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  • #81
    Awwwww Sham's eybrows are precious! They're not those big, furry catapiller things that Spirit has.
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    ~Jilltx~

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    • #82
      That was Robert Duvall (not Kirk Douglas) in "Something to Talk About" and he DOES know how to ride hunt seat despite all the westerns he makes, but I don't think he was up to BIG fences so they had to fake it somehow. It was funny, but didn't TOTALLY ruin the movie (close to it, though!) I also like how the kid somehow won her class without a jump off. Small fences, and yet SHE was the ONLY one who went clean at a BIG TIME show?? ROFLOL

      Spirit: I Lost it when they showed Spirit the foal lapping water like a cat.

      Sylvester: Maybe she did horse trials in the book, but in the movie, it was straight to Rolex with only "backyard" practice. And wearing a cutaway for Preliminary dressage (1st/2nd level)? Well, I guess "lengthenng stride in the trot" isn't nearly as sexy as doing half-pass, so they had to have her doing the Intermediate/Advanced test.

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      • #83
        In Barbara Cartland's books, the horses all lap water up with their tongues. (don't think she's ever SEEN a horse in person, guess it would be hard with all those jewels in the way!!!) see here.

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          #84
          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Sandy M:
          I also like how the kid somehow won her class without a jump off. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

          And what the hell WAS that class? Sort of combo hunter, jumper, eq class. Very weird. Also like the way they shove the horse in the van at the very last minute, no prep, no class entry, no braiding, no tack check ... "oh, of course, sweetcheeks, you can take the big horse that doesn't fit you for beans rather than the nice tidy pony that does".

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          • #85
            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Sandy M:
            That was Robert Duvall (not Kirk Douglas) in "Something to Talk About" and he DOES know how to ride hunt seat despite all the westerns he makes, but I don't think he was up to BIG fences so they had to fake it somehow. It was funny, but didn't TOTALLY ruin the movie (close to it, though!) I also like how the kid somehow won her class without a jump off. Small fences, and yet SHE was the ONLY one who went clean at a BIG TIME show?? ROFLOL

            Spirit: I Lost it when they showed Spirit the foal lapping water like a cat.

            Sylvester: Maybe she did horse trials in the book, but in the movie, it was straight to Rolex with only "backyard" practice. And wearing a cutaway for Preliminary dressage (1st/2nd level)? Well, I guess "lengthenng stride in the trot" isn't nearly as sexy as doing half-pass, so they had to have her doing the Intermediate/Advanced test. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

            Was that the one with Julia Roberts?

            For one movy they made two sets of standarts for the jump, regular ones, the doubles cleared and shorter ones for the close-ups with the stars, so they still looked maxed out...found that on the companies webside that provided the jumps

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            • #86
              I have yet to see Spirit or Something to Talk About, but... noone has yet mentioned:

              Virginia's Run!!!

              Holy COW (moomoomoo!!) is that "horse" movie BAD!!!!!!
              Suffice it to say the whole entire, 110% thing was so inaccurate. I got it free with pizza.
              The first time I watched it (alone) I nearly died of rage! (yeah it was a slow night )
              Then Bugaboo and I watched it one night and nearly laughed ourselves silly. It is actually *enormously funny* when you take it as a farce/spoof/send-up/funny movie.
              Hint hint: review the good scenes in slo-mo.

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              • #87
                REgarding 18 HH thoroughbred, shall I say Rock Hard Ten and the Unbridled colt from the 2004 Derby. Both are up there.

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                • #88
                  Ok- I have one...
                  Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) with Mickey Rooney is probably the worst horse movie ever. Its worth watching just to laugh. Kind of like Crossroads. Who doesnt love to see Britney trying to act?

                  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091411/

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                  • #89
                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
                    In Barbara Cartland's books, the horses all lap water up with their tongues. (don't think she's ever SEEN a horse in person, guess it would be hard with all those jewels in the way!!!) see here. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I wouldn't count on it. Incongruous as it may seem, Barbara Cartland was an active CAR RACER at Brooklands, in the 1920s and 30s.
                    Janet

                    chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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                    • #90
                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Laguna:
                      Ok- I have one...
                      Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) with Mickey Rooney is probably the worst horse movie ever. Its worth watching just to laugh. Kind of like Crossroads. Who doesnt love to see Britney trying to act?

                      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091411/ </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                      Yes, for all of you who are up in arms about a whip being handed to a rider, horses changing sex, etc., LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!!! They use a billion different-COLORED horses for the main character, and as for qualifying for Rolex, in THIS movie, the heroine wins the county show, then the state show, then is in the Olympics.

