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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #30 on: April 10, 2018, 09:45:12 AM »
Great stuff, Pick'em. Shot at Roosevelt Raceway, 1953. Harness racing was a part of American culture back then.

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #31 on: April 10, 2018, 09:52:17 AM »
easy money is prob the funniest besides day at the races
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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #32 on: April 10, 2018, 10:05:24 AM »
Luck was the best show
On HBO I believe 6 years ago or so
I recently watched the 9 episode season again on amazon prime. It was better the second time.

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« Reply #33 on: April 10, 2018, 10:26:20 AM »
Luck was pretty good. Think it lasted 1 season. Something happen with a horse dying and that is why it wasn't renewed? PETA get involved?
series was good, wished it would have gone on to see how the writers would have continued

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #34 on: April 10, 2018, 10:53:58 AM »
The Flamingo Kid had some good scenes at Yonkers Raceway.

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #35 on: April 10, 2018, 11:11:33 AM »
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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #36 on: April 10, 2018, 11:21:14 AM »
The Flamingo Kid had some good scenes at Yonkers Raceway.

Very true - I was actually there the night(s) they were filming. 

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #37 on: April 10, 2018, 11:42:18 AM »
Filmed at Pompano. Lots of drivers from that era participated in the shoot. Bill Popfinger plays the driver that stuck his heels in and got attacked by Pesci.




Easy Money(1983)...... Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci..... harness stiff job where driver tanks in the lane going so far as dragging his feet on the track to slow the horse up..... Pesci jumps the fence to beat the crap out of the driver on the way back to the paddock.... a classic for what the games state of cheating is today.

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #38 on: April 10, 2018, 12:27:09 PM »
Boots Malone great movie staring William Holden.
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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #39 on: April 10, 2018, 01:04:36 PM »
The Last Night of a Jockey..  Mickey Rooney .. Twilight Zone

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #40 on: April 10, 2018, 01:10:18 PM »
EASY MONEY WASNT  THE DRIVER BILL POPFINGER

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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #41 on: April 10, 2018, 01:11:32 PM »
HOW ABOUT THE MOVIE WITH BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT

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« Reply #42 on: April 10, 2018, 01:45:52 PM »
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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #43 on: April 10, 2018, 02:14:51 PM »

As an aside; a very funny commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQOchrK7NA


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Re: Movies relating to horse racing
« Reply #44 on: April 10, 2018, 02:16:48 PM »
HOW ABOUT THE MOVIE WITH BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT

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