Tried to find this film for many years....Thank you TMC for having the old horse stories marathon last week. PLEASE DO IT AGAIN.
After watching the film ( a real B Movie with a capital " B " ), you get the feel it has been minced in the editing room BUT, the acting is great and using a cute foal in the opening scenes later to become the " real blind horse, Elmer Gantry - quite an amazing animal " draws you into the story. Now, the question - HOW MUCH IS THE TRUE STORY ? Did he run in the Derby to finish 2nd and then his blindness was discovered, and did he win the Grand National in Europe? Makes you want to do some research homework. I did.
I fell in love with a gray roan mare named " LADY " at a farm close to my home who had moon blindness due to an infection - but just one eye affected....so I was a "sucker" for this movie. It's a film of REDEMPTION and OVERCOMING A DISABILITY and I highly recommend it.
Now how much is TRUE ------------------------ due your homework.
A Teacher from NY did, HGB