The Story of Seabiscuit1949

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer:
Listen, Ted, you just finished third on a colt that could have won.

Ted Knowles, Jockey:
Oh, is that so? The bad ride beat him, huh?

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer:
No. His disposition beat him. He's too friendly, too sociable for his own good. Now, I've been working on an idea. I cut two holes in his blinkers, and here's what you've got to do. The next time you start with him, take him to the front if you can. When you can see the head of a horse closing in on you out of the corner of your eye, hit the Biscuit with all the power that's in you, three times, no more. After that, hand ride him to the wire. Is that clear now?

Ted Knowles, Jockey:
Sure, that's easy.

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer:
And get this. Do it every time you start, three terrible, hard cuts.

Ted Knowles, Jockey:
Okay, then what?

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer:
He'll soon learn it's not play, and it won't be long till you notice him cocking an ear back to listen at what's coming up behind. After that, you'll not need the whip. He'll get up and go to get away from it when he gets a peek at the closing horse through the holes in his blinkers.

Ted Knowles, Jockey:
Well, it won't hurt to try. I'll ride him just that way.

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer:
I think it'll work.