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to get in your business.

I just might be able to help you

cover your short end is all.

It was the hospital bills.

We didn't see 'em coming.

Well, I might be able

to get you a loan.

From who?

Well, that's not important.

I could get you covered

for a year.

Would that give you enough time?

Yeah, it's...

that'd be some time.

What's it gonna cost me?

Well, I am a businessman, so I

have to make it worth my while.

And, uh, "at my daughter's

request" doesn't fully cover it.

So, uh, well, being fair,

and if I could pull it off...

I would say, uh, maybe a stake in

Fandango for the next competition?

Yeah. That sounds like

a good deal.

Okay, well, you leave it to me.

This is what I do best.

Let Tucker do that.

Alejandro, it's Mason Scott.

ALEJANDRO (ON PHONE):

Hey, Mason, how are you?

I'm well, thank you.

ALEJANDRO (ON PHONE):

There's no hiccups with Filena.

No, no.

She's a beautiful horse.

Actually, I'm calling because I have

something that you might be interested in.

Oh, uh...

I'm in three locations now...

and the bank is one.

So, shoot.

This is more personal.

Uh, my neighbor owns a ranch,

and he's got a prize-winning horse.

Cal Masterson, you know him?

Cal? Yeah, I know Cal.

( MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO )

Okay.

Whooo whooo whooo whooo

Yeah

Whoo whoo whoo

Whoo whoo whoo whoo

Hey, I got a deal in place.

A position for you...

to train...

with Cal Masterson.

With Cal Masterson?

Cal, yeah.

Papa, are you crazy?

Come on.

Giving that clown Fandango was the

stupidest thing you've ever done.

It was emotional, yeah.

Emotional? It was stupid!

Marzo, your sister

almost died on the horse.

But did she?

You gave him the only success he's

ever had when you gave him that horse.

My family's success.

My success!

Five years in a row

I have lost to that damn horse.

Second place!

Papa, okay.

Look, everyone... everyone in

this town, they rob you blind.

And what do you do?

You just... you just...

You turn the other cheek...

like they're a bunch

of homeless people.

That may be... so?

Yeah, but what about us?

But what about your family?

Marzo, it's just an opportunity.

What's an opportunity?

For you... to take it back,

the competition.

You wanna take it back?

Do you wanna win?

You want me to spy.

You could observe, can't you?

I'm not asking you to do

something covert.

You couldn't be covert

if you tried.

Marzo, just study his horses.

You moan all day around here.

You have no position.

Why not?

( TRADITIONAL ITALIAN

MUSIC PLAYING )

I'm here.

Show me to my quarters.

( MUSIC CONTINUES )

To me it was a slam-dunk,

with his interest in the breed.

No, Alejandro's only

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