I really appreciate athleticism, whether it be human, animal, or combined – yet I am always a bit nervous watching animal based sports – esp chuckwagon racing
And, by the way, I find all animals delicious
Maybe there is something majorly wrong with me
Thrilling.
Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?
secretariat in the belmont…back in the 70’s
now there was a horserace !..this thing you exult over still pales…
Erik L.
No nothing wrong with you.
And as proof i am going to cook some animal today.
I am in Toronto, anybody got a recipe for garbage rat?
That was almost like a staged video but it wasn’t. Talk about a gap between this horse and the competition!!
It seems so odd that one horse can be so much faster than all the others.
Doesn’t this horse win every race in which he (she) participates?
Yawn… maybe if I had a few bucks on it I might be… but not likely.
‘Amazing horse, no doubt about it.
But, what about the jockey? If Mine That Bird was running on his own, would he have out-manoeuvered the other horses?
I bet on ‘Mine that Bird’ to show in the Derby. Shortly before post time ‘Mine that Bird’ was at 50-1. Even though it is a Kentuky horse it was bought and trained by Canadians and was the 2 year old horse of the year in Canada in 2008. It paid 25.50 to show (thats for a minimum 2 dollar bet) and so I was paid 63.75 on a 5 buck bet.
pok, I think a horse’s ability to win depends on a lot of factors. First of all it is the horse’s talent, but it also depends on the jockey and how he rides the horse, the trainer, the track type and condition, who he/she is racing against, the distance, etc.
For example, the US triple crown races are all dirt track but have differenct distances. So it can be argued that ‘Mine that Bird’ should have won the Preakness (and almost did) because the distances are similar (1 1/4 to 1 3/16) and Rachel Alexandra is a filly (but a big filly) but the difference was that the jockey riding Rachel was the same jockey that rode ‘Mine…’ in the Derby. In the Belmont, it can be argued that ‘Mine…’ lost the race because it was too long for a small gelding (at 1 1/2) but it can be argued that although ‘Mine…’ had the good jockey who rode him to the Derby win, the jockey made a mistake in breaking too early.
Eric Larson, racing on dirt tracks is scary because of the wear and tear on the horses. There can be unevenness or hardness under the dirt caused by all sorts of things like poor drainage. This is why so many horses suffer severe leg injuries on dirt. I happened to go to the Queen’s Plate last weekend and the horses run on polytrack instead of dirt which provides more cushioning, better drainage and track consistency, and far fewer injuries to horses.
BTW, I’m not an expert on any of this stuff except that I bet a few bucks on the Kentucky Derby and the Queen’s Plate every year for fun and it is very exciting to see a race live. Everyone who can should check out the Queen’s Plate once in a while – you can get a pretty decent seat for free – food and beer is cheaper than a Jays game – and you get to see the grace and beauty of these magnificient animals bred to run.
“Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?”
Exactly what I was thinking . . .
Live racing is fun, even going down to your local track for an evening with 20 bucks and beer money to blow.
Worth noting that the “nitrous” is probably Canadian. Many of these elite horses, Canadian or otherwise, are running on Alberta or Sask pony oats.
Great video!
Live racing is fun.
My wife and I had our pictures taken at the Western fair raceway in London, Ontario last night with a winner.
Our number two son and his wife race standardbreds as a hobby from their regular jobs.
(the ones with a driver in a sulky hitched behind the horse)
They won the fourth race with a three year old pacing FILLY for a purse of $7800.00.
Standardbreds pay the first five finishers purse money, as follows:
Winner 50% of the total purse.
2nd place 25%
3rd place 12%
4th pace 8%
5th place 5%
The rest of the field get nothing.
A tough life involving long hours, by many dedicated to the sport.
1 and a half horsepower I’d say.
“Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?”
What a great comment.
”
What I love about the overhead camera in sports like this is that you can see the strategy as it deveolpes through the race. It shows the quick thinking of the jockey and the responsiveness of the horse.
That was a great video. Thank you for posting it.
secretariat in the belmont…back in the 70’s
The Great Secretariat. He was the only horse that increased his speed in the stretch… to the pole. All other horses are actually slowing down.. some more than others.
