http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog Insights into this website Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:13:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Vancouver, here is an interesting article about horses are being used to help recovering addicts http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/08/30/horse-therapy-for-recovering-addicts/ Here's an great story about the California Equine Retirement Foundation that raises money for retired racehorses.  It a very good cause so click here http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/08/24/horses-do-the-painting-for-charity/ We've only had a few of her prints on our site but now we have lots more!  New Kim McElroy prints are available for all to see.  We added nineteen titles and more are coming! http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/08/07/kim-mcelroy-art-prints/ We have a new section for a lot of breeder's cup pictures that we have acquired.  This section features pictures of such past winners as Alphabet Soup, Alysheba, Arazi, Favorite Trick, Flanders, and more.  We are still in the process of adding to it and we should have most of the ... http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/07/03/photography-of-breeders-cup-champions/ Big Brown is now two-thirds of the way there. He really didn't have to exert much energy in the Preakness did he?  The fuel that he didn't use in the Preakness should come in handy in the Belmont Stakes. He's obviously a very special talent in a year where there isn't very ... http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/05/18/big-brown-in-belmont-triple-crown-winner/ I met former jockey Cindy Medina who used to ride at Fairmount Park in Collinsville.  She is working in public relations these days and told me that she's dabbles in painting glasses such as beer mugs, coffee mugs, wine glasses and more.  Her work is quite good and fits nicely ... http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/05/08/equine-glassware-available/ We now have several Big Brown pictures and art prints from the 2008 Kentucky Derby.   We have pictures of him both pre-race and post-race. We also have an Eight Belles picture of the filly in the Kentucky Derby post parade before her second place finish and very tragic ending. http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/05/06/big-brown-pictures-and-art-prints-available/ The death of the filly Eight Belles, who broke both ankles, certainly took away from spectacular performance of Big Brown, who won the race and remained undefeated. I didn't think that Big Brown could do it (see my earlier post) and I was felt that I made the right decision when I saw that he didn't break ... http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/05/03/big-brown-is-the-derby-winner-eight-belles-euthanized/ It's EXTREMELY difficult to pick a winner in a Kentucky Derby if you are limited to one selection.  It's almost impossible this year.  I'm going to pick four horses and then I'm going to try to pick an exacta.  First, here are my throwouts: Anak Nakal, Big Truck, Z Humor, Cowboy ... http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/05/03/kentucky-derby-picks-pyro-gayego-colonel-and-z/ We have added another artist to our ever expanding roster.  M.L. Bolton photographs Western cowboys and horses and it's obvious that he is quite talented.  His works are in giclee and they have a sepia tone. http://site.eleganthorsepictures.com/blog/2008/04/20/ml-bolton-western-sepia-photography/