Secretariat: The Movie, Whoa!

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

The kid should be retired for losing the spelling bee. Only winners count these days.

Clearly she'd done enough.

[Ogygian]

The title should have been "Penny", not Secretariat...
Seabiscuit and PharLap were much better...
I actually enjoyed Secretariat's "Sport's Century" much better then the movie...
I know it is difficult to replicate a race, but I'm not a fan of the horses bring strangled and the jockey's standing up as they are coming down the stretch...
I did like the fact they showed the actual Preakness call...I wish they could have showed the actual Derby and Belmont...and why did they just stop after the Belmont??? he did race more...they could have at least showed his final race...

[hi_im_god]

speaking of losers, how does sham fare in the movie? much of a role or just vague background for the triumphant winner?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

speaking of losers, how does sham fare in the movie? much of a role or just vague background for the triumphant winner?

Alot of role, unfortunately, as they made those connections to be Secretariat's evil enemy.

I always had a soft spot for Sham - he broke the Derby record, too, and if Secretariat wasn't around, he would have been the best that year.

[Merlinsky]

I'd totally watch Riva Ridge: The Movie. How about we get one on Canonero II? Disney couldn't make it cuz they'd have to admit Riva existed when he gets beaten by Canonero II, but I think it could be done. Apparently he was born at Claiborne, which I'd forgotten, yet the underdog story begins immediately with his crooked leg. What's the connection to Greensboro, NC? Wikipedia had a screwy entry saying he was bred there, but technically he's KY bred. The plane ride drama of getting to the US alone was pretty crazy with his sharing a ride with chickens and ducks, the plane catching fire, not having proper papers, ending up in Panama, then Miami again, losing a lot of weight, getting dehydrated, and having to travel 1100 miles by van because they were running out of money. Then a language barrier keeps Churchill Downs from letting them in.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...6&slug=1285530

What it took to get that horse to the race is exciting, nevermind his winning the Derby and Preakness. There's Nixon, Vietnam, and the racing establishment apparently not too thrilled with this crooked legged Venezuelan colt. I'm not sure how you'd end it since he lost the Belmont, but there's gotta be a way for it not to be a downer. Maybe have it be about how he gets the Eclipse for Champion 3yo Colt.

I still think with Secretariat, the American public is the underdog in a way. Seabiscuit made folks happy during the Great Depression. Secretariat did it following the trauma of Vietnam and the radical changes the country'd just gone through. I like the Winston Churchill quote that sometimes the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

speaking of losers, how does sham fare in the movie? much of a role or just vague background for the triumphant winner?

Well, they do try to make it seem like Sham won the Wood. So he had that going for him. That was probably my favorite dramatic license they kinda took. "Sham and Angle Light hit the wire together! And that's all we're going to say about that! Yay Sham! Good race!"

[ShadowRoll]

For those interested, this Saturday is Ron Turcotte Day at Delaware Park. He will be there to sign autographs.

http://www.delawarepark.com/media_de...hp?section=158