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The Tennessee Walking Horse is known for a special gait called the "Running Walk" which is a very fast walk with a long stride, super smooth and totally natural to the Tennessee Walking Horse. That is why they are called "walking horses" or "walkers"

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Because the State Legislature deemed it an appropriate state symbol. It is a mammal but is not the official state mammal but instead is the Official State Horse.

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