Lean on Pete

00:38:56,112 --> 00:38:58,070 That's a good one. 438 00:38:58,072 --> 00:39:00,281 I just tell it like I see it. 439 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:26,765 Is it hard being a girl jockey? 440 00:39:26,767 --> 00:39:28,600 It isn't easy, that's for sure. 441 00:39:28,602 --> 00:39:31,854 I used to work out horses up at the track for a couple of trainers. 442 00:39:31,856 --> 00:39:33,688 They always promised me rides. 443 00:39:33,690 --> 00:39:36,817 And then when it came time, never called my name. 444 00:39:36,819 --> 00:39:40,196 So I just had to wait around for the horses no one else wanted to ride. 445 00:39:40,198 --> 00:39:42,449 Did you ever get hurt? 446 00:39:42,451 --> 00:39:45,744 Yeah, once at a race in Union, which is way out in eastern Oregon. 447 00:39:45,746 --> 00:39:47,828 I was in the gate, this horse reared up, 448 00:39:47,830 --> 00:39:50,206 flipped over backwards, and I couldn't get out. 449 00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:52,041 He landed on me. 450 00:39:52,043 --> 00:39:54,710 - What happened? - Broke my pelvis, punctured a lung. 451 00:39:54,713 --> 00:39:58,338 My mom was there. She saw me on the ground, screaming out in pain. 452 00:39:58,340 --> 00:40:01,803 All she said was, "You're not too hurt to run in the seventh, are you?" 453 00:40:02,763 --> 00:40:04,598 Got a job at the Red Lobster after that. 454 00:40:05,639 --> 00:40:07,348 I like that place. 455 00:40:07,350 --> 00:40:10,688 I went to the one in Spokane with my dad for my 13th birthday. 456 00:40:11,814 --> 00:40:14,397 But then I went back. And that's what happens. 457 00:40:14,399 --> 00:40:17,358 I started riding for this guy that made Del look like a good guy. 458 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,111 I mean, a real pervert. 459 00:40:19,113 --> 00:40:21,528 He liked to watch girls taking a piss. 460 00:40:21,530 --> 00:40:24,533 Then there was another horse that spooked. 461 00:40:24,535 --> 00:40:27,119 Threw me into the rail, and I broke my back. 462 00:40:27,121 --> 00:40:28,954 - Shit. - It was worse for the horse. 463 00:40:28,956 --> 00:40:32,081 Broke both his forelegs; something I'd hardly ever seen before. 464 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:34,083 Hey, what can I get you? 465 00:40:34,085 --> 00:40:35,838 - Uh... elephant ear. - All righty. 466 00:40:36,881 --> 00:40:38,547 And then what? 467 00:40:38,549 --> 00:40:41,344 Then I met Del. He lets me ride. 468 00:40:44,263 --> 00:40:46,099 - Thank you, ma'am. - Thank you. 469 00:40:47,141 --> 00:40:50,059 Sometimes I think I might quit. 470 00:40:50,061 --> 00:40:52,939 There's only so many times you can fall down, right? 471 00:40:54,357 --> 00:40:56,108 You could go back to Red Lobster. 472 00:40:57,610 --> 00:40:59,529 That I could. 473 00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:07,493 Ain't that Rooster something? 474 00:41:07,495 --> 00:41:09,748 Hope you had a couple of bucks on Rooster. 475 00:41:14,335 --> 00:41:16,546 - Hey, Bonnie. - What? 476 00:41:18,674 --> 00:41:21,340 I heard someone down by the track 477 00:41:21,342 --> 00:41:24,427 saying that Del runs his horses into the ground. 478 00:41:24,429 --> 00:41:26,222 You think he'll do that with Pete? 479 00:41:26,224 --> 00:41:30,016 Well, it's true. If Del's broke, he'll run his horses every two weeks. 480 00:41:30,018 --> 00:41:31,811 Sometimes even once a week. 481 00:41:32,897 --> 00:41:34,729 And is he broke? 482 00:41:34,731 --> 00:41:36,816 He's broke a lot more than he used to be. 483 00:41:36,818 --> 00:41:40,154 We haven't done the fair circuit in a long while. We're here now, so... 484 00:41:41,281 --> 00:41:43,029 Don't worry about Pete. 485 00:41:43,031 --> 00:41:45,241 He's a quarter horse, so he's got that going for him. 486 00:41:45,243 --> 00:41:48,034 And he's probably been laid up for a while. 487 00:41:48,036 --> 00:41:51,038 Listen, you can't get attached to the horse. 488 00:41:51,041 --> 00:41:52,540 Why not? 489 00:41:52,542 --> 00:41:56,213 'Cause you can't think of them as pets. They're here to race and nothing else. 490 00:41:57,213 --> 00:41:59,090 If they lose too much, they get fired. 491 00:42:00,133 --> 00:42:01,968 Just the way it is. 492 00:42:03,303 --> 00:42:05,139 Come on, let's get going. 493 00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:10,099 This race is a quarter-horse event. 494 00:42:10,101 --> 00:42:12,184 Just a 200-yard dash down the straightaway. 495 00:42:12,186 --> 00:42:14,145 Don't blink or you might miss it. 496 00:42:14,147 --> 00:42:16,901 Here's Bonnie Durand riding No.1, Lean On Pete. 497 00:42:18,319 --> 00:42:19,611 Come on, Pete. 498 00:42:19,613 --> 00:42:21,655 Lean On Pete into gate one on the inside. 499 00:42:28,329 --> 00:42:30,955 Let's go, let's go. 500 00:42:33,792 --> 00:42:36,834 And they are all in the start gate. 501 00:42:36,836 --> 00:42:38,962 - Come on, Ray! - Let's go!