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Seabiscuit: A Long Shot Becomes a Legend

Published by GHC • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: DVD and TV, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
After watching this heart-warming story of such a magnificent horse I decided to dedicate this blog to the movie, and ease off all those goosebumps on my arms!
The film is based on the award-winning book by Laura Hillenbrand and tells the true story of Seabiscuit, a bay stallion sired by Hard Tack, [...]



Heartland on TV!

Published by GHC • Nov 27th, 2007 • Category: DVD and TV, Junior Blogger Archives

by Cassie, age 11
A great horse series for any older horse girl, Heartland by Lauren Brooke has become one of my favourite horse series. Recently while surfing channels I made an awesome discovery — Heartland is going cable in Canada!
Heartland is a horse sanctuary that Amy Flemming’s mom opened. After a tragic accident, Amy fights [...]



Behind-the-Scenes: Women in American Horse Racing

Published by LeadMare • Jul 6th, 2007 • Category: DVD and TV, Showing and Sport

At the end of May we previewed a new documentary titled Women in American Horse Racing that chronicles the history of women in this male-dominated sport and talks about their impact on the industry. We know you like to hear what inspires the work of other writers and artists, so we asked the creators, John [...]



REVIEW: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Published by GHC • May 30th, 2007 • Category: Books and Writing, DVD and TV, Junior Blogger Archives, Previews & Reviews

Author: Anna Sewell
Title: Black Beauty
Category: Books, DVD
Genre: Fiction
Our Rating:

Reviewed by Animalsrkool, age 12
I expect most of you horse gals have either read Black Beauty or seen the movie. It’s an amazing book, written by a woman who believed in what she was writing. The movie is quite different from the book, as is often [...]



PREVIEW: Women in American Horse Racing

Published by LeadMare • May 27th, 2007 • Category: DVD and TV, Previews & Reviews, Showing and Sport

The nice people at American Storyboard, the award-winning non-profit film company, sent us this info about their new production Women in American Horse Racing. We have not seen the DVD, but expect to do so next week and will share our impressions. Here’s the blurb:
From jockeys to grooms, and from outriders to executives, Women in [...]