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You guys jumped the gun on me. I was planning on starting a horse thread as we got closer to Chinese New Year. The coming year is the Year of the Horse. I would like to know where and when the phrase "Rode hard and put away wet." comes from. My understanding is that it refers to improper horse maintenence but is generally used as a description of someone who does not wear their years well.
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WW, a filly has never won the Triple Crown--very few even enter. The name you were probably thinking of is Lil E. Tee, a colt. The story you may be thinking of is that of Ruffian, one of the gamest horses ever. I saw it on TV --you could tell the animal was done for-- and reading about it on this link made tears come to my eyes all over again. http://www.thoroughbredchampions.com/gallery/ruffian1.htm========================================================= Consuelo, horses, like humans, sweat during hard exercise. They must be walked afterwards until they have cooled down and the sweat has at least mostly dried (a good brushing at this point helps, too). If they are "put away wet", they can catch a chill, and will also get very stiff.
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Why not brainstorm the great horses' names? suggests Wordwind.
Great idea. Make a game out of it? Maybe a variation of Steve Allen's "The Question Man," if we can really be clever. But start simple. So far we have
Rosinante was owned by Don Quixote, and
Bucephalus was owned by Alexander the Great
Traveller was owned by General Robert E Lee
Ariel was owned by Plath (don't know who he is, sorry to admit)
Trigger was owned by Roy Rogers
Eeyore was owned by Christopher Robin Milne ( +/- for that one)
and have been challenged to give the owners (if any) of
Black Beauty was owned by _____
Flicka was owned by _____ answered by Jackie
Pegasus was owned by _____ (fill in the blanks)
So now let's add a few:
Who owned
-- Silver
-- Scout
-- Champion
-- Topper
and -- play it in either direction --
what was the name of Dale Evans' horse?
the Cisco Kid's?
Did Gabby Hayes' horse have a name?
I'm sure there are plenty of famous horses, real or fictitious or mythological, that I don't know (not that I know all of these, either!) - let's have more names ?!
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All together now: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course...
my name...is Mr. Ed! Hi, Wilburrrrrrrrrrrr!"
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Flicka was owned by Ken McLaughlin, a young boy on a ranch in Wyoming.
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Dear Jackie: Do you ever use a strigil? My grandfather bred trotting horses. To combat the boredom of winters in Maine over a hundred years ago, he made hundreds of strigils, out of red cedar, with beautiful workmanship. He had a horse stall four feet deep with them, which I saw when I was quite small.
I have wondered whatever became of them.
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OK, here's my two cents to add to the mix. Lucas McCain rode "Razor" and Mark McCain rode "Blueboy" on "The Rifleman". "Paint" and "Chochise" were ridden by Little Joe Cartright on Bonanza and "Chub", "Paiute" and "Ginger" were ridden by Hoss. Adam rode both "Beauty" and "Sport" and Ben rode both "Buck" and "Waggoner". "Hi Ho Silver"...the Lone Ranger "Topper"...Hopalong Cassidy "Buttermilk" was Dale Evans horse I'll leave a few for the rest of you to figure out! 
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Oh, dear, I only got 39%. I got the important ones right, though! Thanks for the link, Angel.
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Dick Turpin's horse was Black Bess.
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