Roy’s singing “Four Legged Friend” in a Bob Hope movie called “Son of Paleface.” If you can’t see the embedded video, click here. One of my pet peeves about Rose Parade coverage on TV is that producers tend to cut away from the equestrian units. Not this year, by cracky. Especially if you have access [...]

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If you can’t see the embedded video, click here. Colonel Sherman T. Potter’s farewell on one of the most-watched nights of television ever – the series finale of M*A*S*H. Actor Harry Morgan recently passed away at age 96. He’d also co-starred in TV’s “Dragnet” and various movie and TV westerns. Note the McClellan saddle on [...]

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Rhonda Lane on November 21st, 2011

Just because we’re now deep into November doesn’t mean we can’t do a Twitter Round-Up for October 2011. What with the Arc and the BC11, October tends to be a big month for horse racing. But we’re not all-about-racing here. No sirree. A USA gold medal, ze fillies making a sweep and stylin’ are part [...]

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Rhonda Lane on October 28th, 2011

Happy Halloween! As for you wonderful regular readers and RSS feed subscribers (or you soon2Bs): Share on Facebook

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Rhonda Lane on October 26th, 2011

If you can’t see the embedded video, please click here. It’s time for our version of The World Series. The 2011 Breeder’s Cup races. ESPN/ABC will air the Breeder’s Cup 2011 races, some of which you’ll be able to watch online or via your mobile device on ESPN3. Post positions and jockey assignments ESPN also [...]

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Rhonda Lane on September 6th, 2011

Over on Twitter, I like to keep an eye out for interesting horse things that pop up into my status feed. I forward them, aka retweet or RT, to those who follow my Twitter feed. You guys who only follow my blog miss all those goodies. But don’t worry – I intend to keep you [...]

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Rhonda Lane on July 26th, 2011

Congratulations to Coil for winning the Haskell Invitational , which aired on ABC. Saratoga Saturdays and the Hambletonian Make a date to hide out from the heat and catch some fine racing in the US Northeast on network and cable TV this summer. Share on Facebook

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Rhonda Lane on June 29th, 2011

If you can’t see the above embedded video, click here to watch the “War Horse” movie trailer. To quote “Game of Thrones” – “Winter is coming.” And so is “War Horse,” the movie version directed by Stephen Spielberg. Late December, I hear. With a “thank you” to the WinStar Farms Facebook news stream and to [...]

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Rhonda Lane on September 30th, 2010

In case you can’t see the video I embedded in this post, click this link to watch the video Disclaimer: My husband works for ESPN, a division of the Walt Disney Company, the producer and distributor of this film. I used to work for ESPN, too, back in the day, but long before Disney became [...]

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I know of no other way to get important updates to my regular RSS feed/email subscribers once news comes out, other than to write another post. The USEF Network will pick up some of the gaps and stream, for free, some of the events not covered by the other providers. Some will stream live and [...]

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