Are you tough enough to watch HBO’s new series “Luck?” Dark humor, befitting of the topic, ahead.
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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Disclaimer time: Turns out, I do happen to have a connection to the production, although it’s about 800 “degrees of separation” away. My husband works for ESPN, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, which also owns Touchstone Studios, which contributed to the production (or was it distribution?) of “War Horse.” Anyway, all you regular [...]
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If you can’t see the embedded “War Horse” Trailer video, click here. Brace yourselves. I’m going to write several posts about the upcoming major motion picture version of “War Horse.” Here’s the first. BTW, I have no connection whatsoever to the production. This is all my own opinion. In the world of horses and culture, [...]
I have mixed emotions about “Luck” HBO’s new series featuring horse racing. The drama will be great. The action scenes will rock. But do y’all really think it’ll get families and young people to the track? Some folks in racing are hoping it will. If you can’t see the embedded video, click here for the [...]
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I’m a horse blogger, but I don’t know everything about horses. Shocking, huh? Even worse, I don’t think anyone can know everything there is to know about horses. Not even That Guy (or Gal) Who’s Forgotten More About Horses Than You (or I) Will Ever Know. I bet you know who I’m talking about. The [...]
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If you love to look at sleek Arabian horses prancing, running and posing … And if, as far as you’re concerned, history lost its “story” long ago in a jumbled wake of dates and names … Have I got a DVD for you. “Path to Glory” is a 2011 documentary that’s both a history [...]
On one of my trips to Kentucky in the past couple of years, I chatted a bit with a friendly thoroughbred trainer. At least, he started out friendly. I’m not sure which statement of mine soured his mood the most. My first faux pas was admitting that I was from Connecticut. A standard question first [...]
A novel about the goings-on at a small fictional West Virginia racetrack made a big splash in the world of literary fiction. LORD OF MISRULE by Jaimy Gordon won the 2010 National Book Award for Fiction. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t? But maybe you’re wondering if you want to read it? Maybe [...]
Click for video of the 2011 Budweiser Super Bowl commercial featuring the Clydesdales. Did you blink while you watched the commercial? If so, you missed seeing the Clydesdales. Click and watch it again. I don’t know about you, but I feel cheated. Especially after all the fanfare. Share on Facebook
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