Robin and Anthony Malatino. Meet Sugar Plum’s owners Robin and Anthony Malatino and their prized stud, War Dancer. Situated on Gilbert Road just two miles from Saratoga Race Course, Sugar Plum Farm is a little patch of equine heaven. Who is the sire of war dancer? War Dancer is a Read more…
Dartmoor National Park. The splendour of Dartmoor National Park can be seen during lots of scenes in War Horse with many weeks being spent filming on the moors. Locations including Dartmoor National Park, Combestone Tor, Venford Reservoir, Meavy and Sheepstor were used in the movie and Steven Spielberg seemed quite Read more…
Echo Zulu, a Gun Runner filly owned by L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds, turned in one of the most impressive debut races of the 2021 Saratoga Race Course meet when she romped by 5 ½ lengths in a 5 ½-furlong maiden race on July 15. What happened Echo Read more…
paddock: Area where horses are saddled and paraded before being taken onto the track. What is a paddock area? pad·dock ˈpa-dək. -dik. : a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals. led the sheep into the paddock. especially : an enclosure where racehorses are saddled and paraded Read more…
Today, there are 42 mounted, trained female members of the Household Cavalry, holding ranks from trooper to lance corporal of horse. The first woman to join the ranks, Nina Croker, was recruited back in 2018 after a change in the Household Cavalry policy. Can’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage? Read more…
Horse Guards Parade is between Whitehall and St James’s Park. You can enter from either side. The guards change every morning and if you stand on The Mall you can see them process down with the horses to make the change. What happens at the Horse Guard parade? Horse Guards Read more…
Current wear The Life Guards retain the white plume and the onion from the 2nd Regiment, the Blues and Royals retain the red plume of the Royal Horse Guards. The plume is 20 inches (51 cm) long and made from horsehair or nylon for other ranks in both regiments. What Read more…
There is a large sandy gravelly square (horseguards parade) and you go through a small tunnel at the back which leads you to where the horses and guards are. What is the surface of Horse Guards Parade made of? gravelledAccess to the Horse Guards Parade is level and easily approached Read more…
Chapel Creek Ranch. A long and happy retirement awaits our horses back where it all started, at Chapel Creek Ranch. In the serene setting of the ranch, our horses live out their lives getting the royal treatment. Where do the horses from medieval times come from? How Medieval Times Became Read more…
The gallop averages 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (25 to 30 mph). How fast was a 6 horse stagecoach? The average speed of the horses was about 5-7 miles per hour, and between 40-65 miles could be covered in an awfully long day. Glass windows on a stagecoach were Read more…