Your prohibitive favorite is Logan Handsompants
March 16, 2017 9:22 AM Subscribe
Corgi Races. (SLYT, ~12 min). (But trust me you will not have 12 happier minutes today.)
h/t r/eyebleach
h/t r/eyebleach
Mousey and Butters just got into a nasty fight on the track.
Look at Logan Handsomepants trotting like a thoroughbred.
This is unbelievable.
The quotes are good, but I am forever putting stills from the finish line slow motion replays on desktops everywhere always.
posted by carsonb at 9:42 AM on March 16, 2017 [7 favorites]
Look at Logan Handsomepants trotting like a thoroughbred.
This is unbelievable.
The quotes are good, but I am forever putting stills from the finish line slow motion replays on desktops everywhere always.
posted by carsonb at 9:42 AM on March 16, 2017 [7 favorites]
I saw this on Twitter, and the thing I loved most was that humans somewhere
-came up with this idea
-recruited other people who also loved this idea
-GOT AN ACTUAL RACETRACK ON THE PHONE
-probably wrote contracts
-made racing outfits
-recruited racers
I mean, the sheer logistics of it all are part of what make it so incredible. The announcer doesn't even sound like he's giggling!
I hope they make all the paperwork open access so that this sport can spread nationwide, is what I'm saying. And there should still be betting, but all winnings are paid out by getting to climb into a cuddle pile with the race participants.
posted by a fiendish thingy at 9:45 AM on March 16, 2017 [17 favorites]
-came up with this idea
-recruited other people who also loved this idea
-GOT AN ACTUAL RACETRACK ON THE PHONE
-probably wrote contracts
-made racing outfits
-recruited racers
I mean, the sheer logistics of it all are part of what make it so incredible. The announcer doesn't even sound like he's giggling!
I hope they make all the paperwork open access so that this sport can spread nationwide, is what I'm saying. And there should still be betting, but all winnings are paid out by getting to climb into a cuddle pile with the race participants.
posted by a fiendish thingy at 9:45 AM on March 16, 2017 [17 favorites]
Doesn't count unless saddled up with monkey jockey's.
posted by sammyo at 9:48 AM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 9:48 AM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
-came up with this idea
-recruited other people who also loved this idea
I feel like, given the first two steps were comprised of Corgi owners, that this wasn't as difficult as you might think.
posted by leotrotsky at 9:52 AM on March 16, 2017 [5 favorites]
-recruited other people who also loved this idea
I feel like, given the first two steps were comprised of Corgi owners, that this wasn't as difficult as you might think.
posted by leotrotsky at 9:52 AM on March 16, 2017 [5 favorites]
*spoiler*
Shouldn't have put all my money on Logan Handsomepants.
posted by bibliowench at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
Shouldn't have put all my money on Logan Handsomepants.
posted by bibliowench at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
look at all these Good Puppers
posted by poffin boffin at 10:22 AM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 10:22 AM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
At about 7:24 one of the racers does a majestic faceplant/somersault maneuver halfway down the course!
Edit: better view at 8:24
posted by edheil at 11:06 AM on March 16, 2017 [4 favorites]
Edit: better view at 8:24
posted by edheil at 11:06 AM on March 16, 2017 [4 favorites]
Pendleton's leap at the very end was a little Usain Bolt-y, but on the other hand I'd back him in an instant for corgi steeplechase.
posted by Diablevert at 11:16 AM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Diablevert at 11:16 AM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
What kind of person would name their dog "Pooper?" Animal abuse, if you ask me.
posted by Jeff Dewey at 11:25 AM on March 16, 2017
posted by Jeff Dewey at 11:25 AM on March 16, 2017
They all did very well for animals with virtually no legs.
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 12:03 PM on March 16, 2017 [8 favorites]
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 12:03 PM on March 16, 2017 [8 favorites]
What kind of person would name their dog "Pooper?"
One of the original space dogs was named "Bitey" (in Russian, of course), so possibly that guy is still alive and emigrated?
posted by Quindar Beep at 12:04 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
One of the original space dogs was named "Bitey" (in Russian, of course), so possibly that guy is still alive and emigrated?
posted by Quindar Beep at 12:04 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm betting at least a few of the 204,799 views of this video to date can be traced to Windsor Castle and/or Buckingham Palace.
posted by elkerette at 12:17 PM on March 16, 2017 [11 favorites]
posted by elkerette at 12:17 PM on March 16, 2017 [11 favorites]
Mousey and Butters just got into a nasty fight on the track.
Well yes....they're Corgis. I am surprised there wasn't more carnage....
