Description: | Entertaining documentary short from 1941 about the life of a thoroughbred from being a newborn colt, being weaned from his mother, and training on the racetrack. Filmed at Warren Wrights prominent racehorse farm Calumet Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. Footage of champion thoroughbred Whirlaway being trained, in action on the track, and winning the Triple Crown. Cute shots of a newborn foal playing and struggling to get up. Good shot of horses nuzzling (looks like they are kissing). *********************************************************************************************************** 00:00:00 20th Century Fox presents Ed Thorgersens Sports Review, Produced by Truman Talley Life of a Thoroughbred Supervision, Jack Darrack Direction, Tom Cummiskey Photography, William Storz Continuity, Russell G Shields. Lexington, Kentucky TRACKING SHOT past stately home & horses playing in pasture (Warren Wrights Calumet Farms). Newborn foal struggling to stand up (very cute). Foal nursing from mother. CU foals shaking legs. Mare & foal galloping in pasture past other horses. VS racehorse & sire Sun Teddy in pasture. Foal & mare being led into stable. 02:20:45 Lexington, Kentucky Silhouetted image of halter being place over foals head. Foal & mare being led out of stable. MS foal being petted. MS foal neighing & taking off. Foal wearing halter walking w mare in pasture. Foal lying down next to grazing mare in pasture. LA fruit on tree. Foal & mare galloping around pasture, horses playing. 03:40:12 Lexington, Kentucky CU corn husk crop. Handler sitting on fence watching horses. Foal dozes by mare. Handler leads foal & mare from pasture to stable. CU Weaning list INT stable Mare & foal in stall. Mare led out of stall, foal left alone & paces nervously (sad). Mare led into pasture w other horses, who gallop away. Foal neighing & pacing in stall. 05:31:45 Lexington, Kentucky Trainer enters stall w nervous weanling colt, pets & leads him out of stall. Men lead weanling colts to pasture & let them gallop away. MS Warren Wright and his wife Lucille Parker Wright leaning against paddock fence. PAN weanling colts galloping in pasture. 06:30:78 Lexington, Kentucky Handler brings saddle to yearling colt Hunch. MS handler petting horse. Handler saddles up yearling colt (saddling). CU sign on stall Hunch : BC 1940 Chance Play, Little Dianah by Silk Greysteel Handler rides horse in stall & in stable w man leading him around. Handlers ride horses out of stable & on racetrack. Horse galloping on racetrack. MS trainer signaling by waving handkerchief. 07:26:03 CU sign Lexington. Train departing from Lexington train station. VS horses riding in train stalls. Horses nuzzling in train. View outside train window. Handler feeding carrot to horse in train. Handler leads horse out of stall. Trainer Ben A Jones walks in front of horses being led. Racehorse Whirlaway mounted by exercise boy in stable. WS horses looking out of stall in stable. Ben A Jones riding horse Silver King next to jockey on Whirlaway. Whirlaway galloping on race track (training w exercise boy). Two horses nuzzling each other (Whirlaway & Silver King) (looks like horses are kissing) (good shot: could add to kiss CPL!) 08:54:25 HA CU sponge thrown into bucket. Handler bathing Whirlaway & brushing his tail. Dog plays w Whirlaway as he is led to stable. Impatient Whirlaway pacing in stall. Handler feeds Whirlaway, who chows down and sticks nose into CAM. 09:41:34 HA crowds at racetrack. Handlers put blinker on Whirlaway. CU hands on reins. Triple Crown horserace programs spinning around w Whirlaway sign. Kentucky Derby, Preakness, & Belmot Stakes superimposed over Whirlaway galloping on racetrack w jockey George Edward Arcaro riding. SLOWMOTION Whirlaway galloping on racetrack. Whirlaway in winners circle w garland of flowers draped over shoulders, George Edward Arcaro riding him. LA Whirlaway headshot. Title card: Sports Review - The End 10:40:04 OUT |