“- 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

“- Frank Hopkins: Only fools or gamblers walk behind a stange mare, Sheikh! You can believe that.
- Sheik Riyadh: Is that a passage from the Bible?”
Viggo Mortensen - Frank Hopkins
Omar Sharif - Sheikh Riyadh

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

“Let me put it this way. My horse is definitely not my best friend.”
Owen Wilson - Roy O'Bannon