On the Muscle DvD - Recommended Viewing

[NancyL]

Richard Mandella races in the highest eschelon of racing. "On the Muscle : portrait of a thoroughbred racing stable" follows Richard Mandella for a year (2003) at the track : vets, jockeys, exercise riders, injuries, and races. A lot of up-close and personal experiences were shown, including the surgery to remove chips, and Mandellas personal philosophy of training. Loading horses on jets, trying to catch a plane ride for a horse to the Met Mile......

Although I would not expect this audience to be surprised by any of the content, it is a very interesting view into a year in a top trainer's barn and well worth watching. I got my copy fron Netflix.

The DVD is split into a trio of one-hour segments, with the focus on three runners - Redattore, The Tin Man, Pleasantly Perfect - with other equine athletes - Kudos, Cagney, Ile de France, Brisquette, Listen Indy: Workouts, training exercises, races, and shedrow personalities. Just the coverage of Pleasantly Perfect will amaze the viewer and make you laugh as this big dumb moose finally learned what racing was all about.

Another reason to try the Netflix free trial if you don't already use them.

[Goalie]

Thanks nancy I'll be ordering that from Netflix for sure.

[NancyL]

Terri,

It didn't get very good reviews, but I thought it was very well done. Guess it doesn't compete with horror flicks ;D ;D ;D

[fancyhorse]

I'm going to rent it! I wanna see just what they show and what they don't show. You know how movies are! They always add fake stuff in!

[fancyhorse]

Well, I got the DVD on Netflix and am about half way into it, its like 3 hours long. I really really like it so far. Its pretty much how racing is (on the high end of things anyways). I'd like them to show a bit more as far as bandaging and taking care of the horses and even a bit more into the training, but its still a great DVD.