Pride of the Blue Grass

Race horses have been a subject for motion pictures since before there were motion pictures -- Eadward Muybridge's series of photos, meant to figure out how a horse runs, is considered an important datum in the movies' history. This story, about how a boy trained his blind horse to be a champion steeplechaser, has the added fillip of having the actual horse play himself.

But the story is given the B movie treatment and it shows great indication of having been cut down, past the fat into the muscle and perhaps the bone -- there's apparently a wonderful back story about the breakup of the juvenile's father and the stable owner, and a clear sense that he came to no good -- although exactly what he did is never made clear.

Nonetheless, in the context of a small budget, the actors do a fine job. Granville Bates, another actor with a familiar face usually relegated to uncredited roles or the cutting room floor, does a nice turn as the grouchy Colonel Griner, a role that could have been very monotonous.