At Champagne Walkers, we focus on breeding for the champagne color and look for sound-minded, people-oriented, well-gaited Tennessee Walking Horses. We want to produce foals that like people and want to please them, learn quickly, and can achieve whatever goals their owner sets for them, be it the rail or the trail.

Champagne Walkers owner, Maxine Doner says,

"I am not enamored with pedigrees, I want to see what the individual does, how willing and trainable they are, whether they are thinking or reactive individuals.  I want to go down the trail with a minimum of fuss, that I can count on them to connect with me to keep both of us safe in difficult circumstances.  I want the ride to be smooth and comfortable, the speed controllable.  Last, I want to see what the horse produces.  Ultimately, I look to the individual, then they have to prove themselves through temperament, willingness, trainability, smooth gait, and quality of offspring.  I want to breed a horse that doesn't need anything nailed on to get the gait, that walks barefoot with no gimmicks."