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#1 Hula

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 03:58 PM

a horse race fan here as well as other sports but I didn't see a thread so here is one of the greatest races of all time. truly awesome and for the triple crown win which made it historic!
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFquax2F-k[/url]

a more recent race that was spectacular mine that bird, comes from last place, weaves through the ponies to win. amazing
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDaRM1hcWXw[/url]

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 04:26 PM

If cousin it comes over w/ the merger, he'll talk ya up on horse racing. I do go to the track with my 93 year old grandfather on occasion.
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Posted 13 February 2011 - 05:24 PM

http://www.guardian....se-horse-deaths
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#4 Hula

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 07:19 PM

tap, what a sad article. I do have trouble as well with the dangers of a lot of horse sports. my family on both sides have been into horses for years and there is abuses for sure. the race industry uses them before their knees are fully developed, and after a few years unless they are stellar animals they are discarded like yesterdays news. lots of rescue groups but still far too many horses are not cared for properly.

in the world of show jumping, which is also a sport I love the horses that are at the top of their game, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are living on pain killers and injections sometimes just to do their job. these jumps can be almost 6 feet high and wide. hard enough to jump one let alone a full course
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Posted 13 February 2011 - 08:47 PM

Yes, that was sad - Newbury's a famous racecourse quite close to where I grew up, been past it many times but never inside. Only time I have been to a racecourse was a few years back at Towcester. They have a famous (in the UK) race meet on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) which we went to, close to my sister's house.

http://www.towcester-racecourse.co.uk/

It was fun though very cold so we didn't stay that long.
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Posted 06 May 2024 - 10:20 AM

Heluva finish, eh Cousin It? 


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#7 Its Cousin

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Posted 06 May 2024 - 11:00 PM

^^^ Yeah, it was. Sierra Leone was a half stride away from winning it. Look at the images, Mystic Dan's nose was up while Sierra Leone's was down in their stride. Also, the way Sierra Leone shot out of the backstretch like a rocket in the Bluegrass a couple of weeks ago, convinced me that was the horse to beat... should've been the favorite. He'll make up for it in Baltimore the Saturday after next. Bet on it!

 

edit: duh! he shot out at the far turn onto the homestretch.






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