Stevecsd
04-25-2017, 12:12 PM
If you didn't see the segment on 60 minutes on 4/23 about "timber" racing (basically steeplechase), you can catch it on 60 Minutes Overtime.
http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/)
The horses run a 4 MILE course with 20 fences and water hazards. It was amazing to watch them.
They profiled one horse, Senior Senator, who had run on regular tracks. But apparently he didn't like being cooped up in a stall. They said EVERY time he went from the paddock to the starting gate he would buck off his jockey. They called him a crazy horse. When they brought him to the farms for the steeplechase races, they let him loose and very quickly he started jumping the fences on his own. His whole temperament turned around. He has done a lot better on the open courses.
http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/)
The horses run a 4 MILE course with 20 fences and water hazards. It was amazing to watch them.
They profiled one horse, Senior Senator, who had run on regular tracks. But apparently he didn't like being cooped up in a stall. They said EVERY time he went from the paddock to the starting gate he would buck off his jockey. They called him a crazy horse. When they brought him to the farms for the steeplechase races, they let him loose and very quickly he started jumping the fences on his own. His whole temperament turned around. He has done a lot better on the open courses.