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TELEVISION & MOVIES

Dice - a movie star horse

Billy Burton, retired stunt rider (for movies and television) - Washington Post article

Broken Wheel Ranch - The First Fury And Joey Website (beware of pop-up advertising - do not follow this link unless you don't mind)

Casey, from the "Mask of Zorro" (movie)

Digital Horses: Ending Cruelty in Film - article from the International Fund for Horses

Cass Ole, The Legendary Black Stallion (from the movie)

FAE-JUR, a "stand-in horse' from the "Black Stallion" movie

Fury Scrapbook - memories of another TV star horse

Fury & Straight Arrow (1948-1951)

Horse Movies - a listing at a glance by At-A-Glance Film Reviews

Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen - article about horses used in movie and television productions - from the American Humane Society

"Gods and Generals" (movie) - about horse treatment

Horses in Movies - another great list from "Odds and Ends"

Horses and Their Riders - TV Shows of the 1950's (beware of pop-up advertising - do not follow this link unless you don't mind)

Mr. Ed Online -all about the talking horse TV star (this site has banner advertising)

Performing Horses of the Screen - [Archive] International Museum of the Horse

Sam - the horse who starred in "Blazing Saddles" (pop ups beware)

Silver - the Lone Rangers Horse from Wild Fire's Lone Ranger Pics

Silver Screen Heroes and Their Horses - the Cowboy Pal web page offers interesting pictures of so many movie cowboys and their horses. A must see!

Stunt Horses - a variety of horses in movies and TV. (popups beware).

Stuntman Fred Kennedy and his falling stunt horses Trixie, Dixie & Shanghai

Those Trusty Steeds - cowboy movie & television horses

Trigger & Buttermilk - oh yes along with photos of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. This is the official Roy Roger's Web page.

Trigger - photographs of the life size Trigger at the Roy Roger's Museum, from the "Find A Grave" web site. (caution pop-ups)

Other Equine "heroes" - from Equinet


HORSE RACING

Citation - one of the most famous race horses of all time; info provided by About.com (beware of pop-up advertising - do not follow this link unless you don't mind)

Gallery of Champions - horse racing champions (includes photographs)

Hall of Fame Greats - descriptions and photographs of great racing horses

List of Thoroughbred Champions (no photographs)

Hall of Fame Multimedia - from National Museum of Racing

Thoroughbred Racing Greats - photos by Alwaga Thoroughbreds (popups)

Famous Thoroughbreds - photographs by Alonso Studios include Cigar, Break to Glory, Secretariat, Ruffian, Lady's Secret, Slew O' Gold, Genuine Risk, Seattle Slew, Ruffian with Groom, Spectacular Bid, Pleasant Colony, Affirmed, John Henry, Forego, Genuine Risk, With Approval, and Man O' War


SEABISCUIT- AN AMERICAN LEGEND

The Real Seabiscuit-
photographs of Seabuscuit from thoroughbred.com [archived version].

Seabiscuit -
The National Sporting Library Collection Highlight

Seabiscuit - Great Photographs and other background information about the horse, trainer, owner, etc. at Random House web site.

Seabiscuit vs War Admiral - movies, photographs, article


MISCELLANEOUS

Faithful Steeds - Roadsideamerica.com states "Tales of the faithful steed are braided into the horse blanket of American history -- from Paul Revere to Pony Express to the battle mounts of the Civil War. Tributes to hard-ridden heroes range from public statuary to rare mounted hides and heads staged in understandably proud museums. Take a trot around the Winners Circle of faithful steeds"...[horses include: Rienzi, Old Baldy, Stonewall Jackson's Horse,Comanche,Old Sorrel, Head of Firehorse Fred, Man o' War, Strolling Jim, and Trigger].

George Washington's Horse - from Questions to the Curator of Valley Forge.

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