Any western worth its dusty boots and big-sky openness should know what’s breathtaking about freedom, at the same time grasping how being tamed is an uneasy, clarifying rite of passage. That men have ...

In Flumserberg, a resort nestled in the heart of the Swiss mountains, nine cows and their female riders line up at a start marked out with hay -- all hoping to claim the crown of the Cow Grand Prix.

And they're off! To the thunder of hooves, a chorus of moos and the clanking of bells, nine cows hurtle away in one of the ...