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The Shamrock Handicap
UNITED STATES · 1926

The Shamrock Handicap

John Ford
horse racing Irish nobility financial hardship class struggle redemption
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Synopsis

Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their priz

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