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(Contains spoilers)
“You never get used to it. That’s what the Jim Beam is for.”
That line delivered by Ronnie Jenkins, an alcoholic jockey played by real-life Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, came after a scene in Sunday’s sneak peek of the pilot of “Luck,” HBO’s new horse racing drama, that signaled just how far the show would go in portraying the darker side of the sport. After graphically breaking down in the stretch, a horse is euthanized on the track in close up as the bug boy Leon (Tom Payne) pets his head and watches “the light go out of his eyes.” Not that anyone watching likely expected a light-hearted romp from the creator of “Deadwood” and the network of “The Sopranos.”
Moreso than HBO’s mob hit, David Milch’s “Luck” pilot called to mind the Baltimore police drama “The Wire” with its quick-moving, jargony dialogue and multiple plot strands that may or may not converge over the season’s nine episodes. Four gamblers chase a life-changing pick six; hardboot trainer Nick Nolte nurtures a potential Derby horse; and fresh-out-of-prison Chester “Ace” Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) buys a high-class Thoroughbred with Gus Demetriou (Dennis Farina) as his front man. Aside from one shirt-ripping, scenery-chewing scene (do they have self-tanner in prison?), Hoffman wasn’t a big part of the pilot, but his get-rich plan to bring a casino to Santa Anita promises to become a bigger plotline.
“Luck” definitely didn’t dumb down racing’s insider intricacies – some of the dialogue from trainer Turo Escalante (John Ortiz) bordered on cryptic. The pick-six syndicate’s rundown of their plays rang true to life, although the idea of a railbird needing to be told that the longest shot in the last leg would bring the biggest payout was probably the episode’s lone over-explaining eye-roll moment for a seasoned bettor. Whether the gambler characters rise above the level of two-dimensional “degenerates” - and whether “Luck” succeeds in hooking viewers on the highs of racing as well as the lows – will be seen over the remaining eight episodes when the series makes its official debut on Jan. 29, 2012.
- Dave Renard
More on "Luck"
Review by DRF's Matt Hegarty: HBO's 'Luck' gets down and dirty
"Racetrackers will have no problem following the subplots and language, but, in a series that is trying to appeal to a much larger audience, Milch is sometimes burdened with having to explain nuances that can make the script clunky, especially in the betting scenes ..."
The Onion's A.V. Club - Grade: A
"I thought this was the best pilot I’ve seen this TV season, by a fair degree. It’s got the typical HBO pilot thing where it’s less an episode of television than the first hour of a long movie or the first chapter of a book. But I was surprised at how readily I was drawn into the conflicts, characters, and horse-racing world of the show ..."
L.A. Times: A great and perilous experiment
"Anyone who has been to Santa Anita in the early morning hours knows it is a place of poetry and pathos. ... But how to tell the story of such a place without lapsing into overworked extremes, the sentiment of bond between human and horse, the simplistic adrenaline of a champion's tale, the heartbreak of gambling's larcenous core?"
New York Magazine: Handy guide to understanding 'Luck'
What's a pick six? Why does Leon get weighed holding a saddle? For the uninitiated or semi-initiated racing fan (or those who don't speak mumble), here's a primer on Sunday's pilot.
Reactions to “Luck” on Twitter:
@jockeychantal, who plays the character Lizzy: I kind of LOVED it!!!!!!
@andyserling: I thought " Luck " was great. Enjoyed it a lot. Excellent start.
@Starofthenorth1: Think we'll still have a game to sell when Milch and Mann are done with us?
@tgrevelis: I'm predisposed to enjoy Luck, yet do far I don't find any character I can root for.
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Maybe I'm missing something but if there are 9 payouts for the pick six why did I see numbers 11 & 12 during the race? The tote board had payouts for 1 thru 9.
