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2) Seabiscuit
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Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.
3) Bonecrack
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In charge of his father's stables after a grisly accident lands the old man in the hospital, Neil Grifton finds himself brutally assaulted and abducted and forced to make a tough decision about the business.
4) 50 to 1
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A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby.
5) Shergar
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Based on the true story of Shergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbred and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, who was kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ranson.
7) The killing
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A group of small-time crooks plan a daring race-track robbery--but their well-laid plans go awry.
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Dogs of war: Little Rascals meet the one and only Harold Lloyd after a vegetable-throwing war between rival kid gangs.
Derby day: After watching a real horse race, the Little Rascals decide to try it for themselves and stage their own race using tricyles and neighborhood pets.
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Franchise collection volume 1
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English
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Francis the talking mule: A talking mule adopts a second lieutenant as his master in the Burmese jungle during World War II.
Francis goes to the races: Peter and Francis go to stay on a horsebreeding ranch. Peter is smitten by the owner's granddaughter, and Francis enjoys the easy life. But a debt has come due that threatens the ranch, and Francis uses connections with his equine friends to come up with some winners.
Francis goes to West Point:...
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"Fresh out of juvenile hall, Kris Furillo (Genevieve Cortese) gets her first chance at responsibility with a job on the struggling Ritter family ranch, where she befriends a horse named Wildfire. She is soon swept up in a complicated world of ruthless competition, dark secrets and love. Wildfire remains her one true friend, and their ability to achieve the impossible together creates the hope and strength to face a challeging future"--Container.
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An inspirational story set against the backdrop of Kentucky horseracing, precocious eleven year old Danny is nobody's fool. Living at the race course with her horse trainer Uncle Eddie, she's got the inside track on everyone and everything. She also knows they will always be "just getting by" until they find that one great horse to get them in the money. When Danny sets her sites on a horse with true championship potential, she finds herself thrust...
15) Ruffian
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The story of the filly Ruffian, who dominated horse racing in the early 1970s, until a broken leg at Belmont Park ended her career and her life.
16) Outside bet
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Set against the financially fraught mid 80's, a life-long group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a severance package and invest their savings in a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.
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A Horse for Danny:An inspirational story set against the backdrop of Kentucky horse racing, precocious eleven year old Danny is nobody's fool. Living at the race course with her horse trainer uncle Eddie, she's got the inside track on everyone and everything. She also knows unless they will always be "just getting by" until they find that one great horse to get them in the money. When Danny sets her sites on a horse with true championship potential,...
19) The killing
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Criterion collection volume 575
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English
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"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots...
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This spirited adventure series revolves around a wild Arabian stallion-turned-racehorse named "the Black" and the only one who can ride him, young Alec Ramsay. In this season, Alec and the Black face a distractingly beautiful opponent and her mysterious racehorse, a group of jockeys whose practical jokes go too far, and an Arabian horse that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Black. Alec is struck with amnesia after a fall, the Black is put up for...
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