Video promo for CBS “Undercover Boss” – Churchill Downs COO
Other tracks may be hosting Kentucky Derby prep races. On this coming Sunday night, the CBS show “Undercover Boss” will take us to Churchill Downs for a look behind the scenes. Or under the spires.
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In the world of “horses and culture,” the passing of best-selling, award-winning thriller author Dick Francis has been a Very Big Deal.
If you usually read updates to this blog through an RSS feed reader, then you’ve missed all the links I’ve found and added to my previous post, the Dick Francis tribute.
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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 [...]
Just to make sure you don’t miss out, here’s a brief summary of some horse news that came over Twitter in the past month. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, here’s a refresher
Messages can be only 140 character long
Those @names are Twitter handle/addresses (mine is @RhondaLane)
Messages are called Tweets
News moves fast on Twitter
… which explains [...]
Just a quick heads-up, partly because I don’t know how long this will be up and available to us.
Here’s a link to the live webcam over Mine That Bird’s stall at Santa Anita Park.
And sometimes he goes out for workouts, races, business meetings and spa treatments. After all, the life of the current Kentucky [...]
The Twitter Round-up seems to have become regular feature. Hooray!
So, what’s some good horsey stuff that we’ve been Tweeting about in the past few weeks?
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Heads up! We have hunters, jumpers and Tennessee Walking Horses to watch this weekend for free online.
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Music video of Susan Boyle singing “Wild Horses” –yes, the Stones song
Betcha never thought of the old Stones ballad as an anthem.
But after you hear Susan Boyle sing it, you’ll be psyched up to chase your dreams and storm the Bastille.
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Video of Patrick Swayze showing one of his Arabians at the Kentucky Horse Park
Part 1 of an interview with him and Lisa about horses (includes Tammen.)
Part 2 of the interview, which includes Tammen’s foals
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Heads up, y’all.
After I did some whining about it on Twitter, the Bloodhorse came through with the news that we can watch the Keeneland September Yearling Sale live over the Internet for free.
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