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i found it funny that after the 2nd to last race of the pick 6 they showed the payouts and horse 2 was like 355,000 the ones that were paying the max were horses 8 and 5 but then the last race horse 2 won and it showed horse 2 paying the max payout , kind of suprised they would make a simple mistake like that, go back and watch again if u missed it,
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I watched the show twice; and as a long time trainer and race horse enthusiast I thought the show was HORRIBLE! Talk about portraying the worst aspects of a sport! I think that racing does need a "shot in the arm" to generate a little more attention and interest, but this is definitely going to do the opposite! I have been around racing most of my life and have many friends and family that have done the same and this show does NOT accurately depict the atmosphere of racing fans or horseman. If the creator of this show is involved with racing I am very ashamed of him as a fellow member of this sport that I so love. He chose to show nothing but low-lifes (lives?) for characters; the horsemanship and training and some of the riding is not very realistic; why couldnt he have looked at racing with a little class! Also, I am surprised that world reknown jockey, Gary Stevens allowed his name to be put in the credits of this one!
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Hey,
I might only be one person, but I think your fears of Luck's presentation of the sport are overstated. The first episode of Luck made me want to go to the track for the first time in my life, and I've never shown even a tinge of interest in horse racing. (or horses for that matter)
There's something about the atmosphere, I don't know. Might just be that the Santa Anita track is something special. I'm not sure.
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Devote Deadwood fan who has been to the track a handful of times and have studied Milch at some length. To racetrack enthusiasts, your only worry should be that MM power-grabbed the series from Milch and it'll be overly dramatic. Milch loves his characters and setting and from what I understand he has absolute love for the track.
And I think you guys are being overly protective. I thought the gamblers were shown in a sympathetic and honest light. Obviously they are flawed, and their ambivalence to the horse breaking its leg was callous, but rang true considering the stakes. That said, the three had genuine affection for each other (the fourth was an outsider) that made me instantly like them. The reason none of them went bat-shit crazy when they won (as opposed to the outsider) was shock. The moment when Joey and Wheelchair-bound-short-breather fawned over the ticket "Don't crinkle it." showed, more than the money itself, they were happy they won.
The horse being put down was done with great sympathy (through the lens of the jockeys) and was a great death scene (though I suspect it would have been a better payoff later, and it was Mann who orchestrated its presence in the pilot, as opposed to episode two or three).
Finally, if you really want people to the track, know that Secretariat and Disney-Horse-Movies will not do it. I haven't been to the track in over a year and after watching the pilot, I was moved to call and schedule a trip with my buddies. Basically, the series isn't going to get you any newcomers, but it does provide the opportunity for the recreational attendee to up their attendance to local tracks beyond putting bets on the triple crown races.
All told, if left in the hands of Milch, you're good to go and this will be a great series. If the Mann v. Milch conflict has resulted in Mann having final say on story, I won't vouch for the veracity of the plot or its long-term prospects.
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Five schmo's at the track win $3 million in the Pick 6 and only one of them is dancing? If I won $600,000 I'd be dancin' naked in the streets!! 600K should provide enough incentive for the guy in the wheel chair to get up and walk again! I've never seen such a low-key celebration for such a high-key payoff. My Christmas wish for the show: Chantal in a scene "reducing" in the sauna. Sure, she could be wearing a bathing suit, but since this is not TV, it's HBO, maybe less is more? Please Santa, in future episodes, let my wish come true!
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Jimmy "O" from Chicago.... I couldn't agree with you more about the behavior of the Pick 6 winners and their ability to contain their joy. Your remark about the guy in the wheelchair being able to "get up and walk" is right next to the comments made about "Da Hoss" when he was compared to "Lazarus" in the bible.
I also totally agree about Chantal "reducing" to make weight in a swimsuit. That would be a real break-thru episode and would certainly give us "regulars" something to look forward to.
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Dave, if the guy you are referring to--who didn't know that the longest shot on the board in the last leg of the pick six would get him the $2million+ payout --was the guy in the hat, my impression was that he was most assuredly not a railbird. He helped bankroll things but didn't know jack about horse racing.
