My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
There’s just so much wrong with this race on an Irish road — weaving in and out of traffic two Travellers raced their harness horses down a busy Irish road while police tried to stop them. There are moments where the cars are so close to the horses that you just have to hold your […]
Read MoreI know I’ve seen this video before and was surprised I couldn’t find it on Equine Ink. This horse is so excited by the bicycle race going by his pasture that he joins in! The only thing that really bothers me is the potential of mechanical founder . . . I hate to see all […]
Read MoreImagine that your local carousel becomes the scene of a horse race . . . That’s what the kids riding the carousel at New York’s Bryan park got to experience. Improve Everywhere brought in a jockey, two announcers, a roaring crowd and a trumpet! The kids, of course, were the innocent bystanders . . . […]
Read MoreNot many human runners have the guts to take on a race horse but the great Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics regularly raced horses and won. Sadly, these races occurred because Owens needed the money. After his Olympic success, he did not get the type of endorsements and sponsors […]
Read MoreWith her victory this afternoon in the Vanity Handicap Zenyatta has now won an impressive 17 races in a row. With this win she set a new record for undefeated races — passing the great runners Cigar, Citation and Mister Friskey who had each won 16 consecutive races. In fact, she’s won this particular race […]
Read MoreIn Australia, being a jockey is considered to be the highest risk land-based job. Other lists I’ve read don’t put riding racehorses in the top 10 and this surprises me. After all, crouching over the neck of a 1,000 pound horse running at 35 mph right on the heels of several other horses, carries with […]
Read MoreThe track was so sloppy that as the horses came around the final turn into the home stretch it was impossible to identify any one of them: they were all brown and muddy. Many horses don’t like to run in the mud, especially if they spend most of the race with mud hitting their faces. […]
Read MoreJust when everyone’s thoughts are turning to horse racing and the Kentucky Derby, the trailer for the Secretariat movie has hit the airwaves. Enjoy the eye candy!
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