Down the Stretch

In court, 'Snapper' Sinclair (Mickey Rooney) gets sentenced to reformatory. Race horse owner Patricia Barrington (Patricia Ellis) recognizes his name. It turns out that he's the son of legendary jockey Snapper Sinclair with a scandal. The Judge suspends the sentence and places the boy in Patricia's charge. Noah (Willie Best) works on her horse farm.

The initial starting premise is a little clunky, but the story is rather straight forward for the first half. Then there is a turn. How one looks at it depends on one's feelings about Willie Best. For me, he's always been doing dated comedy of its time. He's only good for comic relief and nothing else. I really don't like that he's instrumental in the plot turn and everything he does after that. I don't particularly like the ending either. All that frustrates me.