The Black Stallion (1979)

Mickey Rooney: Henry Dailey

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• Henry Dailey : Lookin' this way! Not lookin' this way and lookin' down on the ground. Lookin' straight ahead. That's right. You want to see what's comin' in back of ya, look underneath your arms. Not over here. Not over shoulders. Down under here. See, in here? See what's goin' on. Down there, all around you. And you can scoot and boot. Understand?

• Alec Ramsey : Henry, is the Black fast?

  Henry Dailey : He's fast.

  Alec Ramsey : Fast enough to be a race horse?

  Henry Dailey : Alec, that Black is a desert horse. He's fast, alright. Sure, he's fast. But, he hasn't got any papers. Fast or not, I don't think they'd ever let him run.

• Henry Dailey : Look ahead. Down the lane. Down the lane. No, no. Now, you don't jump straight up and down. Now, look, just try and - try and keep your body as still as possible. Cause, he'll be movin'. See. He'll be movin'. He'll be makin' that rhythm. You just go on with him. See. No. No, you don't have to pump him. Just, just, just kinda go straight ahead with him. Huh? Just like you're throwin' away. No, no, like you're throwin' it away. Like this. Throw it away. That's right. That's right. Throw it away. That's right.

• Henry Dailey : Now, look it, when a horse starts out of that gate, too, you've got to remember this, got to remember it: you don't want him to out break you. You know what that means? That horse starts to settle, they open that gate, wham! Like that and someone just: scap! Wap! Well, you can't do that. So, you grab a handful of mane. Just before he says go, hold on, so he don't out break you. You know what I mean? Because, you open that gate, you just be sittin' in mid air. You understand? And this Black can out break you, you know.

• Alec Ramsey : Did you know any good jockeys? Real good, famous jockeys?

  Henry Dailey : There are a lot of 'em. George Woolf, the Iceman.

  Alec Ramsey : Iceman?

  Henry Dailey : Oh, now, that's just what they call him. Georgie Woolf - and they call him in the newspapers the Iceman. Because, he - he sits chilly on a horse. That means he sits there and he can wait. He knows what to do. He's studyin' a horse. Now, he's up there ridin'. He's up there ridin', goin' on with him. You know what I mean? He's sittin' up there goin' on - studyin' him! He's just studyin' him! Studyin' him! Just studyin' him - and when it's time to make his move, they say, "Ah, here comes the Iceman."

  [laughs] 

• Henry Dailey : Jake, that horse has got speed he ain't even tapped yet!

  Jake : Well, if you ask me, you're nuts. You are outta your mind. That monster has no more business bein' out on this track with class...

  Henry Dailey : He's fast.

  Jake : But, he's wild! You saw him zigzaggin' all over the course.

  Henry Dailey : Well?