Monday, May 5, 2008

Online tributes to Eight Belles

Looks like Barbaro’s got some company in famous horse heaven. Eight Belles, a filly who finished second at this weekend’s Kentucky Derby, broke her front ankles, and was euthanized on the track. The online world quickly responded, creating tribute videos and all sorts of other media to honor the life of the fallen [...]

Monday, March 31, 2008
Horsing Around

Top ten horses of all time

“One of the most groundbreaking and brilliant articles ever posted on North by Northwestern,” raves #1 horse Mr. Ed.

Sorhorsity recruitment

Record number of horses rush Tridelt; 30 killed.

Thirty young women were killed Monday night when a record number of horses rushed the Delta Delta Delta sorority house, according to an Evanston police report.
Sorority rush ended on April 1 when 441 women were offered bids to join one of 12 chapters on campus. There were no records of any ponies, mares or fillies [...]

The mare-ning after

What to do when you wake up next to a horse

Maybe you got a little bored of Monday nights at The Keg. Maybe, after consuming enough drinks to effectively tranquilize a large animal, you stumbled into a new environment — oh, let’s say, a pasture. Maybe you met someone new. He was tall, dark and handsome, and after a little horsing around, the two of [...]