Videos tagged with "racehorses"

Horse Lovers United & Author PJ O'Dwyer [05:39]
Horse Lovers United, a non-profit that cares for and finds homes for Standardbred racehorses who can no longer compete, had a 20th Anniversary party at Ocean Downs. Let's honor HLU on a job well done and meet one of their special guests at the party - author PJ ODwyre!

Racing 101: Morning Workouts [00:38]
Joe Kristufek explains the importance of morning workouts for racehorses.

Trainer John Best's blog 26 November [03:33]
Trainer John Best talks about last week's winner Gung Ho Jack and the prospects for our racehorses running this week.

Best Racehorses of All Time Race Simulation [01:59]
This is a simulation of some of the all-time best middle dist. and stayers racing against each other. Take note of the barriers the horse is listed in, so you can recognize their silks at the start and keep track. I skipped 600m in between as literally nothing happened.

Near tragic accident in morning workout at racetrack [01:23]
Exercising racehorses is one of the most exciting things I have ever done but it is also one of the most dangerous. I was filming one of our horses, Santa Strega (yellow blinkers with jockey Amanda Tamburello up), working out of the gates a half mile with another horse. Everything was going fine until the rider lost a stirrup coming through the turn. I would not have posted this if the rider did not agree to it, I'm so glad I wasn't filming something that could have ended really horrific...