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Ten Horse Movies that Should Have Won Golden Globes

The Golden Globe Awards on January 8, 2017 will celebrate the best and the brightest in cinema and television from 2016. But sometimes even the experts overlook a masterpiece, and that’s why we have our list of 10 horse movies that should have won Golden Globes. They’re listed below in no particular order, and let us know in the comments if we missed your favorite horse in this list!

1. “Seabiscuit” (2004)

California Chrome and the Power to Stretch the Heart

Photo of California Chrome courtesy of Jeffrey Mallard

On Jan. 9, the 2015 Vox Populi Award ceremony will be held at Santa Anita. The resounding winner is American Pharoah, racing's newly crowned king. In 2014, the sport had rallied around California Chrome as the next likely Triple Crown winner following a 36-year-drought. Excitement ran rampant, and fans turned out in droves to watch a hero in the making. To our complete and utter euphoria, everything we had dreamed came true. There was a 12th Triple Crown winner, who also became a "Grand Slam" winner.

Room for Only One Santa in Racing on Christmas

Christmas morning … a time for family, fellowship, generosity and gratitude. For many Americans, it is a time for spiritual celebration. A holiday unlike any other, full of good tidings and cheer and a trip to the racetrack.

Twenty-Five Signs You Spend Too Much Time Around Horses (también en Español)

25) You are completely unfazed by the random, inexplicable bruises covering your body. Barn wounds are totally normal.

24) If a horse has a slight limp/temperature/cut you call the vet immediately; however, you could have a broken limb and still justify avoiding a trip to the doctor.

23) Hay in your hair? Just consider it a deconstructed hat.

22) You do not own a pair of jeans that isn’t stained from dirt/horse snot/hoof oil/poultice/other barn debris.

Your Pigskins and Ponies Picks for Dec. 26-28

Welcome to ABR’s Pigskins and Ponies column, where winners play!

Horse racing is my means to an end, and I love the sport like no other, but I admit it, like most of you, on a Sunday afternoon in the fall, it’s hard to pull me away from my couch … and NFL RedZone.

I have a wanted sign in Las Vegas and am feared by fantasy football mavens nationwide, but when it comes to the college game, I choose to punt.

That’s where Derek Cooley comes in. The dude is a loaded gun of university knowledge.

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