Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Just a heads-up: the Amazon link below to the book is an affiliate link. In other words, if you buy the book, I receive a compensation. If you would prefer to purchase the book elsewhere, that’s fine, too. Journalist and human rights activist Rupert Isaacson knew something was [...]
We’ve had a lot of company lately. Although things have slowed down now since the Triple Crown races have finished, we’ve had a lot of drop-in visitors in the past six weeks. Our stats here have paralleled TV ratings, although our numbers are nowhere near as high. Still, which race do you think drew the [...]
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Trailer for Dollhouse episode “Haunted” We do love seeing horses on TV and in the movies. And we don’t ever want to be too picky and discourage Hollywood from including them in storylines. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t have some fun. Those little details that only horse people can spot make for “The [...]
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<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthhosene-20%2F8010%2F1238e0be-4ecb-4de8-b8cb-0f4a0dd40d4e&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthhosene-20%2F8010%2F1238e0be-4ecb-4de8-b8cb-0f4a0dd40d4e&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> Fran Jurga at The Jurga Report riffed about the news that Mattel had created a Kentucky Derby Barbie. Fran wants to know, Why not backstretch Barbie? She certainly would appeal to edgier little girls who would be insulted by a foofy fashion doll. After all, Barbie has sported fashions appropriate to [...]
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Video about equine members of the Boston Police Department’s Mounted Police Unit seeking new homes. Word hit the streets around Boston’s beloved holiday of St. Patrick’s Day. Then, the say-it-ain’t-so chill spread among horsey circles beyond Beantown. Share on Facebook
I can hear you saying, What?!? In this economy?? And I say, look into it because you might get a pleasant surprise. But that’s for rich people, you say. And I say, so you only go for a week? Or a day. Share on Facebook
Animal Planet’s docu-drama “Jockeys” just wrapped up live airings, and this household will miss it. Even my less-horsey husband. He admits that he wouldn’t watch horse racing if I didn’t have it on TV. Likewise, he wouldn’t have checked out “Jockeys” had I not put it on our DVR schedule. Share on Facebook
Believe it or not, The Horsey Set Net has been horsing around on the Net for six months now. Happy Six Monthiversary to us! So many people have helped me get The Horsey Set into the race, like you readers. (Thank you!) And Yaro and Gideon. Share on Facebook
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Be sure to scroll down to read the comment section after the post. We have an update/clarification that came in two years after this post initially ran. Maybe you’ve heard … the Presidential Inaugural Parade was delayed because of a Mouse. Mouse is an Appaloosa who spooked before the parade, backed up and caught his [...]
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The trailer video for the CSI: Miami episode “And They’re Offed.” How does entertainment balance the need to tell an exciting story with the desire to be realistic? Let alone stay within a budget? An episode of the wildly popular TV show CSI: Miami that was set at a racetrack gave some members of an [...]