[Yep, if he was the one asking about the payouts it makes sense. I thought it was the skinny guy with the moustache but could be remembering it wrong. In any case it's a pretty minor point; for the most part I thought they got the big stuff right. - DR]
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((I'll try again))
Think it's gonna be a winner. Anyone that's naive enough to think the rounders & degenerates hanging over the rail in this HBO preview aren't typical of any track in N. America are, well,.......naive.
It's part of the 'atmosphere' of horse racing, and people not comfortable with this kind of 'cast of characters' might not enjoy it. Better the ballet, perhaps.
Can' wait for it to kick in end of Jan.
btw: I don't know how, but I'm thinking the boys are gonna somehow screw up their pic 6 score.
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I think the show will be a great draw to horse racing. It shows promise of making a trip to the Derby and is enthralling enough to bring new blood into the sport without dumbing it down enough to make it repetitive to those that know the sport. You can't always expect a "Seabiscuit" or "Secretariat" depiction of our sport. The sad fact is that most of the action in the show occurs, or has occurred in the world of horse racing, take a look at Dutrow for example. I loved the pilot and believe it plants the seeds for a great new show. I'm looking forward to following it.
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Thumbs down! An embarrassing effort by a group a hugely talented artists. Whatever its flaws, none is as glaring as the disinterest that the broader audience will show for this yawner.
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Luck was good.I suggest dropping that thick spanish accent of the trainer,I cant understand a word he says,Chantal looked terrific.
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Luck is a great opportunity for the sport to expand beyond its current base of fans. I hope the shows connections and network refine beyond what we saw in the debut. As this shows connections are involved in the sport they need to use this opportunity to expand the reach, create a buzz and bring horse racing back to the national sports conversation where is resides for only that one magical day a year at Churchill Downs.
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As a new horse owner I thought it was total crap.....felons, shady trainer with phony owners, degenerates playing the pick six, loan sharks, a horse breaking his leg and having to be put down. I can't imagine anybody who likes horse racing or works in horse racing watching another crap filled episode. CRAP. Jerry
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If Time-Warner didn't feel the need to charge so much to have 200 channels of nonsense in their standard package, I'd subscribe to HBO just to be able to watch Luck. That being said, it's good to hear this isn't another comedy or fairytale with horse racing as a subplot. Now I can't wait for the first season to be over so I can get the episodes on DVD! ;)
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Luck isn't an advertisement for the game. It isn't meant to increase attendance or interest in the Sport of Kings. It is series that uses racetrack characters to tell its story. The writer, director, and actors suggest to me it will be a terrific story. People who play the horses will spot the scenes that ring untrue but I don't think we will see the nonsense of the Secretariat movie. For people who tune into HBO without prior racetrack experience they will have to learn how to experience the story just as they learned how to watch all the other HBO stories. But Milch and his crew shouldn't be judged on whether they revive horse racing or not, but on how well they tell this particular story.
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I've been in the horse racing business off and on for about forty years and I really hope that the characterization of our sport in the new series "Luck" is more of retro look as opposed to what currently exists today.
As a past claiming owner, I must admit that some part's of the storyline do remind me of several of yesteryear's practices - undercover ownership, workouts in the dark, darkened form, sleeping with one's horse the night before a big race and of course, "peds."
Without doubt, stories about the tricksters will always abound at the racetrack particularly those that feature trainers, jockeys and the big jackpot hustlers. That simply goes with the territory.
Today, drugs (legal & illegal) are common practice and everyone knows it. Big gamblers and perhaps some unsavory individuals continue to show up to wager every now and then and a keen eye can easily pick them out on race day.
And fortunately, when horses need to be destroyed due to catastrophic injury, it is handled in a more humane way (as depicted in the show) than it used to be (for the record, I do recall witnessing a "put-down" at old Narragansett Park back in the late 60's by the track veterinarian who removed a small revolver from is long winter coat down near the finish line to end an unfortunate horse's suffering. I remember thinking at the moment - what was I to expect? I'm in Rhode Island!).
Like most of those who have commented to date, lets hope that at least some of the finer moments of racing are showcased along with the profiles of many of racing's honest and hard working people.
