The Heart of a Horse

Karen Krizanovich sent me a piece by Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post about the use of sound effects in film soundtracks, with particular reference to the new Disney film about the great American racehorse Secretariat: “… as the chestnut colt — called Big Red through most of the movie — makes his way from …

Oddments

Sealskin will no longer be used for sporran manufacture. It’ll be ponyskin instead. Anthropologie has a very pretty catalogue full of very pretty clothes and a whole heap of pretty horses. A South African pony called Bertie kicked a pit bull in the head after it attacked his nads. Champion racemare Sariska has been retired …