Daddy Nose Best won the Grade III Sunland Derby last weekend and is on his way to the Kentucky Derby -- all of which brought to mind one of my personal favorite stories. Enjoy these horses, and don't think they don't know what's going on! Incredible animals.
There's an outbreak of equine herpes going around the U.S. right now. People can’t get it, but it can be deadly for horses. So, instead of canceling a children’s rodeo event in Utah last Thursday, the organizers came up with the worst idea ever: They had girls compete by riding HOBBY horses instead of real ones!
It's Sunland Derby time again at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. The Grade III Derby could well place one or more of its horses in Kentucky Derby. In honor of the big race, here's a piece from last year showing that, however we humans may want to pose like we're kings of the hill, the REAL stars of the show know differently...