Joe Hernandez

The Winner's Circle

Felix E. Feist

Elliott Lewis, Jean Willes

A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.

Gentleman from Dixie

Albert Herman

Jack La Rue, Marian Marsh

A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.

The Story of Seabiscuit

David Butler

Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel

The Long Shot

Charles Lamont

Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.

She Went to the Races

Willis Goldbeck

James Craig, Frances Gifford

A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.

Here Comes Malicious

Joe Hernandez

The story of "Malicious," one of the great race horses of the era, narrated by Joe Hernandez, the "voice of Santa Anita", that opens with the race at the Tanfaran track in northern California where "Malicious" broke the track record.