{"id":3210,"date":"2015-03-28T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2015-03-28T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T16:28:16","slug":"alec-ramsay-talks-about-the-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/alec-ramsay-talks-about-the-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Ramsay talks about the Black!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bucephalus\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a blast for your Black Stallion history, an interview with Kelly Reno about working on the classic movie!
\nHe and his wife, Dawn post on the forum so if you have any questions you may find the answers there already. You can always leave a special note to them – BlackStalGal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Our friends at Horse Illustrated published this last fall but if you didn’t get a chance to read it then you can now. Stop by their site at www.HorseChannel.com<\/a> and see all the latest stories.<\/p>\n

For a bit of Alec’s magic pick up your own Bucephalus at the Gift store!<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nThanks for reading … and writing! – tim<\/p>\n

It was 35 years ago when a young boy from Colorado named Kelly Reno thundered down a pristine beach against an aquamarine sea with outstretched arms, riding bareback
\non a black Arabian stallion named Cass Ole. Together, they became the embodiment of the boy and horse in Walter Farley\u2019s classic tale, The Black Stallion, giving life to Alec Ramsay and the wild stallion The Black in ways that only the extraordinary visual storytelling of Hollywood conveys.
\nAs timeless today as when the Academy Award winning movie was released in 1979, Reno was only 11 years old with no acting experience when filming began. In contrast, riding was totally ingrained from growing up on his parents\u2019 10,000-acre cattle ranch.
\n\u201cBasically, my whole childhood from birth was sitting on horseback somewhere,\u201d says Reno, now 47. A family friend spotted an advertisement in The Denver Post for the lead role in a new movie based on Walter Farley\u2019s book, The Black Stallion, and told Reno\u2019s mother. The idea of getting out of school to go to Denver for auditions held immediate appeal to the young boy. \u201cOne thing led to another and I happened to be what they were looking for, and I wound up getting the part,\u201d says Reno. \u201cI had never done any acting, but I was always kind of a ham.\u201d The actor who played Alec Ramsay recalls his classic role.
\nBy Elizabeth Kaye McCall<\/p>\n

This is the link to the full story with photos;
\nHI Kelly and the BlackStallion<\/a><\/p>\n

Ride on!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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