Calvin Borel has major, major cojones. He was seriously taking his life into his hands when he undertook that last pass on the inside rail — the *slightest* drift to the left by the horse in front of him and all hell would have broken loose.
I like the announcer’s comment: “He was watching this video ‘Street Sense’ last year, I think, before he went out there.”
I’m not a horse guy, but I agree live Thoroughbred racing is a blast. I’ve only seen it a few times, but it’s hard to forget that thunderous sound. The interaction is fascinating to watch.
Turbocharging. Supercharging in this case wouldn’t be an adequate explanation. Or maybe a select group of bettors made a killing. sarc off
So why aren’t the other horses moving?
I haven’t seen that kind of maneuvering around traffic since I was last on the I-10 in Texas. An extra apple in your oats tonight MTB.
Check out the 1982 Travers Stakes on youtube. Canadian invader Runaway Groom knocked off the Derby, Preakness and Belmont winners in a stunning upset. Similar move to Mine That Bird.
A quote from a novel whose name I can’t remember. “All horses are going slower at the end of the race. Its just that some are going slower faster than others.”
Mine That Bird is an extraordinary athlete and so is Calvin Borel. Great story, however, horses should not be gambling icons. Thoroughbreds are genetic mistakes and racing them is inhumane. I believe horse racing should be forever banned. “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi
PHG ask yourself what would happen to the horses if there was no racing. There wouldn’t be any of them left, except in a zoo.
Go check them out, they are treated fantastic.
Let them run, but not on a race track where people are betting, drugs are being administered, horses running when they are not healthy enough to be doing so. On track “watchdog” vets are pressured by owners and trainers to race the equine athletes even if they should not be running. Yes, some changes have been made since the euthanization of Barbaro and particularly the horrific euthanization of the great Eight Belles, but horse racing is a pathetic exploitation of beautiful creatures who have no voice of their own. Once again, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi Horses in a zoo? Rescue one or two and ride them. They are wonderful creatures.
I really appreciate athleticism, whether it be human, animal, or combined – yet I am always a bit nervous watching animal based sports – esp chuckwagon racing
And, by the way, I find all animals delicious
Maybe there is something majorly wrong with me
Thrilling.
Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?
secretariat in the belmont…back in the 70’s
now there was a horserace !..this thing you exult over still pales…
Erik L.
No nothing wrong with you.
And as proof i am going to cook some animal today.
I am in Toronto, anybody got a recipe for garbage rat?
That was almost like a staged video but it wasn’t. Talk about a gap between this horse and the competition!!
It seems so odd that one horse can be so much faster than all the others.
Doesn’t this horse win every race in which he (she) participates?
Yawn… maybe if I had a few bucks on it I might be… but not likely.
‘Amazing horse, no doubt about it.
But, what about the jockey? If Mine That Bird was running on his own, would he have out-manoeuvered the other horses?
I bet on ‘Mine that Bird’ to show in the Derby. Shortly before post time ‘Mine that Bird’ was at 50-1. Even though it is a Kentuky horse it was bought and trained by Canadians and was the 2 year old horse of the year in Canada in 2008. It paid 25.50 to show (thats for a minimum 2 dollar bet) and so I was paid 63.75 on a 5 buck bet.
pok, I think a horse’s ability to win depends on a lot of factors. First of all it is the horse’s talent, but it also depends on the jockey and how he rides the horse, the trainer, the track type and condition, who he/she is racing against, the distance, etc.
For example, the US triple crown races are all dirt track but have differenct distances. So it can be argued that ‘Mine that Bird’ should have won the Preakness (and almost did) because the distances are similar (1 1/4 to 1 3/16) and Rachel Alexandra is a filly (but a big filly) but the difference was that the jockey riding Rachel was the same jockey that rode ‘Mine…’ in the Derby. In the Belmont, it can be argued that ‘Mine…’ lost the race because it was too long for a small gelding (at 1 1/2) but it can be argued that although ‘Mine…’ had the good jockey who rode him to the Derby win, the jockey made a mistake in breaking too early.
