![]() You give a horse too many positive Gs, sometimes their feet can slip out from under them. ![]() You don't want to give horses too many positive Gs or too many negative Gs. Watching up that ramp now is game-winner cross chains attached to his halter keep him and the rest of the horses from turning around during flight one last month to the camera and they're off that's our Pilots when we take off they take off at a. It's just more natural form of the more comfortable It's just more natural for a horse than it is to be moved around in a box and rolled around on conveyors. That's where this custom ramp makes all the difference.īut for Mike, it's not just about speeding up the process. You can only shoot up so many horses that way. So, it's a longer process when you're shiftng a lot of horses. We keep the cabin at about 55 degrees to keep the horses more docile and comfortable.Ī single ticket from California to Kentucky, were running a bet for $5,000, but it's not the only way to get your horse from point A to point B.Ī lot of times I ship them in a cargo plane, and they have to go there early, and then they have to wait and sit there, and then they put them in a stall, and they raise the stall, and they put it in the plane. It's all part of the star treatment, that and a temperature controlled cabin. They are fed hay to keep them occupied during flight. One for every horse on board but this place can carry up to 21 passengers. On today's flight the team will only have to build 13 stalls. We always have a crew of five people that load the horses, take care of them during flight. Going row by row, the crew will have to secure each wall to a specialized track on the ground. The containers that hold the horses during flight. It's just a regular freight airplane, but it becomes specialized when we install the horse stalls. ![]() Making it all the more important for this flight to run smoothly. They can kick the wall, they can do something.Ī lot of anxiety, when you run animals things can happen. The whole key of getting here, because, a lot of things can happen with horses. They're both running in But, there is a little added pressure when you have horses of that caliber on board to make sure everything goes smoothly and on time.> Their trainer Bob Baffert is waiting to welcome them too. ![]() Mike Payne, head of operations at Tex Hutton's forwarding company, is on the ground in Louisville to receive them. Today we have a horse called Game Winner and another one called Roadster. On Air Horse One, a dedicated horse charter that flies all over the US. These super stars are hitching a ride to Louisville Kentucky. Just these horses alone were easily $30 million worth. On a quiet Saturday morning in Ontario California, this crew is getting ready for a very special flight. ![]()
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