This was awesome.
posted by biscotti at 1:53 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
Well yes....they're Corgis. I am surprised there wasn't more carnage....
This was awesome.
posted by biscotti at 1:53 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
I've had a very, very long day. This is helping. This is definitely helping.
posted by parm at 3:32 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by parm at 3:32 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
How in the world did the announcer memorize all those names?
posted by janey47 at 4:25 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by janey47 at 4:25 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
And here I grew up believing that corgi races were usually held on goatback. (If you haven't read Tasha Tudor's Corgiville Fair, well, you're one of today's lucky 5,000 :))
posted by gusandrews at 6:37 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by gusandrews at 6:37 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
On a related note, we have the Doxie Derby here, and this race is pretty typical of most doxie races. Several dogs wandering off in different directions and at least one of them is a plugger enough to win.
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:26 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:26 PM on March 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
I love this freaking announcer.
"Here come the fluffy little baby corgis, coming down the track!"
"There are the top three corgis, moving on to the corgi championship in search of immortality!"
"Mousy and Butters just got into a nasty fight on the track. It's corgi civil war." (Meanwhile I see no fight whatsoever unless it's off camera.)
"And we have dog savaging taking place all over the place!" (Ditto.)
LOGAN HANDSOMEPANTS! HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE!
CheeBahDottiMcGuire is an actual name.
"THE CORGI IS LOST!"
"Look at little Barney, awwwww!" (after Barney finally finds his way across the track)
"They're not booing! They're cooing! For COOOOOOOOOPER!"
"We have some savaging down by the finish line! Cooper just went after Lola and it wasn't pretty!" (I'm still like, what savaging?)
"Look at little Bella!"
"His nickname, Kevin Corgi!" (that's for Cooper)
"The placing judge...has been thrown in the corgi meat grinder." What?
"In the Barkenshire Derby."
"We have some savaging out of the gate!"
"We have corgis going left and right, as erratic as some shopping carts."
"Achieving corgi immortality, with tears flowing on the Canterbury Park main track, there are tears of jubilation!"
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:56 PM on March 16, 2017 [7 favorites]
"Here come the fluffy little baby corgis, coming down the track!"
"There are the top three corgis, moving on to the corgi championship in search of immortality!"
"Mousy and Butters just got into a nasty fight on the track. It's corgi civil war." (Meanwhile I see no fight whatsoever unless it's off camera.)
"And we have dog savaging taking place all over the place!" (Ditto.)
LOGAN HANDSOMEPANTS! HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE!
CheeBahDottiMcGuire is an actual name.
"THE CORGI IS LOST!"
"Look at little Barney, awwwww!" (after Barney finally finds his way across the track)
"They're not booing! They're cooing! For COOOOOOOOOPER!"
"We have some savaging down by the finish line! Cooper just went after Lola and it wasn't pretty!" (I'm still like, what savaging?)
"Look at little Bella!"
"His nickname, Kevin Corgi!" (that's for Cooper)
"The placing judge...has been thrown in the corgi meat grinder." What?
"In the Barkenshire Derby."
"We have some savaging out of the gate!"
"We have corgis going left and right, as erratic as some shopping carts."
"Achieving corgi immortality, with tears flowing on the Canterbury Park main track, there are tears of jubilation!"
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:56 PM on March 16, 2017 [7 favorites]
I mean, the sheer logistics of it all are part of what make it so incredible.
you guys, there are Dachshund races and Bulldog races done by the same people! OMG. Would play.
I used to race my pet Jack Russell Terriers as a kid at the local JRTCA trials--I still remember Molly took third place on the flat and over hurdles one year--and they used to tuck big dog cookies into each of the ribbons so everyone had something worth winning, human family and dog. JRTCA races are different, though--the dogs race muzzled, because the dogs will occasionally get so hyped up that they scrap just the same way as the corgis kept doing, and so they all have to wear muzzles so everyone is safe. (They also often don't bother with capes and tell which dog is which via the clever use of scrunchies around their collars. Or at least, that's what they did in the late 90s.)
There aren't photo finishes because JRTCA trials are not usually held on horse racetracks, so instead what you do is stack up a bunch of bales of hay with only enough room for one squirming angrily euphoric terrier to muscle through on its way after the squirrel or rabbit-fur lure (gonna kill that furry thing) and whatever order the dogs come pouring through the hay bales is the order of the racers. Much easier to judge. And of course Jacks, even the little short-legged kind I grew up with who are now apparently more properly called "English" JRTs (or pudding dogs or shorties or "those little ones with the long heads" or Russell Terriers or whatever they're on about now), are much bouncier than Corgis, so it's popular to race them over jumps like a kind of miniature steeplechase. Sometimes the dogs get so enthusiastic they leap over the netting that's supposed to fence them into the course.
