A horse rom-com where love and livestock collide at the starting gate.
Brother and sister "Boots" Warren and Phyllis Warren inherit two race horses. One of the horses is claimed by a rival horse-owner, Jeff Stuart, when it wins a claiming race at Santa Anita. Then Stuart learns that the horse will not run without its former stablemate. But neither Stuart nor the Warrens want to give up their respective horses. It is finally agreed that both horses will be entered in the same race, and the winning owner will gain possession of both horses. The only complication is that Phyllis has fallen in love with Stuart.
Acting
Gloria Henry's eyebrow game carries 1948.
Practical Effects
Real Santa Anita footage, zero CGI horses.
Costume
Racing silks sharper than your entire wardrobe.
Director
William Berke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dooley Wilson, fresh off playing Sam in Casablanca, gets top billing here as comic relief stablehand Abe.
Director William Berke cranked out 6 films in 1948 alone—this was Tuesday for him.
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