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Chinese Man: Too Late

Chinese Man: Too Late

We’re lovestruck by Patator’s animated music video for French trip-hop group Chinese Man’s poetic track Too Late. The stop-motion clip drops us into a magical world where horses breakdance and scratch records and storied lives play out on a human-sized hamster wheel.

Making Toy Horses from Plastic

Making Toy Horses from Plastic

This factory in Pakistan cranks out thousands of toy horses a day. The process starts by grinding up plastic scraps from the prior day’s work and melting them, then using that to blow-mold the horse’s body. Workers then attach accessories and mold and cut out the wheels before final assembly. It’s not the most modern factory line, but they get the job done.

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Measuring the Horsepower of a Horse

Measuring the Horsepower of a Horse

Contrary to popular belief, one horse is said to produce about 15 horsepower. But that number is disputed because there’s some question about the accuracy of the original measurements. With the help of Motivo, the guys from Donut came up with a new test: connecting a horse to a dynamometer to measure its true pulling power.

You Don’t Miss the Water Till Your Well Runs Dry Blanket

You Don’t Miss the Water Till Your Well Runs Dry Blanket
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This cozy and artful wool blend blanket from One of These Days celebrates America’s West with a scene of a lone cowboy and his horse making their way cross the plains in search of their next drink of water. The 49″ x 60″ blanket has a crochet-stitched edge, and a reverse print on the back.

Restoring a Mechanical Horse Racing Game

Restoring a Mechanical Horse Racing Game

We’ve always been fascinated by mechanical arcade games. Old Things Never Die shows off a vintage game where players placed bets on horses racing around in circles. It required extensive restoration work to fix its mechanism and return it to its former glory. It’s wonderful to see how fast it spins now.

Are Horses OP?

Are Horses OP?

A horse is a horse, of course, of course. But if you’ve ever watched an episode of Yellowstone, you know they can be dangerous and unpredictable. TierZoo offers its take on equines and their place in the animal kingdom. Despite their lack of horns or other pointy weapons, their kicks are formidable.

Outhorse Your E-Mail

Outhorse Your E-Mail

Hate it when work emails interrupt vacation? Thanks to Visit Iceland, you can go to their website to “out-horse” your out-of-office email replies to a real Icelandic horse. The clever tourism team “taught” three of the country’s unique native horses to type on a giant keyboard, resulting in messages like “wFwhxsqjnzgmsrqaaaa.”

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Galloping LEGO Horse

Galloping LEGO Horse

In this soothing LEGO build video, Jason Alleman of JK Brickworks shows off another one of his awesome kinetic sculptures. Like his others creations, it can be driven by crank or a motor. If you want one for your own desktop, he’s posted the build instructions and a link to buy the bricks on his website.

Giant Horse River Tube

Giant Horse River Tube
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Arriving just in time to celebrate the Triple Crown, we have here this handsome Giant Horse River Tube. This loyal companion is made of heavy duty vinyl and includes a mesh seat, cup holder and grab rope. String a few together for your own water races.

A Day at the Races Playing Cards

A Day at the Races Playing Cards

Designer Kevin Finn’s equine playing cards feature abstract line-art images of horses, with jockeys as the jokers. The images shown here are just design prototypes. The finished cards will be printed by the United States Playing Card Company, with gold metallic details.

Catching a Horse Nap

Catching a Horse Nap

While out checking on her horses, UK farmer Lisa Brown found herself turned into a human pillow by a equine named “Jimmy.” We’re not sure Lisa will be getting any rest, but Jimmy seems quite content with his new headrest.

American Pharoah 360º POV

American Pharoah 360º POV

You’ll need to use Chrome, the YouTube mobile app, or Kolor to view this 360º video from GoPro’s spherical rig, but it’s worth the effort. After all, how often do you get to ride on the back of a Triple Crown winning race horse?

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American Pharaoh vs. Secretariat

American Pharaoh vs. Secretariat

Not to take anything away from this year’s Triple Crown winner, but this clip from The Wall Street journal pits American Pharoah against 1973’s winner, Secretariat to show us one instance where the past was greater than the present.

Giant Horse Head Sculptures

Giant Horse Head Sculptures

Artist Andy Scott has spent seven years building this pair of steel horse heads, called The Kelpies, along the Forth & Clyde canal in Falkirk, Scotland. They measure 98+ feet-tall, but smaller versions of his horses can be found around the globe.

Hip Hop Dressage

Hip Hop Dressage

(NSFW: Lyrics) While it’s not quite a miniature pony, this dancing horse actually exists. Though we’re pretty sure this isn’t the music that was playing during the World Equestrian Games back in 2006. Or maybe it was?

Three: The Pony

Three: The Pony

A suave Shetland pony dances to Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere in this ad for UK telecom company Three. It is not in our place to question such genius. Make your own fly pony here. (Thanks Eddie!)

Horse Plays Guitar

Horse Plays Guitar

This horse needs help to hold the guitar and its frets, but it makes a noble effort to strum all by itself. Now keep in mind we didn’t title this post “Horse Plays Guitar Well” for a reason.

The Ultimate Escape

The Ultimate Escape

Is there any better combination than horses, a helicopter, a mustache and the beach to inspire a laugh-inducing, kick ass stunt, just like this one on Season one of MacGyver? Nope. Well played, sir.

One Horsepower Car

One Horsepower Car

How many times do you see this driving down the highway? How about never. Yep, that’s a horse in the back seat of a car. How’d they get him in there? We don’t know. At least he’s not driving.

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