277 33 0 0 N/A

August 25-28, 2022, 

August 30-September 3, 

2022

84th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National 

Celebration, Shelbyville, TN SHOW 1,447 258 40 32

Bilateral Sensitivity (5)

Unilateral Sensitivity (16)

Scar Rule (9)

Prohibited Substance (7)

Other (3)

August 27, 2022 Highway 43 Auction Company Celebration Super 

Sale, Shelbyville, TN DQP Services 56 0 0 0 N/A

September 16-17, 2022 Virginia Walking & Racking Horse Owners 

Association Fall Horse Show, Chatham, VA KY-HIO 363 50 0 0 N/A

September 16-17, 2022 Kentucky Celebration, Harrodsburg, KY KY-HIO 291 81 1 1 Prohibited Substance (1)

September 23-24, 2022 51st Annual RHBAA World Celebration, Decatur, 

AL

SHOW 271 67 2 2 Prohibited Substance (1)

Other (1)

September 23-24, 2022 WHAO Buckeye Fall Classic, Jackson, OH KY-HIO 145 20 4 3

Bilateral Sensitivity (1)

Unilateral Sensitivity (2)

Heel/Toe (1)
OVERALL TOTAL 

ENTRIES 

INSPECTED BY 

DQPs

OVERALL TOTAL 

ENTRIES 

INSPECTED BY 

USDA VMOs

8,173 1,300

1

Date(s) of Event and Total Entries Inspected by DQPs only reflects data from the day(s) USDA attended the show.

OVERALL TOTAL HORSES DISQUALIFIED BY SHOW 

MANAGEMENT AFTER RECEIVING USDA VMOs 

INSPECTION RESULTS

117 94

OVERALL TOTAL EVENTS

42 (41 HPA regulated events, 1 USDA/DQP Joint Training)

OVERALL TOTAL HPA NONCOMPLIANCES REFERRED 

BY USDA VMOs TO SHOW MANAGEMENT FOR 

DISQUALIFICATION