“- Jay Trotter: Stay on the track!
- Looney: The horse can't hear you!”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Jay Trotter
David Johansen - Looney

“- Marty: Eight's the one, I'd stake my life on it.
- Jay Trotter: They've got a $2 minimum bet.”

Edward Walsh - Marty
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Jay Trotter

“- Racetrack Higgins: You know that hot tip I told you about?
- Jack Kelly: Yeah.
- Racetrack Higgins: Nobody told the horse.”

Max Casella - Racetrack Higgins
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“You're the only man whoever bet on a horse that started from a kneeling position.”
Colleen Camp - Rhonda Shand

“Horses're fascinating animals. Dumb as fenceposts but very intuitive. In that way they're not too different from high school girls: they may not have a brain in their head but they do know all the boys want to fuck 'em.”
Gene Hackman - Ramsey