Chariot racing

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:35 am

I've heard of it. In fact I owned a couple of teams, Cutter horses, or chariot horses. They're quarterhorses and the races are short and fast. It's a big deal in Utah, Wyoming, some in Montana, Idaho, Colorado and a team or two from California.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:41 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Aha! Thank you, I'm in Utah but not a native. I never heard of that broom thing on ice before either... apparently it's now an Olympic event.:-2

I know, I overuse this smilie >>> :-2 but it suits me.

Broom thing on ice? I never heard of it either.

What part of Utah? They have the World Finals in Cutter Races in Ogden-last weekend in March and first weekend in April.

We owned the world champion (twice) Rene's Reb

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:19 am

Now that looks fun..

I could get into this sport. I actually got hooked on curling this last Olympics it grows on you..

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:19 am

Yes. Snooze, the cutter races are done on the snow and ice. They were originated in Thayne, Wyoming and they only have 2 days of summer.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:20 am

Toga!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:28 am

Have to put those extra sheets to good use!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:30 am

Yeah!

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Captain Ray · Post by **Captain Ray** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:35 am

Zapata wrote: I've heard of it. In fact I owned a couple of teams, Cutter horses, or chariot horses. They're quarterhorses and the races are short and fast. It's a big deal in Utah, Wyoming, some in Montana, Idaho, Colorado and a team or two from California.

Cutter horses are bred to cut cattle. They are usually foundation bred (that means they are from old lines.) They are well bread quarterhorses...

Now.. I don't know what the hell I am talking about.. because I don't like horses very much.. they are big, and they bite!! But Lilly (that's my woman) likes them alot!! We have a Cutter horse.. Jodie.. I say "we" but it's her horse.. I just pay for it..

Lilly's favorite game lately is to point out a horse on t.v. or anywhere really... and ask "What kind of horse is that?!?!" then giggle at me endlessly when I don't know..

Good times... :-5

Raymond

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:38 am

Arabian horses, so beautiful. I went to Cal Poly, Pomona, and all they have there are Arabian horses. I loved seeing them everyday.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:41 am

Zapata wrote: I've heard of it. In fact I owned a couple of teams, Cutter horses, or chariot horses. They're quarterhorses and the races are short and fast. It's a big deal in Utah, Wyoming, some in Montana, Idaho, Colorado and a team or two from California.

Hey Zapata, here's pics of the guy I got to trail ride on a couple weeks

back... I forget his registered name but he's Peppy San Badger lines...

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showp ... ostcount=1

:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:44 am

I have been chariot racing since I was 7 yrs old. Im world champion chariot racer actually.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:10 am

This I have to see..:wah: :wah:

[QUOTE]I have been chariot racing since I was 7 yrs old. Im world champion chariot racer actually.[/QUOTE]

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:18 am

Nomad wrote: I have been chariot racing since I was 7 yrs old. Im world champion chariot racer actually.
:wah: This was you as a teenager, Nomad...............

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ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:52 am

valerie wrote: Hey Zapata, here's pics of the guy I got to trail ride on a couple weeks

back... I forget his registered name but he's Peppy San Badger lines...

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showp ... ostcount=1

:-6

Wow, Val-He's gorgeous.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:58 am

Captain Ray wrote: Cutter horses are bred to cut cattle. They are usually foundation bred (that means they are from old lines.) They are well bread quarterhorses...

Now.. I don't know what the hell I am talking about.. because I don't like horses very much.. they are big, and they bite!! But Lilly (that's my woman) likes them alot!! We have a Cutter horse.. Jodie.. I say "we" but it's her horse.. I just pay for it..

Lilly's favorite game lately is to point out a horse on t.v. or anywhere really... and ask "What kind of horse is that?!?!" then giggle at me endlessly when I don't know..

Good times... :-5

Raymond

Captain Ray, my sister in law in Kansas did that kind of cutter team stuff and I'd never heard of the other kind until I moved to Wyoming. 'Course I never heard of a lot of things until I moved to Wyoming. These Cutter or Chariot races are actually run on the snow and even if there's a blizzard howling around them they slip and slide down the track. As long as it's 10 above zero.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:00 pm

Nomad wrote: I have been chariot racing since I was 7 yrs old. Im world champion chariot racer actually.

What name did you race under, Nomad's Northern Dancer?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:07 pm

:wah: That is good, Zapata!

No wonder I lost that race in the 5th back in '77.......................

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:08 pm

Zapata wrote: What name did you race under, Nomad's Northern Dancer?

yea

that and some other really cool names

I cant remember all of them right now though

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:12 pm

chonsigirl wrote: :wah: That is good, Zapata!

No wonder I lost that race in the 5th back in '77.......................

How could we bet against Nomad's Northern Dancer?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:13 pm

I think we bet on Arnold's Arabian's Nights, it seemed a sure bet!

Captain Ray · Post by **Captain Ray** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:14 pm

Lilly says that Northern Dancer is a top thourougbred stallion.. she had a mare that was a grandsond named Danagay... she does dressage now...

Coincidence.. I think not...

