Videos tagged with "timber"

Grand National Fences To Be Made Safer. [02:11]
Fences at this year's Grand National are being made safer in the biggest change in the history of the race. They are among a number of measures aimed at dealing with accusations of animal cruelty after eight horses died in the last decade. Last year the joint favourite and Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised had to be put down after falling at fence six of the Grand National - the infamous Becher's Brook - and continuing riderless until suffering leg fractures. The death, along with that of outsider According to Pete, who was brought down at the same fence on the second circuit, led to calls from animal welfare groups for the Grand National to be banned. The new fences are still covered in spruce but wooden posts have been replaced by a softer material known as "plastic birch". Aintree racecourse manager Andrew Tulloch described the birch as "horse friendly", telling Sky News "safety at Aintree is always our top priority for riders and horses and it's something we do not stand still on". He said the changes should make the Grand National safer but not any easier, insisting the fences will remain the same height. "The outward appearance of these fences will remain the same. "The big change here is that traditionally where they had a timber frame to them that timber frame has been replaced by a plastic, more forgiving, birch and on top of that birch there's a minimum of fourteen, maybe even sixteen inches of spruce and the spruce is what the horses can knock off," he ...

Bahrenfeld-Cup I 2012_Vic Timberlake_Thorsten Tietz [04:20]
Bahrenfeld-Cup I 2012 - Standardrennen 4 bis 10 jährige International bis 10000 EUR Dotierung: 12.195 € (6097 3049 1524 915 610) Autostart - Distanz: 2.200 m Einlauf: 3 - 5 - 4 Hamburg (Deutschland) Starterfeld: 2200 m 1 Goldman ,6j. W schwbr 01:17,00 - 2.077,00 € Daguet Rapide / Rea Silvia Heinz Wewering 2012: 17,00 11-1-4 1.395,00 € 2011: 17,86 10-0-2 682,00 € 2010: 00,00 1-0-0 0,00 € Lamcken,Hermann-J. / Mismahl,Anja 2 NO STARTER Bodega del Sol ,4j. S br 01:17,40 - 2.300,00 € Diamond Way / Speedy Lobella Willi Rode 2012: 17,40 8-2-6 2.300,00 € Rode,Willi / Schacky,Louise 3 Vic Timberlake ,4j. W br 01:17,79 - 5.175,00 € Timberland / Van Nuess Thorsten Tietz 2012: 17,79 12-2-6 3.025,00 € 2011: 18,26 7-2-3 2.150,00 € Matzky,Roman / Stall C est la vie 4 Onore SAS ,4j. H schwbr 01:14,88 - 6.500,00 € Abano As / Frill Aas Peter Heitmann 2012: 14,88 6-1-2 1.525,00 € 2011: 16,73 10-6-3 4.975,00 € Heitmann,Peter / Mills,Johnny 5 Daydream ,4j. S dbr 01:16,64 - 7.700,00 € Gigant Neo / Maydream Meter Dennis Spangenberg 2012: 16,64 12-3-5 7.700,00 € Jung,Charlotte / Jung,Charlotte 6 Easy on the eyes ,7j. W br 01:16,16 - 7.770,00 € German Boy / Elaine Lobell Markus Bock 2012: 16,16 11-0-10 1.815,00 € 2011: 17,16 20-1-13 2.695,00 € 2010: 16,31 7-0-3 330,00 € Dotzauer,Tanja / Dotzauer,Tanja 7 Holly go lightly ,5j. SF 01:16,00 - 8.037,00 € Joker Mauritz / Holly Leika Roland Hülskath 2012: 16,00 9-4-3 4.612,00 € 2011: 17,23 8-2-4 3.150,00 € 2010: 20,32 1-0-1 275,00 € Riese,Birgit / Riese ...

2012 Big Nasty Hillclimb - Timbersled Mountain Horse Snow Bike [04:16]
Great video covering the 2012 Big Nasty Hillclimb event, including helicopter footage. The Timbersled Mountain Horse swept the tracked class with 1st through 4th place. Riders included Brett Blaser, Derick Driggs, Allen Mangum and Ty Oliver.

Timbersled Mountain Horse Snow Bike Racing - 2012 Schweitzer Seldfest Snowcross Race [04:03]
Awesome video of the 2012 Sledfest snow bike race at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint, Idaho. Featured riders include Allen Mangum, Derick Driggs, Ty Oliver, and Wade Burnett.
Tags: Timbersled, Mountain, Horse, snow, bike, snowbike, motocross, racing, hill, climb, dirt, motorcycle, conversion, kit, 2moto, snowhawk, machine, extreme, atv, all/terrain, barkbuster, mtn, tamer, powder

2009MHC [10:16]
2009 Maryland Hunt Cup
Tags: Horse, Racing, Timber, Steeplechasing, 2009, Maryland, Hunt, Cup