The Black Stallion

Here’s a local Venice story that came out today in the Gondalier. Click on the book to see the newspaper story. Those early days on the beach …. while I was trying to catch a manta ray’s tail!! Dolphins, sharks, pirates, manta rays and those wild TURTLES!! Oh my!   Tim and Al Marah Athena (TENA) are the heros in this book of Dad’s set in Venice, Florida. https://www.yoursun.com/venice/arts_entertainment/growing-up-farley-life-in-the-shadow-of-venice-s/article_5aebbada-b23b-11e9-b3ea-1f2efa903287.html   A couple pages from the… Read more

There may be no Triple Crown but you can’t say this year hasn’t been interesting. Will it be War of Will doing a repeat of the Preakness?? Or Tacitus, Spinoff, Master Fencer … who’s your pick? Need a little luck? Pick up Bucephalus from the gift shop. Last day for the Triple Crown sale! Black Stallion Hardback books only $10- with a figurine only $59! 50% off! Post time 6:37pm on NBC. Watch Bodexpress run… Read more

Lucky thirteen. That’s the head count at the post – unless there is a scratch. There will be no chance of a triple crown this year as Country House bowed out and the contested first finisher, Maximum Security, withdrew as well. Often trainers don’t want to push their horses if they don’t like the odds – too many other races for the risk. So with the field wide open it could be anyone’s race. Who… Read more

Horse Tales in Belle Glade, FL   Ah, Spring. That time of year for showers and flowers. And final projects, final papers and the end of school! And the Black Stallion reading program is coming to a classroom near you! The program has tightened up over the last few years but, like NASA – lighter, cheaper and faster! We keep moving along. Here’s an article from out in Oklahoma where the first grade is having… Read more

The wonderful Carroll Ballard film of “The Black Stallion” (1979) turns forty in October!! Here’s a nice article by Elizabeth Kaye McCall that just came out in Arabian Horse Life. You can reach her; elizmccall@earthlink.net There are a bunch of my photos that haven’t been seen before -so take a LOOK! Black Stallion movie article If you forgot the scene here’s a taste of Dad (Hoyt Axton) telling the Bucephalus story to Alec (Kelly Reno)… Read more

It’s that day in May we wait for every year. It’s gonna rain … and that means another year with a muddy track. Who’s gonna take the Roses?? Since Omaha Beach, the early favorite, has been scratched due to surgery it’s a wide open field. Baffert has three so it may be Game Winner. Or is it Roadster? Coming out of the 17th chute, never won, post position?? Or …. your favorite long shot?? You… Read more