Tommy Jaye
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i as a avid racing fan for more than 50 years, i am extremely pleased that hbo and i do hope that all
those big powerful t.v.stations take note , that horseracing will be always here to stay, and any kind of movies showing the racing sport i am glad to see all their movies about this sport which i love very much, fro, the very 1st episode the film has great talented actors , directors and producers, i cannot wait to see all of the remaining episodes, also i love to see gary stevens and chantal sutherland in thes roles because they do represent the real world of horse racing. thumbs up for hbo.
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I believe that this sport has gone down hill within the last year. How many upsets has there been? Breeders cup... and most recent starlet stakes, not including all of the other upsets that were brushed under the carpet. I have been a long time fan of drf and have wagered quite a bit on money towards this sport. It is upsetting to me.
Horse racing will always be around. And will never go anywhere, but a "HBO" program is only going to temp owners (and give racing a bad name) to run a few bad runs and then unleash their horse on the third or fourth ...etc.....collecting their winnings.
Seriously please keep it a clean decent Gentleman sport, this is one of the only sports we have left that shows CLASS in AMERICA !!!!
for comments from DRF or others please feel free to write me. All is welcome!
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Opps... my bad. There were 9 horses entered in the 8th race. That makes it $3240.00 for the total cost of the actual Pick 6 ticket on the napkin. I had thought that there were only 8 entered.
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good show! grow up those of you who keep complaining about it portraying a negative side. It is just good television.
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For those of you who are worried that this show will depict horse racing in a more terrible light than it already is... you need only remember the movie "The Last Boy Scout" with Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans. Pro football didn't suffer one lick and the Sport of Kings will not suffer either.
As a player, I have yet to hear anyone accurately assess the cost of the pick six ticket... so let's get this straight: 3 w/ 1 w/4 w/5 w/3 w/8 is ($2880.00). As far as the degenerate triumverate (railbird Pick 6 players), they let another degenerate into their pool because they needed a bigger bank to compete against the syndicates. He wasn't a regular Pick 6 player, he was making money on the side and was rightfully confused by the payouts in the last leg. Which newcomer to the Pick 6 wouldn't be? He had previously scored/cashed a trifecta for $117.00 using his TVG account on information from the guy in the wheelchair/oxygen mask and swore to himself to one day offer to bankroll the genius who provided the information (the wheelchair guy).
The trainer (Escalante) reminds me of Julio Canani (sorry Julio if you are offended) for some reason. I don't know him and have only heard stories of his and Frankel's exploits at the windows. I saw nothing wrong with him "putting his horse over" at a price. This is how it is done and everyone knows this.
As far as the other sub-plots moving fluidly throughout the program's first episode, I too am excited about the remaining episodes and have faith in Michael Mann's and David Milch's (M&M) abilities to entertain. What I don't really comprehend (and will not likely understand until much later... if at all) is the portrayal of the "Sport of Kings" in this manner. They (M&M) have effectively smeared our great sport right from the gate. Could it be that Milch (a horse owner) does have an ax to grind with the sport and how it is run? I think so... but I have been wrong before. One can "like" something a great deal... but then we end up resenting what we like when we become too familiar with it. I hope I am wrong about this but so far... that's my only interpretation right now.
For all of you commenting (without the benefit of watching the show) well.... I'm even more confused by such behavior and suggest you get on board like the rest of us.
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LUCK WILL NEED A LOT OF LUCK TO MAKE IT . RACING IS DROPING EVERY YEAR AND THEY DO NOT NEED THIS KIND OF HELP.TRY AND GET NEW PLAYERS AFTER WATCHING THIS SHOW. I GOT HBO JUST TO WATCH THIS SERIES IT GOT LEFT IN THE GATE. HOPE IT IS A STRONG CLOSER BEFORE I TEAR UP THE TICKET.
