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A horse-diving show was an in-residence act held at New Jersey's Steel Pier. Pressure from animal-rights activists and declining demand led to the act being shuttered in the 1970s. Although there was a brief resumption of the act at the pier in 1993, it was again shut down amid opposition.
The Steel Pier is a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) amusement park built on a pier of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly the Trump Taj Mahal). Built in 1897 and opened in 1898, it was one of the most popular venues in the United States for the first seven decades of the twentieth ...
In 1931, Sonora was blinded by retinal detachment, due to hitting the water off balance with her eyes open, while diving her horse, Red Lips, on Atlantic City's Steel Pier, [2] the act's permanent home since 1929. [2] After her accident she continued to dive horses until 1942. Arnette left the show in 1935. [2]
Jan. 10—At the Maine State Fair in 1925, Dr. Carver's Diving Horses made a splash. People flocked to the fairgrounds in Lewiston to see "The Girl in Red" make a "suicide jump" clinging to the ...
A Girl and Five Brave Horses is a memoir by Sonora Webster Carver published in 1961. [1] At the age of 20, Sonora Webster Carver joined William Frank Carver's Wild West Show which featured diving horses and performed at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Although Carver was blinded in a diving accident seven years later, she continued to dive ...
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Here's everything you need to know about 2024 Preakness Stakes contender Just Steel, including the horse's trainer, jockey and what they're saying.
Just Steel is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2024 Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky ...