Showing posts with label famous horses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label famous horses. Show all posts
March 21, 2014

Notes From The Madhouse

Be forewarned:  an unbelievably horrific three day long work assault meeting has left many brains crippled, so sense is not to be expecte...

February 13, 2014

Winter Ridiculousness

My front yard right now I lived in the Ohio River valley (Northern KY) from age 8 - 18.  So I learned to drive on snow and ice.  Mostly ...

January 4, 2014

A Little Video Of Solo And I Playing Bareback In The Winter

I didn't feel like getting the tack out so, I just looped the lead rope around and hopped on.  Sorry, I was so excited about the new i...

December 30, 2013

Isn't Time Off Supposed To Let You Rest And Catch Up?

Citation : ranked #3 after only Man O'War and Secretariat I must be mistaken... So I'll post my 300th mea culpa .  But I will ...

March 3, 2013

To Do

Apologies for fisheries conference-induced hiatus, but ONE WEEK TILL THIS RIG HEADS SOUTH TO BECKY'S!!!!!!!! It will fit! -Calcula...

February 19, 2013

TB Story Time!

This post sponsored by Paddy Power . Spring is creeping in, although I can't feel it yet.  Calendars are popping up with tantalizing o...

January 2, 2013

The Horse That Inspired A Nation...And Me

He was literally standing on the slat-sided kill trailer at New Holland when a young Dutch emigrant, too late for the auction itself, looked...

January 29, 2012

A Little Promotion For A Really Big Project

You may not know who Steuart Pittman is, but let me introduce you.  He owns and runs his family's farm, Dodon Farm , which dates back to...

November 13, 2011

Higher And Faster: A Night At The Grand Prix

Last night, a packed crowd gasped and cheered 23 horses around the course and through the jumpoff at the 2011 Duke Children's Benefit Gr...

September 10, 2011

Thoroughbred Heritage

Warning:  longest blog post in history commences. One of the exciting things about bringing home a gen-yew-wine (that's how we say it ...

July 23, 2011

Buckin' Good

A hot Saturday proved perfect for meeting a friend in Winston-Salem and checking out the new documentary about Buck Brannaman .  If you have...

June 1, 2011

A Sport With Soul

One of the things that struck me the most after all the mishaps we suffered at Virginia last weekend was not the impact of injury nor was it...

January 26, 2011

Big Red Fire

I spoke to Dr. Bob again on Tuesday.  We agreed given the sudden onset of Solo's discomfort and the fact that he wasn't "warmin...