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Kentucky Pride
UNITED STATES · 1925

Kentucky Pride

John Ford
horse racing human-animal bond gambling loss and hardship thoroughbred champions
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Synopsis

This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.

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