First, a farewell to the horses who were left behind after this round:
Flicka
Smoky
Brego
Ashleigh’s Wonder
Whew.
We have two weeks left in March, so this week will feature our final showdowns, and then next week will feature our champion round.
In the meantime, thanks for everyone who voted in Round 2! Rafflecopter tells me that the winner of the $25 gift card to Riding Warehouse is…
Margaret D.!
Congrats, Margaret – check your email!
It was a nailbiting finish, but in the end, The Black Stallion finished as the ultimate Horse Movie March Madness champion.
Our two final movies, The Black Stallion and National Velvet, are neck and neck. They are basically the Affirmed and Alydar of this tournament.
The poll will be open until 2:00 pm this afternoon, so if you want your voice to count, VOTE NOW!
I put off this post for a little longer to wait for the tight race between Black Beauty and National Velvet to end precisely on time – and it was close right up to the wire.
This may be our most difficult matchup yet, between two movies that held off all the other competitors.
There can be only one. Which horse movie emerges from our endless rounds of voting as the 2015 champion?
Here’s our second matchup of the Final Four, another really tough choice.
National Velvet handily beat out Hidalgo in its previous match.
Black Beauty just baaaarely edged by Seabiscuit.
Here’s a nice collection of clips from National Velvet – it hits all the highlights, including all those gorgeous shots of Elizabeth Taylor galloping the (chestnut) Pie.
Here, I’ll set the mood.
First, a moderator note: the next two matches will be posted at 10:00 am EST on Saturday and Sunday. They’ll feature National Velvet versus Hidalgo and Black Beauty versus Seabiscuit. Each poll will be open for 24 hours, so make sure you get your vote in. (If you miss it and you REALLY want to vote, leave a comment before Monday at 10:00 am so I can take it into account.)
On Monday, we’ll do the two Final Four matches and then on Tuesday, March 31, we’ll have the final.
This match pits one of the real nail-biters of Round 1 against the runaway winner of the other bracket.
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken barely beat out Spirit: Wild Stallion of the Cimarron despite my decidedly non-objective rant.
Secretariat trounced The Horse Whisperer much like its title character at the Belmont.
Who will make it to the next round?
Here’s where the rubber starts to hit the road: round 2. These are just going to get more and more difficult to vote on, I think. Here is your Round 2 bracket:
Our first match of round 2 pits two titans against each other: The Black Stallion and The Man from Snowy River.
The Black Stallion handily beat out War Horse in round 1. The Man from Snowy River had a slightly tougher battle against Sylvester, but still never gave up its early lead.
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