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Film, An Analysis Of Jockeys
This movie provides a considerable sense of just how tough and treacherous it is to ride one of these majestic horses in a race. Jockeys are occasionally friends, every now and then they are mortal competitors, and every so often they yell at each other while racing. From time to time this will work, but every so often it is a unlikely to occur, just like the time that Red said "goodbye" to his comrade as Seabiscuit moves into his winning

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