Raymond

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:16 pm

Dressage is so pretty to watch. We only get to watch it on the Olympics.

Nomad, what are you going to dress-age up as?

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:17 pm

Lilly sounds like my kind of gal. My brother works at the horse farms in Kentucky. They raise the Thoroughbreds. I saw them when I was there in May for The Derby.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:20 pm

Next time you go to the Preakness, you can stop by me in Baltimore.

Now I wonder what other names Nomad raced under?

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:24 pm

OK Chons-You're on. I have a brother in Kentucky, for the Derby, another brother in Baltimore, for the Preakness and nobody in New York for The Belmont! Drat! Know anybody there we can sponge, er.. a..visit when we go to The Belmont?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:29 pm

Hmm, I bet someone on here lives close by............................

The Preakness is such a big event here, the competition for us ladies in the milliner's shops is fiercesome, fighting over the bonnets.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:34 pm

I saw some of the bonnets for sale in Louisville. Wayyy expensive. I made my own: my red cowgirl hat, which has a red feather and I festooned it with black net. It was quite fetching.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:34 pm

chonsigirl wrote:

Now I wonder what other names Nomad raced under?

Smarty Nomad!!

Nomad Dar! (That'll be a bit obscure for some of you!!)

Strike the Nomad!!

Nomad Ruffian... er, er, wait a minnit...

:D

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:35 pm

:wah:

Captain Ray · Post by **Captain Ray** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:36 pm

Zapata wrote: Lilly sounds like my kind of gal. My brother works at the horse farms in Kentucky. They raise the Thoroughbreds. I saw them when I was there in May for The Derby.

I'm sure you would like her.. but if I tell her about this web-site.. she would probably tell you all my secrets!!

Raymond

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:42 pm

You don't mean Lady Dar? Surely Nomad is not a filly.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:10 pm

Zapata wrote: You don't mean Lady Dar? Surely Nomad is not a filly.

Oh, he's definitely a STALLION!!

No, I meant Alydar.

(Ruffian was a filly, too, that's why I rejected that one... sorta!!)

Here's one:

HOLY NOMAD!!!

:yh_giggle

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:12 pm

Good one!

Oh, I like Zapata's avatar now.............................

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:12 pm

HOLY NOMAD!!!

Likin that one darlin

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:16 pm

valerie wrote: Oh, he's definitely a STALLION!!

No, I meant Alydar.

(Ruffian was a filly, too, that's why I rejected that one... sorta!!)

Here's one:

HOLY NOMAD!!!

:yh_giggle

Of course, Alydar. He's buried at Calumet, the farm where my brother works. I saw his grave when I was there in May. And graves of some other VERY famous horses. My brother has a story about Alydar.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:17 pm

Zapata wrote: Of course, Alydar. He's buried at Calumet, the farm where my brother works. I saw his grave when I was there in May. And graves of some other VERY famous horses. My brother has a story about Alydar.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:19 pm

??? Whast is that? Is Nomad gluing my mouth shut?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:21 pm

Nomad's been eating glue again....................

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:46 pm

Zapata wrote: Of course, Alydar. He's buried at Calumet, the farm where my brother works. I saw his grave when I was there in May. And graves of some other VERY famous horses. My brother has a story about Alydar.

YOUR BROTHER WORKS AT CALUMET?

You must have seen Citation's and Whirlaway's, then...

Ever read a book called Wild Ride? It's pretty good...

Poor Alydar. Anybody out there remember how he got his name?

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:41 pm

Yes, Val-I saw the graves of some great horses. Video taped them, too. I heard that Alydar was named for Aly Khan. Never read taht book. Good one, eh?

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:19 pm

Rita Hayworth used to always call Prince Aly Khan "Alydar".

Hey Snoozie... love the way your thread got jacked?

Chariot race, chariot race, chariot race.

Yeah, now we're back on topic!!

;)

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:03 am

valerie wrote: Rita Hayworth used to always call Prince Aly Khan "Alydar".

Hey Snoozie... love the way your thread got jacked?

Chariot race, chariot race, chariot race.

Yeah, now we're back on topic!!

;)

Speaking of remembering stuff, does anyone remember Bubs Daddy chewing gum ?

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:09 am

Nomad wrote: Speaking of remembering stuff, does anyone remember Bubs Daddy chewing gum ?

I chewed some once while driving a chariot.

Er, wait, was that the stagecoach? Might have been. Oh wait, yeah,

it was when I was driving the stagecoach. I remember now 'cause

something spooked the horses and they took off and I accidentally

swallowed it. The gum, I mean.

I betcha it's still in my tummy, you know that stuff never goes away.

:D

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:34 am

valerie wrote: I chewed some once while driving a chariot.

Er, wait, was that the stagecoach? Might have been. Oh wait, yeah,

it was when I was driving the stagecoach. I remember now 'cause

something spooked the horses and they took off and I accidentally

swallowed it. The gum, I mean.

I betcha it's still in my tummy, you know that stuff never goes away.

:D

7 years. It takes 7 years to go away. I know all the chariot drivers and Ive never seen a gal in a bikini charioting.