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Yeah, but a gelding?

Oh, forget about

breeding. This one's a runner.

You sure he's sound?

There's not a pimple

on him, Mark.

Hey, you want this horse.

All right, sit tight.

I'm on my way to Doc's.

Come on, we always talked about

owning a thoroughbred together.

Breeders' Cup

is in California in 10 days.

If we wanna do this,

we gotta get moving.

Four hundred seems

like a lot of money.

Hell, if he just runs second,

we got our money back.

And if he don't run second,

we bought ourselves

a very expensive pony.

You know I don't like taking

leaps like this, sight unseen.

He's already won $300,000.

I don't know.

I'll tell you what then.

I'll buy him.

I'll buy him myself.

You like what you see, I'll cut you in.

Ah, sh*t. I'm in.

There he is, No. 9.

That's all of him, huh?

He's only two.

He'll grow some.

Well, he'd better hurry up 'cause

he's not looking too good at 24 to 1.

Don't you worry, Doc.

He's gonna do great.

If Chip says he can run,

he can run.

Baffert and the sheik

got the favorite, Midshipman.

Howdy.

I guess we're gonna find

out what we got pretty quick.

Last few left

to load, Street Hero goes in.

West Side Bernie

to come take the lineup.

Gate's closed, all set.

And away they go.

Midshipman, West Side Bernie

broke away well.

Street Hero came out

quickly as well.

Here's Mine That Bird

in the black colors

right there

in the fourth position.

Then we come back to Terrain. Gallant Son

has to go a little wide into the turn.

In behind there is Silent Valor

and Munnings races

towards the rear.

The pace is good,

12 lengths from first to last.

I mean, he's in there.

He's doing good.

Yeah.

Now they've settled in with

Mine That Bird a comfortable fifth,

just four lengths off

the leaders.

Then back

to Pioneer of the Nile.

Bushranger is on the far side.

Terrain giving them eight lengths

start and then comes Gallant Son.

Behind that Azul Leon,

and Munnings is still towards the rear.

Into the far turn they go.

And it's Midshipman still showing the way.

Come on.

Let's go! Let's go!

And Midshipman has

won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile!

Square Eddie with second,

Street Hero finished third.

Then came Terrain, behind

that Pioneer of the Nile,

and Mine That Bird

finished last.

I'm getting too old for this.

Where's the bar?

Whoo!

Come on!

Why'd you hire him?

Doc, he's only had the horse

a week.

We bought ourselves a champion and he

run dead last. What's that tell ya?

Bird's never run

on synthetic track before.

It ain't the track, Mark.

This guy's going nowhere.

He's got a terrible record.

Yeah, maybe.

But he's got a great record

with me.

This can't be personal.

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