My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Secretariat, the Disney Movie, has opened to mixed reviews. For those of us who just want to focus on the horse himself, this documentary is great. Plus, you don’t need to leave your living room. It’s worth watching all the parts. But make sure you listen to the interviews surrounding the footage of Secretariat’s historic […]
Read MoreSo, how much does your wife know?!
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!
Read MoreSaturday was the John Smith’s Grand National steeplechase race at Aintree. I’ve described the Grand National before as a demolition derby and I’m still just amazed at how different this race is from say, Zenyatta’s run in the Apple Blossom. The Grand National doesn’t start with six or seven horses loaded into the starting gate […]
Read MoreGoing to the racetrack to by an Off-The-Track Thoroughbred (OTTB) can be daunting. It’s busy, it’s crowded, you can’t ride the horse and trainers want you to make a decision after they’ve walked or trotted it up and down the shed row. You generally don’t get the chance to see the horse going under saddle […]
Read MoreOkay, so after the late scratches of Don’t Forget Gil and Hopeful Image, it left a field of three for the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes, but Rachel Alexandra’s 19 1/4 length win today was still impressive. She blew past Malibu Prayer (second) and Flashing (third) on a hand ride from Calvin Borel and still broke […]
Read MoreCalvin Borel has pulled off an incredible feat: in just two weeks he rode the winners of the Kentucky Oaks, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. He’s at the top of his game and it appears, from all reports, that he deserves to be. 42-year old Borel grew up in Louisiana, the son of sugar […]
Read MoreWow. Just wow. The 135th Kentucky Derby was an amazing race. When Calvin Borel asked the gelding for a move, he took off like a rocket and won the Derby by 6 3/4 lengths leaving many of us wondering, who is that horse? It’s not often that a 50-1 long shot wins a race like […]
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