Seabiscuit Page #4

Oh, no. You clobbered him.

Easy.

Easy, easy.

Nice and slow.

l'm fine. l'm fine.

Come on. Let me buy you

some turtle soup.

l'm fine, George.

Go win yourself

a race or something.

Look, let's go down

to Sloan's, and we'll just...

l'm fine, George. l don't need

your help, and l sure as sh*t

don't need your charity.

Leave me alone, all right?

lt's been 20 years

since l've been on a horse.

Don't worry.

lt's the kind of thing

that comes right back.

Let's go.

Come on!

What? She got you

back up on a horse,

and now you wanna buy them?

Yeah. Maybe.

Maybe a couple.

Well, you wanna win

or just own them?

l wanna win.

What sort of question

is that?

Well, you're gonna

need a trainer

before you buy horses.

No. You need two.

So you can fire one.

Randy Thatcher's barn.

Trains about 50

or 60 ponies.

Good fellow, too.

Real horse person.

A real horse-shitter.

You don't know. l don't know,

maybe you want a smaller barn,

somebody who can

take the time to...

Who's that?

He's a crackpot.

Lives alone in the bushes.

What's he do?

l don't know. He used to be

a trainer, farrier. Now he

just looks after that horse.

Come on. Let's look

at another barn.

Howdy.

Hello.

You hungry?

No. No, thanks.

l'm fine. Charles Howard.

Tom Smith.

Nice to meet you, Tom.

What's...

What's in his bandage?

Oh, that's hawthorn root.

lt increases circulation.

You wanna sit down?

All right. Thank you.

Will he get better?

Already is, a little.

Will he race?

No. Not that one.

So why are you

fixing him?

'Cause l can.

Every horse is good

for something.

He could be a cart horse

or a lead pony.

And he's still nice

to look at.

You don't...

You don't throw

a whole life away

just 'cause

he's banged up a little.

ls that coffee?

Yeah.

lt's bad, though.

You always tell the truth?

Yeah, l try to.

lt ain't just the speed.

lt's the heart.

And you want something

that's not afraid to compete.

Half these horses

are just show ponies.

You want something

that's not gonna run

from a fight.

How do you find that?

Look, l won the Robles

Handicap. l was second

in the Tijuana Derby.

l won the Manzanita Oaks.

You know, that used

to be a stakes race.

l know.

l would've won, T.J.,

but the piece of sh*t

lugged out on me.

Sounds great.

We'll let you know.

Look. l can work them out

in the morning.

Or even hot-walk them

if you need me to.

Really? You'll hot-walk them?

This is something else.

A dream come true,

walking you around.

Hook you up to a plow,

pull me around

for a little while. Come on.

You ever run in the money?

Hey. Hey.

You ever run in the money?

l don't think so.

Couldn't beat a human being,

let alone another horse.

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