215 Henderson Road
Shelbyville, Tennessee
David and Lisa Taylor Owner/Operators
EveningShadeFarm@Hughes.net
(931)685-9785
Welcome to Evening Shade Farm. We are a
small family owned/operated horse farm in Shelbyville, Tennessee; the heart of
Tennessee Walking Horse country. Our main focus is the breeding, raising
and training of top quality naturally gaited trail and pleasure Tennessee Walking Horses for
sale. We also offer for sale other top quality gaited trail horses that are ready to
be your next trail horse, pleasure horse, and forever horse.
Each of our broodmares has been carefully selected following
four criteria; disposition, conformation, gait, and bloodlines. We purchased our
first in 1991. "Delight's Miss Missie", a direct daughter of World Grand
Champion "Sun's Delight D.", remains in our family still. She retired from
active broodmare status in 2000, but is still very useful as she now carries
delighted children for rides in Shelbyville's Great Strides Riding Program for
the disabled. The Tennessee Walking Horse is versatile throughout its life.
"Champagne Lookout" joined us in 1996. We fell in love with
his beautiful color, smooth natural gait, and wonderful disposition. However, his
bloodlines on top and bottom are as good as any Tennessee Walking Horse you find, including
"Foundation Era" World Grand
Champions such as; "The Super Stock", "Ebony's Senator", "Ebony
Masterpiece", "Mack K's Handshaker", "Midnight Sun", "Johnny
Midnight", and of course the source of that beautiful color, "Champagne Lady
Diane". Firmly believing that old foundation bloodlines and pedigree definitely
make the difference, when we decided to breed for color,
we knew that breeding true naturally gaited Tennessee Walking Horses for trail
and pleasure had to be top priority. Breeding for unique colors is always fun
and exciting because you never know exactly what you'll get. That is why we
always breed for quality individuals so that no matter what
color comes on the outside, there's a great horse on the inside.
We are not a "Horse and Livestock Company" or "professional
horse traders/brokers". Just two people with a genuine love, and some might say addiction,
for horses. This all got started by deciding to buy and breed one mare and raise
a baby to keep for ourselves. Somehow along the way it took on a life of it's
own and now consumes most, if not all, of our "spare time". But we love it and
that's why we continue to do it. We have always had our regular jobs to earn a
living, so we can place our horses when the time is right for the horse first and
foremost and for whoever selects them. Consequently, the number of horses
available will vary
and be limited to those we consider are the best that we can offer while keeping
the amount of work at a level we can do ourselves since we do not entrust the
care, handling and riding of our horses to others. We have some exceptional gaited trail horses for sale
of all colors; smooth naturally gaited with calm disposition. Come
and take a test ride, or check out their pictures and videos on our Horses for Sale page. We
appreciate your taking time to look through our site and certainly hope to hear from you.
Picture yourself on a smooth gaited Tennessee Walking Horse "for the trail ride of your life".
Thank you for visiting our Website. Please check out the
rest of our site using the links bar at the top. You'll find Horses for Sale
(including pictures and videos), answers to frequently asked questions about
the gaited Tennessee Walking Horse as well as gaited Champagne colored Tennessee Walking Horses, and Breeding
information on "Champagne Lookout" as well as pictures of Lookout and some of
his offspring. Call, write, or visit us at the address and/or phone number below.
We welcome E-Mails and will always answer promptly.
Come back often as something is always changing. Thanks
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EveningShadeFarm@Hughes.net
Evening Shade Farm
215 Henderson Road
Shelbyville, TN 37160
(931)685-9785
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Offering Top Tennessee Walking Horse Colts &
Gentle, Smooth Gaited Trail/Pleasure Horses
Every time you ride, your horse is either learning or unlearning something from you.