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Like the fact that there is a show about horse racing but......as a long time player from the east coast (pick six nowhere near as popular as it is in Cali) watching the degenerates a) be inside the track during training hours. b) Come up with the 3400.00 it would take to play that ticket (not the 864.00 by the way), I immediately cringe in disbelief. And by the way how many times is a pot that large hit by one person AND on track. The mob involved in the purchase of a track, what is this 1970? And when was the last time you saw a trainer directly go to the window to play 2 grand on his own horse? If it is before the 4th race on a weekday, his horse will open at around 9-5 with that kind of early money on him......sorry to be so specific but I live in the real world of a handicapper. I take pride in picking winners not playing lottery tickets. With all that being said, I am sure it will be very entertaining.
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The idea that a railbird was clueless was not that unrealistic to me. I saw a guy sell half his pick six ticket before last leg for a $300 check that would have bounced from here to Timbuktu. This guy was a regular. He had the two logicals in the next leg and of course it ended coming in for over 30K.
I always lament as to how I lose so consistently against such weak competition. :)
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The show definitely portrayed the negative side of racing. Hopefully the remaining episodes will show some of the positive attributes. Everything in life has a positive and negative side, what is shown is in the hands of the producers. For many people this will be the first exposure they have to horse racing.
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A trainer who hides the ability of his horse to cash a bet. At excellent odds of about 12/1. The trainer is depicted as a sneaky person. A jockey is depicted as an alcoholic. An owner of racehorses is an ex-convict. A very negative portrayal of the fans who won the pick-6 for a couple million dollars. Who wrote this script, and where did they get this negative understanding of the sport of horse racing? Is someone trying to project an image of the sport for political reasons?
I'm sure there are many fine analysts, breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys, exercise riders, grooms, and all others employees in the sport who lead fine lives, raise their families, support local businesses, and are just decent people.
Yes, there are injuries in the horseracing sport, as in all sports. Football, basketball, baseball, auto racing, etc. They do the best they can to provide aid, medical coverage to the injured participants. Horses and humans.
It's a rough sport for the jockey's, grooms, and others who handle the horses. I have the utmost respect for the risk these people put up with to provide entertainment for the many fans who enjoy the sport of horseracing. To increase the popularity of horse racing, maybe a decrease in the takeout might be a good idea. 25% to 16% mutuel takeout per race! Multiply that by about 9 races a day. A fan is broke by the 5th race. Lower the takeout to 7% on straight bets, and 10% on the other type of bets. Give the fans a chance to make some money, while enjoying a wonderful sport.
Louis Komaromi
A long time fan
UAW/GM Retiree
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WOW, DIDNT WATCH DONT GET HBO. THAT BEING SAID BEEN AROUND SPORTS FOR 30 YEARS HORSES FOURTY. ANYONE THAT DIDNT LIKE SHOW AND IS A FAN OF THE SPORT, ANY EXPOSURE IS BETTER THEN NONE. THE NFL OR NATIONAL FELLONS LEAGUE YOU HAVE KILLERS AND I MEAN KILLERS THAT ARE BEING PAYED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND PEOPLE STILL WATCH IT. GO TO ANY SPORT AND SOME OF THE WORSE PEOPLE ARE FORGIVIN FOR BREAKING THE LAW AND THE MORONIC PUBLIC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THEM. PROBABLY ONE OF YOU THAT DIDNT LIKE THE SHOW IM SURE. GET WITH REALITY, THE SPORT NEEDS ATTENTION AND IF ITS UGLY ATTENTION LIKE OTHER SPORTS IT SELLS. ITS UNFORTUNATE BUT THATS WHAT PEOLPE WANT SO GIVE IT TO THEM. MR MILCH HAS BEEN IN THE THE SPORT ALONG TIME AND PUT MORE MONEY AND TOOK CARE OF HIS HORSES BETTER THEN MOST. SO GET A CLUE AND SUPPORT SOME EFFORT TO HELP THE SPORT!!!!
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Why did they have to show a horse breaking down so soon??? I can't imagine a TV series about Gymnasts showing a little girl falling off the bars and breaking her neck!! (Yes, this happens) I was very disappointed with the first episode of this show. I hope it gets better.
