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 [...]
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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IMPORTANT UPDATE: USEF Network to air WEG coverage online. Click on “Broadcast Schedule.” The Alltech-FEI World Equestrian Games are upon us. The event will make history by coming across the ocean to the U.S. for the first time. But you can’t leave work/school/the children/the horses. Let alone fork over the dough to go. I feel [...]
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I am not a handicapper, nor do I play one on TV. But I can’t resist nosing around with some of the dosage profiles of this year’s Belmont contenders. Dosage has fallen out of favor, so much so that the pedigrees on the Belmont Stakes website don’t include dosage profiles. But I became intrigued by [...]
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Saturday, June 5, is the 2010 running of the Belmont Stakes. No Triple Crown is on the line this year. Nor are the Kentucky Derby winner or the Preakness Stakes winner running in the Belmont. So what? Because winning The Belmont is still a test of stamina, even for a horse who isn’t in the [...]
Just a heads-up on a weekend adventure, if you’re within easy travel distance of New York City – or, rather, Elmont, NY. You can meet equine stars of the movies Hidalgo and the upcoming bio-pic Secretariat at the 2010 Northeast Equine Expo this weekend, May 29-30, at the historic Belmont Park. In addition to a [...]
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Lots of equestrian action on TV this weekend. After all, it’s Preakness weekend. HRTV will air action from Pimlico both on Black-Eyed Susan Day (Friday) and Preakness Day. Action on Friday starts at 12:25 pm. On Saturday, HRTV’s Preakness coverage starts at 10:45 am. (If your cable system doesn’t have HRTV, you can watch online [...]
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We interrupt our usual Triple Crown season coverage of all-racing, all the time for a non-racing news bulletin. Have you read “The Horse Boy?” Did you see “The Horse Boy” movie when it was touring? Now’s our chance to see the film on PBS. Share on Facebook
As of this writing, the 2010 Kentucky Derby is less than a week away. I don’t know about you, but I like to plan ahead. Here is what I could find, at this writing, for the broadcast schedules of the upcoming festivities. As usual, all times listed are EDT. Check your local listings. Your mileage [...]
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