Grand Prix movie trailer

Korean trailer for Grand Prix, a horse-racing themed movie starring Kim Tae-hee and Yang Dong-geun etc. Check out some movie stills which I posted earlier…

The plot reminded me of a few Hollywood movies. Nice cinematography regardless; and Kim Tae-hee looking like a real actress in the teaser.

Kim Tae-hee turns jockey in Grand Prix

Stills from Korean movie Grand Prix, a horse-racing related film starring actress Kim Tae-hee and actor Yang Dong-geun…

Kim Tae-hee in movie Grand Prix

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Japan Cup horse racing animated parody

Funny Japanese animation by Cinema Keiba [Jp] which parodied the Japan Cup, the most prestigious horse race run in Japan

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Mount Bromo & horse ride, East Java, Indonesia

After the splendid sunrise at Penanjakan, we went to the foothill of Mt Bromo, hopped on one of the horses for a 10 minutes uphill ride and conquered the 250+ steps staircase to catch a glimpse of the sleepy volcano from close range…

Fumarole of Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia

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China’s Kazak people celebrate folk festival

The Kazaks in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are celebrating a folk festival with four days of singing and horse racing gala.

Kazak folk festival in China

Most of the Kazaks (also known as Kazakhs or Qazaqs) are living in Kazakhstan and some others in its neighbouring countries, e.g. Russia, Uzbekistan and China etc. There are around 1.4 million Kazaks in China; not really a small population but still considered as a minority tribe among China’s 1.2 billion people.

Kazaks are well known for their fierce love of freedom, skilful horse riding and hunting with semi-domesticated eagles. The image above shows them playing a traditional sport which is a combination of tug-of-war, basketball and horse racing. You might remember this from the Rambo movie. Image via Cri.