I just hope I don't have to spend the next month trying to explain to my non-racing friends that I'm not hanging out with a bunch of degenerates at the track nor dating a man that cheats with his horses.
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I fell a sleep during it. I found it slow moving and boring.
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i liked it!! It's something i see every thursday thru sunday. If you remember the sopranos first episode was slow but I continued to watch each week & never miss a show & won't miss 1 of Luck's. whether bad or good side of racing the truth will make good television & those who love the sport like me will continue to go to the track & bring other people out to enjoy it.
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For what it's worth I didn't mean to imply that the grittiness of "Luck" was necessarily a bad thing, just something different than the Disney version of racing seen in "Secretariat." Personally I thought the pilot episode was good and the series could turn out great depending on where it goes from here. If it's relentlessly dark to the point of ridiculousness that would be a pitfall, but if they can strike the right balance I think it could tell some compelling stories ... ultimately that's going to be the show's goal, not "promoting racing" or "helping the sport" as some of the reaction to the pilot seems to want.
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Didn't see the show and my guess is that I might not want to, although a well turned performance is always a treat.
I'll just say that the first bet I ever placed was on a horse that broke down on the far turn. A John Deere with a crude white trailer, officially dubbed a "horse ambulance", pulled up and from behind this shield we could hear the muffled sound of a shotgun traveling more than the quarter of a mile distance to the finish line. I turned to a friend and said, "Did what I think just happened just happen?"
He nodded and turned the form to the next page.
So I agree with Jennifer that we don't need to see the gory details, and fortunately I hung in there and got to have the true beauty of the sport revealed to me at, of all places, Hialeah. Go figure.
Breakdowns do happen and the put-downs are much more humane these days but, given all the horses that run at all of the tracks, it is not a high percentage occurrence.
This fictionalized "Luck" might be something the game doesn't really need.
And yet is is just a story.
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LUCK This show will set back racing which does not need it at this time. With track officials getting fired, trainers getting 10 year-life bans. The owners of SANTA ANITA did not need to allow this show to be filmed there.The casino owners must love to see the track painted black.This wound needs to be healed real fast. They are not telling any die hard horse player anything they do not allready know.
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I loved the Sopranos but this was not in its league. Def left you feeling empty without any regard for the horses. Love the sport and it is not a true depiction of it. sad, sad, sad so much more to tell and unfortunately this portrays everything at its ultimate worse. There is so much that is inspiring and gives so much joy to those involved in the game.
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No wonder racing has such a bad image. This is the only way Hollywood knows how to portray it. I'm so discouraged everytime I see racing on TV or in the movies. All they show is scheming and cheating and cruelty. I guess the real truth is too boring.
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I liked the show all and all. And I think it will do good things for racing - or at the very least nothing at all.
I also liked the show "Jockeys", but I think that portraying the gambling side of racing (moreso than Sutherland/Smith drama) is a better way to hook fans.
As a horseplayer who has yet to see his 35th birthday, there are not many of my peers at the track. Anything that can build excitment and buzz around the sport will provide for its future - casue all of us know that once you get a taste for this sport you are in it for life. I think this show will push a couple of people over that line.
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I've been a fan for over 50 years and an owner for 7 years, all I can say about the show is that it is disgusting! Santa Anita sponsored this? Like this is going to bring new fans into the game!
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Wow after reading this review, I am bummed. Racing does not need this kind of depiction; it is struggling enough without exposing the public to the lowest-lows of the sport. I already loved horse racing by the time I saw my first serious injury. If I was just learning about the sport when I saw that injury, I would have walked away immediately and never returned. Fortunately (or unfortunately), I already loved the sport before I saw some of the the awfulness that it has in it. From the sound of this review, the people who watch this show on HBO are going to see the worst the sport has to offer immediately, and I think this depiction may poison the general public against horse racing even further. Does the thoroughbred industry have any interest or say in how this show is produced and depiicts the sport? If so, I would certainly recommend an intervention.
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