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                      • #91
                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MsMarley:

                        I was looking at girlnextdoor's webshots, I hope she doesn't mind (Lion is such a cutie) and he is definitely a baynut
                        GND's Lion </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                        Thanks Ms Marley!! You learn something new every day...

                        GND - what a cutie!

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                        • #92
                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spotted mustang:
                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Perhaps you don't know the Never-Summer and Snowy Ranges.
                          Inhabited by Big Horn Goats and Mountain Sheep, not by horses. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                          Ya mean bighorn sheep and mountain goats? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                          LOL! I didn't catch that and now I'm trying to picture a big horned goat. LOL!

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                          • #93
                            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spotted mustang:
                            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Perhaps you don't know the Never-Summer and Snowy Ranges.
                            Inhabited by Big Horn Goats and Mountain Sheep, not by horses. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                            Ya mean bighorn sheep and mountain goats? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


                            well, I tried....one of my many brain dead days.......good catch
                            gawd, I'm tempted to go back and correct it, but I'll be good and see if anyone else catches it.
                            Nina's Story
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                            • #94
                              No, don't correct it. It's funny!

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                              • #95
                                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Tiramit:
                                It's been many years (so many that it's sad I remember all this!), but I do believe you're correct, Ibex. The old trainer wanted to try something radical - to breed the super racer - and decided to take his best (and only) mare and breed her to the Black. And, as I recall, the old man was a good friend of the Black's trainer, Henry. So Bonfire was a product of a friend helping a friend who owned a mare...

                                Edited to add, Sandy, since these books were written in the 50s (and 60s?), Mr. Farley could have been following the old rules... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                I think late forties was when he published the first ones.
                                Tara


                                A horse already knows how to be a horse;
                                The rider has to learn how to become a rider.
                                A horse without a rider is still a horse;
                                A rider without a horse is no longer a rider.

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                                • #96
                                  For those who keep on with the "baynut" thing, haven't you ever heard the term blood bay? That is what those horses are, I own a blood bay and white tobiano,
                                  Tara


                                  A horse already knows how to be a horse;
                                  The rider has to learn how to become a rider.
                                  A horse without a rider is still a horse;
                                  A rider without a horse is no longer a rider.

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                                  • #97
                                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sophab:
                                    I think my favorite is in "Something to Talk About" with Julia Roberts. Supposedly they are at a Grand Prix (jumping variety). There are side on shots of a gorgeous horse absolutely flying over a pretty accurately sized fence. And then a front shot of one of the main characters riding the same horse in the same jump off over an 18 inch cross rail if they're lucky. Huh...I wonder how that works? Must be testing the horses' versatility. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                    The sad thing is just about everyone in the jumper industry was involved in that movie, from Steve Stephens to the guy that blows the horn to start the class. A ton of GP riders and junior riders were doubles (in the non-"double" sense of the word, as you can clearly see who they are) or minor characters. I mean; they had probably a total of 20 real horse people working on that movie, and it still looks ridiculous.

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                                    • #98
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BlackWatchLady:
                                      For those who keep on with the "baynut" thing, haven't you ever heard the term blood bay? That is what those horses are, I own a blood bay and white tobiano, </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                      first things first, Lion is honored to be the Baynut example

                                      secondly--he isn't a blood bay. He is a true BayNut. He has one black LEG (hind leg, almost like a black stocking) and no other black points. His mane looks black but it has a lot of red at the roots and his tail is red at the dock. you can see the black leg and the 3 other red knees and if you look around a bit and some of the other pictures, you can see that he doesn't have any other black points.

                                      yes, I am very proud to say that I own the very first TRUE baynut

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                                        #99
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Laguna:
                                        Ok- I have one...
                                        Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) with Mickey Rooney is probably the worst horse movie ever. Its worth watching just to laugh. Kind of like Crossroads. Who doesnt love to see Britney trying to act?

                                        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091411/ </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                        Omigod, I'd forgotten about that one. Lamest movie ever. I think that is the one where the fiery white stallion is in a trailer accident and escapes. Shot of horse galloping, galloping, galloping. Cut to other stuff happening. 10 minutes later, back to horse, galloping, galloping, galloping. Cut to other stuff. Back to horse. Still galloping. Repeat about six times. The poor horse must have galloped thirty miles. Yeah.

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                                        • #100
                                          Well, if I were into endurance, I'd want the horse they used in the Chuck Connors version of Geronimo. Setting aside the incongruity of 6'6" blue-eye Chuck Connors playing a short, black-eye Apache warrior , I did love the sequence where, on his black stallion (!) he gallops for hours to visit his wife, makes love to her, then gallops all the way back to where he started - in one night - and the horse never sweats, breathes hard or does anything but GALLOP. Real Tevis candidate there!

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