Eric Larson, racing on dirt tracks is scary because of the wear and tear on the horses. There can be unevenness or hardness under the dirt caused by all sorts of things like poor drainage. This is why so many horses suffer severe leg injuries on dirt. I happened to go to the Queen’s Plate last weekend and the horses run on polytrack instead of dirt which provides more cushioning, better drainage and track consistency, and far fewer injuries to horses.
BTW, I’m not an expert on any of this stuff except that I bet a few bucks on the Kentucky Derby and the Queen’s Plate every year for fun and it is very exciting to see a race live. Everyone who can should check out the Queen’s Plate once in a while – you can get a pretty decent seat for free – food and beer is cheaper than a Jays game – and you get to see the grace and beauty of these magnificient animals bred to run.
“Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?”
Exactly what I was thinking . . .
Live racing is fun, even going down to your local track for an evening with 20 bucks and beer money to blow.
Worth noting that the “nitrous” is probably Canadian. Many of these elite horses, Canadian or otherwise, are running on Alberta or Sask pony oats.
Great video!
Live racing is fun.
My wife and I had our pictures taken at the Western fair raceway in London, Ontario last night with a winner.
Our number two son and his wife race standardbreds as a hobby from their regular jobs.
(the ones with a driver in a sulky hitched behind the horse)
They won the fourth race with a three year old pacing FILLY for a purse of $7800.00.
Standardbreds pay the first five finishers purse money, as follows:
Winner 50% of the total purse.
2nd place 25%
3rd place 12%
4th pace 8%
5th place 5%
The rest of the field get nothing.
A tough life involving long hours, by many dedicated to the sport.
1 and a half horsepower I’d say.
“Wow! Where did they hide the nitrous bottle?”
What a great comment.
”
What I love about the overhead camera in sports like this is that you can see the strategy as it deveolpes through the race. It shows the quick thinking of the jockey and the responsiveness of the horse.
That was a great video. Thank you for posting it.
secretariat in the belmont…back in the 70’s
The Great Secretariat. He was the only horse that increased his speed in the stretch… to the pole. All other horses are actually slowing down.. some more than others.
Calvin Borel has major, major cojones. He was seriously taking his life into his hands when he undertook that last pass on the inside rail — the *slightest* drift to the left by the horse in front of him and all hell would have broken loose.
I like the announcer’s comment: “He was watching this video ‘Street Sense’ last year, I think, before he went out there.”
I’m not a horse guy, but I agree live Thoroughbred racing is a blast. I’ve only seen it a few times, but it’s hard to forget that thunderous sound. The interaction is fascinating to watch.
Turbocharging. Supercharging in this case wouldn’t be an adequate explanation. Or maybe a select group of bettors made a killing. sarc off
So why aren’t the other horses moving?
I haven’t seen that kind of maneuvering around traffic since I was last on the I-10 in Texas. An extra apple in your oats tonight MTB.
Check out the 1982 Travers Stakes on youtube. Canadian invader Runaway Groom knocked off the Derby, Preakness and Belmont winners in a stunning upset. Similar move to Mine That Bird.
A quote from a novel whose name I can’t remember. “All horses are going slower at the end of the race. Its just that some are going slower faster than others.”
Mine That Bird is an extraordinary athlete and so is Calvin Borel. Great story, however, horses should not be gambling icons. Thoroughbreds are genetic mistakes and racing them is inhumane. I believe horse racing should be forever banned. “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi
PHG ask yourself what would happen to the horses if there was no racing. There wouldn’t be any of them left, except in a zoo.
Go check them out, they are treated fantastic.
Let them run, but not on a race track where people are betting, drugs are being administered, horses running when they are not healthy enough to be doing so. On track “watchdog” vets are pressured by owners and trainers to race the equine athletes even if they should not be running. Yes, some changes have been made since the euthanization of Barbaro and particularly the horrific euthanization of the great Eight Belles, but horse racing is a pathetic exploitation of beautiful creatures who have no voice of their own. Once again, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi Horses in a zoo? Rescue one or two and ride them. They are wonderful creatures.