Okay, okay. I'll talk about the mare in West Virginia who somehow wedged her head into a tree trunk.
This happened back in October 2008. For some reason, the UK's Telegraph picked it up, and this story went absolutely viral. It was EVERYWHERE. Including my inbox. Ad nauseum.
I didn't feel right picking it up for primetime play on TheHorse.com as I couldn't get a good handle on who really shot the pics to get legal permission to reprint (article says it's the neighbor who cut her free, while credit under the image goes to someone else--and there were some other inconsistencies on the other sites on which the images were posted).
So here it is. A link to poor Gracie who got her head stuck in a tree. Also, please note the Telegraph's excellent concluding line: "It remains unclear why Gracie put her head into the gap."
Now, please stop e-mailing me about it. Don't get me wrong--I love news leads from readers. Just not this one. Ever again.
A driver in a Dakar motorcycle race had to take evasive action to avoid a stray donkey that wandered into his path. While it sounds like the motorcyclist's quick maneuvering saved the donkey (and himself) from injury, this made me think of another race collision narrowly averted--somewhere in the depths of the Web there is a video of a horserace in which a fox runs out onto the track, very narrowly avoids being stepped on, and runs off again.
Now, I know I've seen this video. So we went to some trouble today to find it. However, any searches involving "Fox" and "Racing" invariably brought up yet more motorcycles.
However, some more creative searches did bring these gems:
Pacers at Woodbine avoid (I hope--hard to tell) ducks (scroll ahead to 1:25, and note the comment about alligators sunning at the ¾ pole at Pompano Park).
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Porcupine racetrack (go to 2:00 for the porcupine's lament). This is apparently a sketch from a mid-90s television show called 'The State'--while it seems to be work-safe (just bizarre), I make no guarantees about the related videos. Watch at own risk.
All in the name of legitimate news searching. If anybody knows where to find the fox video, comment below or e-mail me.
And thanks for the shout-out, Orlando Sentinel. Holla back!
