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  2. Chariot racing - Wikipedia

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    With the institution of formal races and permanent racetracks, chariot racing was adopted by many Greek states and their religious festivals. Horses and chariots were very costly. Their ownership was a preserve of the wealthiest aristocrats, whose reputations and status benefitted from offering such extravagant, exciting displays.

  3. Motorcycle chariot racing - Wikipedia

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    Motorcycle chariot racing 1936 in Australia. Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing.. The first competition of the sport was held in the U.S. as early as 1922, [1] [2] and gained popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, further inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur.

  4. Harness racing - Wikipedia

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    Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.

  5. Horse-drawn vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Horses were domesticated circa 2000 BCE. [1] Before that oxen were used. Historically, a wide variety of arrangements of horses and vehicles have been used, from chariot racing, which involved a small vehicle and four horses abreast, to horsecars or trollies, [note 1] which used two horses to pull a car that was used in cities before electric trams were developed.

  6. Ben-Hur (1959 film) - Wikipedia

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    The chariot race "will probably be preserved in film archives as the finest example of the use of the motion picture camera to record an action sequence. The race, directed by Andrew Marton and Yakima Canutt , represents some 40 minutes [ sic ] [ r ] of the most hair-raising excitement that film audiences have ever witnessed."

  7. Chariot - Wikipedia

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    Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.

  8. If the Chariot Tarot Card Shows Up in a Reading, Here's What ...

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    The Chariot Upright Meaning Distractions are abundant, especially in today’s mile-a-minute world. But if you want something badly enough (and from the looks of it, you do) then you need to get ...

  9. Yakima Canutt - Wikipedia

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    For Ben-Hur (1959), Canutt staged the chariot race with nine teams of four horses. He trained Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd to do their own charioteering. He and his crew spent five months on the race sequence. [26] In contrast to the 1925 film, not one horse was hurt, and no humans experienced serious injuries. His son Joe Canutt, while ...