Sunset Mountain Miniatures
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Just Our Luck
Sire -- Circle M Gin & Tonic
Sunset Mountain Just Our Luck -- 315717B -- Foaled 2002
Dam -- Wrays Dell Teras Charm
Sunset Mountain Just Our Luck is a powerful AMHR B-Division
driving gelding. Lucky’s joy in life is to drive at the full speed gallop.
So when we decided to try chariot racing Lucky was the natural
choice as the horse for the job. Lucky has been an AMHR All Star in
Roman Chariot for the every year since 2014. In 2014 he was
Reserve Champion in the Chariot Race.
Watch Lucky in the chariot events at AMHR shows.
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Our chariot. The chariot was built by Daniel’s brother, Ben Crider.
Ben was a professional carpenter for several years. And for over 20
years Ben was in charge of all stage and prop construction for the
First Baptist Church of Atlanta annual Passion Play. He also
designed sets and props for the church’s musical theater
productions. Ben built wagons and chariots for some of these
productions.
This chariot is based on a CDE cart that had the seat removed, a
deck added, and the custom wooden chariot shell added.
The artwork on the front of the chariot was done by Jo Eisenrich of
Morgan Mill, TX. Jo is a talented artist and a lover of horses who has
painted a lot of equine art. One of the pieces she has done for us is a
beautiful portrait of Larry jumping over an imaginary jump. If you
would like for Jo to do some art for you you may reach her at:
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The first run of the chariot was appropriately in Athens -- Athens,
TX.
This picture was taken in San Antonio, TX.
Lucky loves the full speed gallop of the Chariot Race. This picture
was from the 2014 race. Lucky was clocked at 34 MPH. Pretty
amazing considering he is pulling over 400 pounds between the
chariot, Daniel, and the actual steel Roman armor that Daniel is
wearing. Lucky was Reserve Champion in that race. He took second
place, by ¼ of a second. If Daniel had not knocked over a turn cone
(which added a 5 second penalty) he would have won by almost 5
seconds.
This picture was taken in Waco, Tx. The chariot weighs about 200
pounds. The driver (Daniel Crider) also weighs, (oops), about 200
pounds. The armor and costume is actual reenactor’s (LARP) armor
and costume for a Roman Centurion. Which means the breastplate
and helmet are actual steel. And the weight of all the steel and
leather adds another 50 pounds. Which means when Lucky is
galloping at full speed he is pulling about 450 pounds. It doesn’t
seem to slow him down too much.
