Showing posts with label Race. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Race. Show all posts
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, September 17, 2011

Hoofcare Product Development: For Want of A (Glue-On) Shoe, A Horse Is Scratched

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The process of modifying prototypes is complicated when even a small change requires creating a new mold, but that is the reality of ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Unshod Racehorse: Racing Commissioners Table Model Rule on Barefoot Racehorses

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When the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) met at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs, New York on Tuesday, the state...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Cheltenham's the Place to Be Today

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Last year at Cheltenham, the celebrity riders, trainers and familiar faces got together and recorded a song about the race meet that they a...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Aluminum Shoes May Have Saved Two Horses' Lives as Two Steel-Shod Horses Die in Possible Electrocution at British Racecourse

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Video by ITN. The worlds of both sport and horses were rocked today when news came from England that four horses had become agitated for no...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Poetry in Motion: The Japan Racing Association Captures the Simple Beauty of a Galloping Racehorse...in a Commercial

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I think if I could just keep this YouTube video on a continuous loop and keep watching it, I'd have no problems keeping stress at bay....
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Turfway Park Brings Back Toe Grabs on Hind Shoes After Eight Horses Break Down in December

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You know those hind shoes you just threw away? Most of the shoes in this pile are old draft horse shoes with holes where removable calks c...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Another Word About Toe Grabs

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Unless you are embedded in the world of horseshoes, you might not know what a toe grab is. It is cleat, basically, that protrudes from th...