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    Horse Racing Movies

    Can only remember a few, Champions,Seabiscuit,National Velvet but Kevin Blake has pointed this one out on Sunday evening, may be worth a look

    "Murphy's Stroke is being shown on Talking Pictures (Sky 328, Virgin 445) this Sunday at 7:30pm. In my opinion, it is the best horse racing movie ever made. If you haven't seen it, be sure to tune in. While on the subject, what do you think is the best racing movie ever made?"

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    The Seabiscuit movie with Toby Maguire is a beautiful visual experience if you can overlook some of the rather contrived mid-race action scenes. The rest of it is just brilliant to watch as well as being an engaging walk through America's industrial history of the early 20th Century.

    I suppose if The Sting qualified as a racing movie it would run it close.
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    I'll throw "Phar Lap" into the mix, a thoroughly enjoyable film about the Australian great.

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    I hadn’t thought about it before, but now I have I don’t think I’ve seen a horse racing film that I’ve thought is particularly memorable and worth watching again. I’ll try this one though. Cheers for the pointer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamond Geezer View Post
    Can only remember a few, Champions,Seabiscuit,National Velvet but Kevin Blake has pointed this one out on Sunday evening, may be worth a look

    "Murphy's Stroke is being shown on Talking Pictures (Sky 328, Virgin 445) this Sunday at 7:30pm. In my opinion, it is the best horse racing movie ever made. If you haven't seen it, be sure to tune in. While on the subject, what do you think is the best racing movie ever made?"
    Talking Pictures is available on YouView and FreeView 81 for those without Virgin or Sky


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    There’s a bit of a cast, including a young Pierce Brosnan. Talking Pictures is a magnificent tv channel.

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    Loved the Phar Lap film, best horse racing movie for me by a distance
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    Love em all and yes Phar lap was a brilliant movie

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    I was at Carmel the day Gay Future won to back harry Bell's Tychee which won biut had no idea what was about to happen.

    They should never have been paid out and wouldn't nowadays.

    Using 2 horses out of the same yard to put in their bets on a Bank Holiday Weekend and not sending them to the track was insane.

    Back then you could enter your horse at more than one track and make your mind up that day where to run.

    Should have used a couple of unsuspecting trainers with double entered horses.
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    The Seabiscuit book is one of the best books ever written, too.

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    I didn’t mind the one about the Melbourne cup ( though I kept getting distracted by what I’d seen all the actors/actresses in as well !) got a feeling it was called The Cup ( original!)

    And of course there’s Racing Stripes


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    The Secretariat film was good too. Any excuse to watch that Belmont rout again.

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    Enjoyed Secretariat too, I don't think I've seen many others except Seabiscuit, I will have a look at that one tomorrow

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    Edward O Grady has one up on DK Weld as a budding James Bond played him while the Weld actor (Brendan Gleeson) had previously played the role of Martin Cahill (The General ).
    The Tony Doyle character ( O'Leary) is a distant relative of mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Len Madeiros View Post
    The Secretariat film was good too. Any excuse to watch that Belmont rout again.
    And the bint of a trainer... or was she the owner?
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    The owner. Yes, it was a sympathetic portrayal.

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    How could I have forgotten the Dream Alliance film [do documentaries count?]. Up there with the best documentaries. I believe they're making a feature film about him, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moehat View Post
    The Seabiscuit book is one of the best books ever written, too.
    I don't read much but really enjoyed this book.
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    Seabiscuit is on Sony Movies today at 6.15pm (Sky Channel 321)
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