50 to 1
The title refers to the odds against Mine That Bird, the 2-year-old gelding that won a surprise victory in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and the movie tells us how he got to the winner's circle with owners Mark Allen (Christian Kane) and Leonard Blach (William Devane), trainer Chip Woolley (Skeet Ulrich) and jockey Calvin Borel (playing himself). Everybody loves a good sports movie where the underdog comes from behind, and director Jim Wilson and his co-writer Faith Conroy don't blow it. They lay it on a little thick, perhaps, in presenting all these New Mexico cowboys as fish out of water among the snooty racing aristocrats of Churchill Downs, but it keeps things amusing while we wait for the big race. Madelyn Deutch adds spice as Ulrich's spunky assistant—plus a touch of beauty to complement the horses.
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