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2008 Road To The Horse Web cast on HorseCity.com
HorseCity.com is webcasting the 2008 Road To The Horse competition starting on Saturday, March 1 - just 5 days away! If you haven't subscribed to watch, you need to do so now! It's going to be so exciting and I just can't wait for it to start!
We have emplemented our brand-new Pay-Per-View webcast site, www.HorseCityWebcast.com on which you can subscribe to watch the entire event as it happens - LIVE - for just $25 for the whole event. All you need to do is register and then subscribe - it's that easy!
So what's in store this year? Last year's champion, Chris Cox will be returning to defend his title against Ken McNabb, Tommy Garland and a "Mystery Clinician." Considering Cox's stellar job last year, I'd say that these other clinicians have quite a lot to live up to. And I just can't wait to watch it all unfold.
What's your guess as to who the "Mystery Clinician" is? There has been much speculation on the RTTH's blog - Could it be Tommy Saunders (yes, the same one that was in our Extreme Cowboy Race), or maybe Julie Goodnight? Mike Kevil? Clinton Anderson? John Lyons? What's your guess? I just don't know!
The schedule: I will drive up to Murfreesboro on Friday, hope to get there around noon-ish and get set up and test for the Web cast. If all goes well, I'll be done by dinnertime and can spend some quality time with my parents, who are driving up to watch as well. My Dad is positively BESIDE HIMSELF about getting to go! He's so excited!
The webcast will start on Saturday at 2:45 CENTRAL, and it looks like the clinicians get to work with their colts until 5:35 when they'll do interviews about how they've done so far. Then on SUNDAY, opening ceremonies start at 9:30 am CENTRAL, with the obstacle course at 12:35 and the announcement of the winner at 2:20 pm CENTRAL.
Don't miss a minute! Be sure to sign up to watch ahead of time. Click here to subscribe to watch the event LIVE AS IT HAPPENS!
And hey - drop me a comment and tell me who YOU think the Mystery Clinician is.. And who you think will win this year!
See you all there!
Amy
HorseCity 101 part 2 - Webcasting
So it's been a while since my last HC 101 post, but with the upcoming Augusta Cutting Horse Futurity, I felt like it would be the perfect opportunity to introduce webcasting you.
HorseCity.com has been a pioneer in the live online broadcasting of various horse shows since our inception. We started out with just 3 or 4 major shows per year to more than 20 each year! We have been the sole live webcast provider for both the National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA) and the Augusta Cutting Horse Futurity since around 2000, and since then have expanded to include major shows for the American Paint Horse Association, National High School Rodeo Association, National Snaffle Bit Association, the Reichert Celebration and the Appaloosa Horse Association - just to name a few.
So what is a live webcast? It is a live event broadcast over the internet as it happens. We generally broadcast both video and audio and our webcasts are intended for those of you who have high-speed internet connections (DSL or faster). Dial-up users generally cannot view our webcasts - sorry.
Some questions that come up frequently include:
Why is the picture so small? We broadcast at 320 px by 240 px - which is about 3 inches wide by 2.5 inches tall on most screens, depending on your screen size and resolution. You can make the picture larger by right-clicking on it and viewing it in Windows Media Player. The quality goes down the larger you make it, but you can make the picture large enough to watch from 10 or 15 feet away from your computer without too much distortion - depending on the quality of the stream itself.
Why isn't it TV quality? Because it's live streaming web video, not TV. Yes, you can watch video clips online and they can look like TV, but when streaming live, it is much more complicated than that and unless we were only providing the feed to one or two people who happened to have smoking-fast internet connections, it's just not possible. We do our best to provide the best live feed that we can to the majority of users.
Is it really real-time? Pretty much. There is usually a 15-30 second lag time, but rarely more than that.
So - are you ready to watch? We have a live webcast of the Augusta Cutting Horse Futurity starting on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Go ahead and test your software ahead of time and make sure you're ready.
I bet you're wondering what all this Cutting Horse stuff is about, aren't you? Well, go check out the AugustaFuturity.com Web site for some history on the sport and this event.
Wow! I feel so special! Thank you for u'r friendship!!! Hope to carry on many horse conversations...
Ashley04:33 PM EST