So I love dog races, is my point, especially the non-traditional kind. I kind of want another Jack Russell just so I'd have an excuse to go again. And they are usually tons of fun for the dogs as well as the people, even little dogs who have never run before--especially if they're run in front of a lure. I hear that the lure coursers are now opening up coursing to all manner of non-sighthound breeds to try out--maybe I'll see if there's a coursing trial anywhere near me. It's not a race per se because the dog is just chasing the lure alone and dogs compete based on time, but that just means the dogs don't have to wear muzzles in case of spats or accidents.
posted by sciatrix at 8:53 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
you guys, there are Dachshund races and Bulldog races done by the same people! OMG. Would play.
I used to race my pet Jack Russell Terriers as a kid at the local JRTCA trials--I still remember Molly took third place on the flat and over hurdles one year--and they used to tuck big dog cookies into each of the ribbons so everyone had something worth winning, human family and dog. JRTCA races are different, though--the dogs race muzzled, because the dogs will occasionally get so hyped up that they scrap just the same way as the corgis kept doing, and so they all have to wear muzzles so everyone is safe. (They also often don't bother with capes and tell which dog is which via the clever use of scrunchies around their collars. Or at least, that's what they did in the late 90s.)
There aren't photo finishes because JRTCA trials are not usually held on horse racetracks, so instead what you do is stack up a bunch of bales of hay with only enough room for one squirming angrily euphoric terrier to muscle through on its way after the squirrel or rabbit-fur lure (gonna kill that furry thing) and whatever order the dogs come pouring through the hay bales is the order of the racers. Much easier to judge. And of course Jacks, even the little short-legged kind I grew up with who are now apparently more properly called "English" JRTs (or pudding dogs or shorties or "those little ones with the long heads" or Russell Terriers or whatever they're on about now), are much bouncier than Corgis, so it's popular to race them over jumps like a kind of miniature steeplechase. Sometimes the dogs get so enthusiastic they leap over the netting that's supposed to fence them into the course.
So I love dog races, is my point, especially the non-traditional kind. I kind of want another Jack Russell just so I'd have an excuse to go again. And they are usually tons of fun for the dogs as well as the people, even little dogs who have never run before--especially if they're run in front of a lure. I hear that the lure coursers are now opening up coursing to all manner of non-sighthound breeds to try out--maybe I'll see if there's a coursing trial anywhere near me. It's not a race per se because the dog is just chasing the lure alone and dogs compete based on time, but that just means the dogs don't have to wear muzzles in case of spats or accidents.
posted by sciatrix at 8:53 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
Minnesota shoutout! (Canterbury Park is in Minnesota, announcer is local sports radio host Paul Allen.)
posted by ZeusHumms at 8:55 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by ZeusHumms at 8:55 PM on March 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
It seems to be an annual thing now. Behold, the 2nd annual Corgi Dog races, with 72 entrants, and 54 on the waiting list.
posted by ZeusHumms at 9:02 PM on March 16, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by ZeusHumms at 9:02 PM on March 16, 2017 [3 favorites]
I'm watching this without sound (because office computer) and it is already delightful. Can't wait to rewatch this at home with the commentary.
posted by dominik at 1:01 AM on March 17, 2017
posted by dominik at 1:01 AM on March 17, 2017
announcer is local sports radio host Paul Allen.
Heh. Mr. Superna's immediate comment as I was watching the video last night: "Is that Paul Allen? What are you watching?"
posted by superna at 11:46 AM on March 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Heh. Mr. Superna's immediate comment as I was watching the video last night: "Is that Paul Allen? What are you watching?"
posted by superna at 11:46 AM on March 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
gusandrews: And here I grew up believing that corgi races were usually held on goatback. (If you haven't read Tasha Tudor's Corgiville Fair, well, you're one of today's lucky 5,000 :))
Oh, man, this is adorable. From the book:
Oh, man, this is adorable. From the book:
You know about cats and rabbits, but you may not be familiar with corgis and boggarts. Corgis are small dogs the color of foxes. They have short legs and no tails. They are enchanted. You need only to see them by moonlight to realize this.posted by taz at 2:49 AM on March 18, 2017
Boggarts are trolls. I believe they come from Sweden, but I'm not sure. The boggarts that live in Corgiville are the olive green kind with spots. Their hair is moss, their ears are leather, and their arms come off for convenience when going down holes. They have long tails and smoke cigars and are apt to be wild.
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