In a switch on the beloved hick flick story line,
wonder trotter and kindly underdog owners show up at big Kentucky race with hearts high — and have them broken as a crafty rival driver blind - sides our hero
Fans had
wondered where the money to pay the American's wages was going to come from given that the
Trotters could barely afford to pay fit squad members, let alone a player that had made just over 40 appearances in three years.