All of our Tennessee Walking Horses for sale
and Spotted Saddle Horses for sale are ridden alone and in groups, on country roads and trails,
around cars, trucks, tractors, ATV's, eighteen wheel Tyson Chicken trucks, etc.
and are exposed to as many different obstacles as possible. Our trail rides
consist of uphill and downhill, creeks and water, rocky and muddy, and sometimes
roadside riding, so that the gaited horses for sale will be versatile and experienced
on trails. Our gaited trail horses are never ridden in "long shank bits", "gag
type bits", "twisted wire bits", or any other harsh style of "Walking Horse"
bit. Each of our gaited trail horses is taught to work first in a plain
"snaffle bit" with no curb strap/chain for a very light touch. Only
when they
fully know and understand what is expected are they finished off with a very
mild "Tom Thumb" style bit for that last little bit of primping. We represent any Tennessee
Walking Horse for sale or Spotted Saddle Horse for sale as honestly and
accurately as possible. Potential
buyers have the option, and are welcome, to come and test ride any gaited trail horse and have a pre-purchase exam before
horses leave Evening Shade Farm.
We are not professional horse traders and do not sell horses for our
living. Lisa is a Registered Nurse and I work with the School System.
Consequently, the selection of gaited trail horses for sale that you will find on our site
will be limited to only the caliber horse that we would personally keep forever
because our goal is to offer high quality gaited trail
horses, not quantity. While many of the trail horses for sale are raised and
started right here at Evening Shade Farm, we also search out quality gaited trail
horses. These are not horse sale, trade, or consignment horses but carefully
selected and purchased by us from individual owners. We look at many different
aspects of each gaited trail horse we consider, and ultimately the decision comes down to one all
important question; "Would I purchase this gaited trail horse for my own personal
companion?". If the answer is yes, that Tennessee Walking or other
gaited trail horse is the one you will see on our
Horses for Sale page available for your consideration. Please feel free to
contact us at any time with any questions you may have using the address, phone
number, and/or e-mail link above. We really look forward to hearing from
you.....
Collector's Kentucky Wildman aka "Wildy" ~~He
celebrated his 16th birthday this
year and in my personal little universe, this is the one that "hung the
moon"....
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Riding a smooth gaited Tennessee Walking Horse will put a
big smile on your face....
.....and your butt.....
Evening Shade Farm pastures in the afternoon
sun...
Exploring new places is always more fun on a
gaited Tennessee Walking Horse
Everywhere looks great through the
ears of a gaited Tennessee Walking Horse
Beautiful Tennessee hills... winter or summer
Everybody finds it entertaining to
watch somebody else do their school work....
Some days you gotta' "Just Do It"....
A cat's eyes view....
My two best boys, Bomber and Wildy, enjoy some time out together... they're
stallions/brothers
Lisa and T-Bird take a break for a drink. Much deserved,
especially for T-Bird...
HollieAnna doing one of her favorite moves for a belly rub...What human could
resist?
HollieAnna went to Florida with me (May 07) and did we ever have a great
adventure...
...and again in August and September for a day here and there...
..........she wouldn't take my picture..........
...........but I surely did have a large time taking hers........
...........when I could keep up with her........she had a large time,
too..........
What a way to start the day...on the beach at 5:30 to witness an incredible
sunrise...
The
only sight that rivals an incredible Florida sunrise is a spectacular Tennessee
fall...
If we could just get it all in one state I guess you'd call it "Heaven"... or
Florinnessee.
This is Pepper Lea. Someone ran over and left her. I picked her up & she came to
live
with us after a brief stay at the vet's. She had to lose a front leg but you'd
sure never
know it by the way she's adapted. We're back at 10 dogs but who's counting
anyway....
It's a dogs world here and I've come to believe that we're wearing Milk Bone
drawers...
You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but there's a
whole new page coming to try.....
For up to date news ~ weather
~ sports ~ financial information use our helpful links below
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association
Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association
This was my Gertie, maybe the most joyful soul I've ever
been blessed to know. She has
gone on ahead of me for now but it will be such pleasure to be with her again
some day.
We loved each other so much and she truly appreciated every little thing, and she
showed it.
