Video of Zenyatta working Last week, video of Britain’s Susan Boyle singing and leaving Simon Cowell speechless made the rounds of digital devices around the planet. This week, my digital obsession is the performance of a lady from California whose talent hasn’t been questioned for a good couple of years now. Recently, jockey Mike Smith [...]
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Every time they work, an ambulance follows closely behind them. The ambulance is a constant reminder that horse racing is not for the faint of heart. So is “Jockeys,” a new Animal Planet docu-drama debuting on Feb. 6. Share on Facebook
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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 [...]
Gosh, there’s a lot on this blog about racing and horse shows. For a lot of horseless riders and horse-lovers, one way to keep horses in their lives is to watch competitions. As travel budgets tighten, watching events on TV or online seems to fill the bill. The Internet has turned into a virtual competitive [...]
The Melbourne Cup may be billed as “the race that stops a nation,” but it’s largely ignored outside Australia. That’s too bad because it’s a longer race than The Belmont Stakes, which is a test of stamina. The Melbourne Cup is considered “the staying championship of the world.” Anyway, if you’re a casual racing fan [...]
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