Video of Life is Sweet sleeping in
Wakey, wakey.
You know the terms. “Morning people” and “night people.” “Larks” and “owls.”
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Friesian horses galloped their way into popular culture in the 1985 movie “Ladyhawke,” and they’ve majestically stood their ground in cinematic imagination ever since.
So much so that I’m often amazed to see which historical period a Friesian horse will end up in next.
And I often wonder just how historically accurate their appearance might be?
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Check out my guest post at Miami Mitch’s comprehensive sports tip site Sports Chat Place.
Because I have a crazy good tip for maximum fun for a day at the racetrack.
You can make bets that would shock my dear departed mother.
And maybe even clean up big. Because, sometimes, those longshots do come in.
Even if you [...]
Associated Press video obit for Dick Francis
Perhaps you’ve heard, perhaps you haven’t, but honored and beloved jockey-turned-author Dick Francis passed away at the age of 89.
The London Telegraph’s website has a thorough obituary on Francis. Sarah Weinman, mystery author and crime fiction commentator, has posted a list of blogs referencing Francis’s passing.
Sarah’s post amounts [...]
Outside under a big yellow tent at the Massachusetts Equine Affaire trade show was a World Championship Blacksmiths competition.
Farriers from all over the US competed. The rules and whatnot are explained in the video below. Generally, everyone competing has an hour to make a specific kind of horseshoe.
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Barbara D. Livingston’s horse photography inspires many of us horse enthusiasts. Her 2002 book Old Friends is the source for the name of one of my very favorite equine retirement facilities.
So, when Eclipse Press offered me a chance to review her book (more [...]
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Even if you only follow horse racing for the Triple Crown, you’ll get a laugh from this gag.
Video of Conan O’Brien’s horse skit OR if the TV Network in Question throws a fit and takes it down, you might be able to see it here on the My Seattle Pets blog. And this version posted [...]
Probably not. And I know I’m not.
But Tracy Pinson & Skyjacker’s Mountain High, aka Tuff, are. They won the non-pro division of the 2009 World Finals of the Extreme Cowboy Race late last year in Topeka, Kansas.
Video of Tuff and Tracy’s final round (Sorry. I can’t do anything about the graphic in the [...]
What could HBO’s series “True Blood” possibly have to do with the Mongolian musician on the right?
Over Christmas week, Rod and I watched HBO’s re-airing of the first season of its wildly popular Southern vampire miniseries “True Blood.”
While we were refreshing our southern accents after living <cough>ty years among the Yankee infidel , we [...]
Continue reading about The Horse-Head Fiddle – The Morin Khuur
If you live in the US. you might be sick of watching the “Happy Pony” commercial by now. Well, hang in there. You can stand to watch it one more time. And then scroll down to read the post. You’ll dig it. Really.
If you can’t watch the embedded video, click on this link for the [...]
