Harrigan's Kid (1943)

Слевину не везет. Дом опечатан, девушка ушла к другому… Его друг Ник уезжает из Нью-Йорка и предлагает Слевину пожить в пустой квартире. В это время крупный криминальный авторитет по прозвищу Босс хочет рассчитаться со своим бывшим партнером Рабби за убийство сына и в отместку «заказать» его наследника.

Kings of the Turf is a 1941 American short documentary film about horse racing, directed by Del Frazier. This entry in The Sports Parade series shows us how Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for harness racing. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject.

A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.

A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.

Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Varre. It won an Oscar at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Short Subject.

Джордж, продавец мороженого, попадает в переделку. Из-за нелепой случайности его обвиняют в краже. Пытаясь скрыться от полиции, он проникает на поезд, где засыпает рядом с конем по кличке Людоед, который уже покалечил нескольких жокеев. Но Джордж не знает о скверном нраве Людоеда и поэтому не боится его, из-за чего рядом с ним конь ведет себя смирно. Когда по прибытии поезда дочь владельца Людоеда и её жених обнаруживают это обстоятельство, они говорят Джорджу, что коня зовут Ягненок, нанимают ухаживать за ним и изо всех сил стараются скрыть от Джорджа правду, надеясь, что он выиграет для них престижные скачки...

Barred from racing for breaking stride, a trotting horse finds a new career as a police officer's mount in Boston.

The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.

The slightly chubby harness racer Bjarte doesn't get the good horses anymore, and is forced to enter the criminal path in order to keep menacing creditors at bay. A fatal choice of partners ends up in a failed doping attempt, and a consequent kidnapping of the top horse Berlusconi.

A routine account of the 1913 Epsom Derby, one of many horse races that the Topical Budget newsreel covered that year, this film inadvertently made a contribution to the history of the suffragette movement by capturing the moment when activist Emily Davison was trampled by Anmer, King George V's horse, after she invaded the track.

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.

Casey's family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey's Shadow does not seem to have a lot going for it, but may turn out to be a champion.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.

RACETRACK is about the Belmont Race Track, one of the world's leading race tracks for thoroughbred racing. The film highlights the training, maintaining and racing of thoroughbred horses. Everyday occurrences are shown: in the backstretch — the grooming, feeding, shoeing, and caring for horses and the preparation for races; at the practice track the various aspects of training, exercising, and timing the horses; at the paddock — the pre-race presentation of the horses; and in the grandstand — betting and watching the races. The film also has sequences showing the variety of work done by trainers, jockeys, jockey agents, grooms, hot walkers, stable hands, and veterinarians.

A blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.

As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the exact same fate as his friend.

Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts an alias and prevails upon the charity of a drunken friend Charles Barrington, through whom he meets Stella Barrington - who has not only inherited her father’s racing stables but also his debts. Still incognito, he takes on the job of stable lad for Stella but little does she realise that he could be the man to finally put an end to her money worries forever.

Каков Мельбурн зимой? — Дождь, ветер, пабы, пиво, секс, коррупция и убийства… Джек Айриш не обращает внимания на телефонный звонок от бывшего клиента Дэнни МакКиллопа. Жизнь и так тяжела, чтобы тащить на себе ещё и чужие проблемы. Любимую футбольную команду, за которую играли его отец и дед, продали в другой город и переименовали. На последних скачках выиграть не удалось. И готовит он до сих пор на одного. Но когда Дэнни оказывается мёртв, Джек начинает расследование его туманного прошлого…

Джек Айриш не обращает внимания на телефонный звонок от бывшего клиента Дэнни МакКиллопа. Жизнь и так тяжела, чтобы тащить на себе ещё и чужие проблемы. Любимую футбольную команду, за которую играли его отец и дед, продали в другой город и переименовали. На последних скачках выиграть не удалось. И готовит он до сих пор на одного. Но когда Дэнни оказывается мёртв, Джек начинает расследование его туманного прошлого…

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.