Some jockeys ride for the pay-off, Andy Crowley rides because she cant imagine doing anything else. On her way to becoming New Yorks most acclaimed female jockey, shes forced to move to a New England track renowned for colourful misfits and accidental deaths. After winning the unwinnable, she begins to suspect somethings amiss. When an enigmatic owner insists the newcomer ride his Kentucky colt, she soon discovers how rough the races will get. Shell have to decide whether she can stay the course to her Derby dreams or get drawn into the dodgy and unpredictable world ruled by South Bostons mob bosses.
Some jockeys ride for the pay-off, Andy Crowley rides because she cant imagine doing anything else. On her way to becoming New Yorks most acclaimed female jockey, shes forced to move to a New England track renowned for colourful misfits and accidental deaths. After winning the unwinnable, she begins to suspect somethings amiss. When an enigmatic owner insists the newcomer ride his Kentucky colt, she soon discovers how rough the races will get. Shell have to decide whether she can stay the course to her Derby dreams or get drawn into the dodgy and unpredictable world ruled by South Bostons mob bosses.