Showing posts with label Derby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derby. Show all posts
Saturday, May 05, 2012

Kentucky Derby 2012: Famous (and Fast) Thoroughbred Feet from Churchill Downs

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  That's a long apron! I think horseshoer Steve Norman, who is quite tall, wears such a long one because he often has shorts on...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Derby Day: Thoroughbreds Start Running Toward the Roses From the Day They Are Born--If They Can, That Is

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The foals in this video from Juan Carlos Blazquez, farrier at the University of Madrid  in Spain, may not be American Thoroughbreds but...
Saturday, May 07, 2011

Kentucky Derby: Horseshoes (and a Horseshoer's Daughter) Ready to Run for the Roses

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Here's the Kentucky Derby news you won't ready anywhere else. And the photos no one else would think to take. But by the time you...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

What Do Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird and Actor Walter Matthau Have in Common? A Grumpy Old Man Would Be Gambling Today

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by Fran Jurga | 16 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog They have Leonard Blach in common. The New Mexico veterinarian plays the role of o...

It was his first (Derby) rodeo...Chuck Woolley's waistline decor

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l the belt buckle , originally uploaded by wendyu . The classic Kentucky horseman's belt is a tasteful strip of saddle leather ad...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Mine That Bird Started His Career With Victor In His Camp

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by Fran Jurga | 12 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog In the race to explain Mine That Bird's Derby zeitgeist, no one has offered t...
Monday, May 04, 2009

Holy Horseshoes! Bob Baffert's Bold Backstretch Blacksmith Burn-On

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by Fran Jurga | 4 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog "Hey, dude, you're setting my horse's foot on fire!" Trainer Bob ...
Saturday, May 02, 2009

Friesan Fire's New Shoes on Derby Morning

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by Fran Jurga | Kentucky Derby Day | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Dan Burke emailed this photo taken in the pre-dawn backstretch flurry of ac...

Horseshoer Handicapping: Whose Workmanship Do You Like in the Derby?

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by Fran Jurga | Kentucky Derby Day | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Kentucky Derby Tip Sheet Post No. | Horse | ...
Friday, May 01, 2009

It's Good for You! Kentucky Derby Contender Swears By His Guinness

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by Fran Jurga | 1 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Kentucky Derby horse Musket Man drinks a Guinness every day ; photo by Sni...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Familiar Feet in the Derby Week Crowd?

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by Fran Jurga | 30 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog The Onion website is reporting that 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown has ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Black Bag Vet: ESPN Writer Follows the Races, Pens the Tragic Final Furlong As Seen Through Vet's Eyes

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by Fran Jurga | 29 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog We're well into Derby Week now and I think the 135th Kentucky Derby will ...