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Royal Ascot on TV: Comments on the Coverage
Featured in the telecast was this custom Royal Ascot globe made by Bellerby & Co. The broadcast featured a story about the making of this globe, plus images of the Royal Ascot globe were used for...
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Serendipity and the Saddle Box
Businesses often pitch me to post on this blog. I turn down most requests. Others, especially if the email pitch feels “boilerplate,” I ignore. The owner of a family-owned company offered me a free...
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Horses in Heaven for Sam Shepard
The only video I could find of Sam Shepard with a horse is this scene from the movie “Ruffian,” portraying her maiden race, in which Shepard plays her trainer Frank Whiteley. Thoughts of Sam Shepard...
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Saratoga Family Awe
If this works, I’ll be able to post directly to the blog from my phone. I’m at home now, but I was in Saratoga for the 2017 Whitney a couple of days ago. I only used the phone camera instead of...
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Eclipse! No, THE Eclipse!
On my desk calendar for weeks has been an entry for Aug. 21, 2017 – Eclipse! A flip forward to future weeks with quick glance always caused me to do a doubletake: “What? This early?” Every. Time. I had...
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THIS is Saratoga
After a misty morning at the track side breakfast, a full day of racing is ahead. And, tis true: no hat and no fancy clothes. Sorry to disappoint. I made one trip this summer to the races at Saratoga,...
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Not just another Monday
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Memorial Service for Penny Chenery
Penny Chenery Tribute page at Secretariat.com. And now, the original post: First, pardon me while I air out a related matter regarding Penny Chenery. When American Pharoah took the Triple Crown, NBC...
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Harness racing from the starter’s car
The Lexington Herald-Leader has some wicked cool video shot from the car that starts harness races at The Red Mile. I don’t know how long the link will be available for free, so click the hyperlink...
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Author Michelle Holland and the New Forest Pony
A few years ago, a story made the rounds on the internet about the New Forest Pony being listed on the U.K.’s Rare Breeds Survival Trust , along with Clydesdale and Shire horses. Then, author Michelle...
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2018 Rose Parade Horses and Extras
First, Happy New Year! via GIPHY So you know what that means over here on The Horsey Set Net … Horses in the Rose Parade! The broadcast begins at 11 am and runs until 1 pm EDT. I give HGTV credit for...
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Replay of the 2018 Rose Parade
Couldn’t watch the Rose Parade on TV? Nor could you DVR? No problem! KTLA has the replay on its website. In full. The announcers even talk about the equestrian units right off the top. Score! Enjoy!...
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Winter with the Foal Patrol
From I Forget the Year, but our driveway looks just like that now. Is winter getting you down? Bummed because your decorations are still up because the days will be just too dreary without them? How...
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Meet Daisy the Mini Horse, the Newest Hollywood Blonde
Embed from Getty Images Daisy, the mini horse, joined the cast of the new whimsical absurdist Western “Damsel” on stage for the Q&A after the film’s debut at the Sundance Film Festival. She plays...
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Retirement of Thoroughbred Race Horse Artic Storm Cat
Artic Storm Cat, New York’s popular white thoroughbred racehorse who often upstaged everyone at Gary Contessa’s Saratoga stable, retired to a new career. His rare white–as listed on his registration...
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Where were the Clydesdales?
Budweiser Clydesdales in Saratoga in 2016 / Photo by Rhonda Lane On the day after Super Bowl LII, one of my friends posted to her personal timeline on Facebook: “So where are my Clydes?” She’s not the...
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Why Horseless #SXSW Should Worry You
Not long after I began blogging ten (?) years ago, I heard about bloggers attending and learning at South By Southwest, aka SXSW. Like an annual World’s Fair with a touch of the Texas State Fair Does...
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Hidden Dark, Ferdinand’s daughter, passes at Old Friends
I don’t see any reference to Hidden Dark’s passing in such horse racing media such as the Blood Horse or The Paulick Report. Granted, 1995 Florida Derby and Travers Stakes champion Thunder Gulch passed...
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“Horses Have a Way of Getting Inside You:” Farewell, William Nack
Embed from Getty Images Penny Chenery, Secretariat’s human mom, and William Nack, the Triple Crown winner’s Boswell, at the premiere of the film “Secretariat.” No. Wait–Bill Nack as Boswell? Really?...
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Wherein We Post Where and When to Watch the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Other...
Sasscer Hill and I look ready for the 2018 Kentucky Derby Clubhouse, except we were at the Aiken Spring Steeplechase a couple of years ago. Somehow, in a span of hours, we went from snow here in New...
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