Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [Guest] Actors Who Can Ride

OOOPS, I was still thinking of Amsterdam's sire and typed Tallin instead 
of Tammen--- Swayze's horse. Hope he's not reading ridecamp today ;-)
Bette

Bette Lamore wrote:
> Tom Selleck very much rides. Has a ranch near Murdock's (of Ventura 
> Farms) and Robert Wagner, who also rides. The business manager for both 
> Tom and Robert was the administrator of the Trust for Gil Van Camp (Van 
> Camp Pork and Beans, Starkist Tuna, etc) and we purchased the remainder 
> of the Arabians in the Van Camp Estate (bought 21 horses just to get 
> Amsterdam, son of Tallin). Interestingly, when Zane saw HAlynov at our 
> place (and at 16.2 he really stood out) he said he had tried to buy him 
> from the Califatos a few months before we did for $85,000 for Tom as a 
> gift. Dick refused to sell Hal to him because he wanted to geld him 
> before he gave him to Tom. I told Zane that Tom could come up and ride 
> Hal anytime he wanted to--- just couldn't touch his balls  ;-)
> That is as close as I ever got to Tom Selleck, but I hear he enjoys 
> riding a lot, as does Robert Wagner.
> BTW, I met Patrick when I was videoing his trainer's horse (Rita McNair) 
> at his place. I told my kids if they went with me, they would meet a 
> movie star. Of course they thought that Mom had lost it, but just to say 
> I told you so, they came with me. Sure enough, we spent about three 
> hours with Pat sitting on the floor of his tack room sharing horse and 
> dog stories. He is a VERY nice guy and VERY into his horses, especially 
> Tallin. The only problem he has is when he shows (like at Scottsdale), 
> some of the women were actually reaching over the rails to touch him and 
> spooked his horse. I told him it would probably be better not to pose 
> anymore with Tallin with his shirt off. He did it to sell the posters to 
> make money for the youth classes--- sold a lot, but then he was left 
> with the consequences.
> Oh well, back to the real world...
> Bette, who is unashamedly guilty here of name dropping--- hey, you live 
> in Paso Robles and nothing very exciting here happens so "youse takes 
> your thrills where you can get them!"
>
> Ridecamp Guest wrote:
>
> > Karen Nelson knelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Well, this thread is fun!!! Yakima's last name is Canute (sp?).
> > Roy Rogers started life as Leonard Sly-  but I think it was in Ohio, not
> > Chicago-  This is often a Jeopardy item....Tommy Lee Jones not only rides
> > very well, I think he raises Cutting horses and competes sucessfully on
> > them.  I know Ban Johnson could ride, but I think Don Johnson also can 
> > do so
> > reasonably.  Kevin Costner not only did all the riding in "Dances", he 
> > also
> > bought a couple of the horses that were used in the film.  When you all
> > remember (those of you my age) those Saturday afternoon movies we got to
> > park in every rainy weekend, there were lots of actors who rode.  James
> > Coburn, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen was a natural athlete at anything, and
> > rode as well as competed in motorcycle and car races.  James Gardner also
> > did well, and was one of the NICEST people in the movie/TV world.  
> > Still is
> > today.  Tom Selleck rides also-I THINK---And ladies-  how could you 
> > miss the
> > absolutely top notch guy who could drag his dirty boots across my carpet
> > ANYTIME---SAM ELLIOTT?????  I heard a few years ago that he and Katherine
> > Ross-also drop dead gorgeous-had bought a ranch in Oregon and were 
> > updating
> > it with some serious money to raise cutting horses.....This thread is 
> > fun-
> > making all of us think alot about the good old movies..Karen Nelson AERC
> > #4299
> >
> >
> >
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy
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