think we are - crooks?
Of course not.
Yet I don't want to throw lots.
Suppose I lose?
You plan to press Narkisov
at the start or the border?
You think we don't see through you?
You think you can win over
Nikolayev riding Harold?
Who will ride Harold
makes no difference.
Okay, think twice.
You have an option.
Don't blab it out to Amirov.
What are you talking about?
I'm like Caesar's wife,
I'm above suspicion.
Oh, cut out this crap!
A beauty's heart
is liable to treachery...
So that means...
That my Dancing
is scapegoat?
We can't do it with Dancing alone.
Harold must be pressed
on all sides.
Are your riders reliable?
Quite. Zyablik
won't disobey.
I'll ride my own horse.
But your Kasyanov
may let us down.
He may think it's foul play.
Sasha is a nut.
But I'm not gonna tell him
the whole story.
I'll give him
a totally confusing strategy.
I'm telling you, Ivan Ivanovich,
you aren't entirely right
treating Amirovthis way.
Each fall, Amirov selects
promising youngsters
and does a good job with them.
He brings out all their assets.
You'd talk differently
with the winning lot.
Would you bet
that you'd get as many favorites
if last fall you'd got the horses
Amirov had.
He takes no chances, after all.
So, will you bet?
You're at it again!
Come on, tell me!
There's no doing business with you.
C'mon, speak out!
- Is it Garnet?
- Yes. And that's Otradny?
Yeah. Don't you walk Harold?
No. We unnerve each other.
I prefer to come near him
before the race.
Each riding horse needs
a special approach.
Are you going to ride Harold on 23rd?
I've made a pledge not to ride
until fall.
Could you tell me
who's gonna win on 23rd?
I'll tell you if you come
after dinner on the 23rd.
I think Harold stands chance.
What's your informed opinion?
Yeah, Harold has a big chance.
- Will he win?
- He may.
What do you think of Odolen?
He seems to be pretty good.
Nothing wrong with him.
Do you know what horse
is Harold's rival?
Yeah, I know it very well.
Nine horses, considering that
he's the tenth.
Yeah, it's hard to get something out
of you. You won't be fooled.
You wanted to fool me?
And I held you for a decent man.
If you change your mind,
you're welcome.
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind.
You're really like Nasibov.
I'm really like Nikolayev.
Where did you shoot all those beasts?
In Askania-Nova, a wild life preserve.
Isn't it collage?
Of course, not. You don't believe
there were centaurs once?
Don't you trust Greek sources?
They've been corroborated by time.
Come to my studio
and see the negatives.
You'll be most welcome.
As large as life.
Stop! Hold it! Someone's been
knocked down!
Ivan Ivanovich,
it's a corpse.
Call Mikhalych!
Go away!
Come here!
Get the stretcher!
Don't!
Onkin'll handle it.
Go fetch Mikhalych!
She alive?
White face and no blood.
It's the nurse!
One from the sanitary service!
Miss!
Don't touch her.
Her spine might be...
She's pooped!
Good morning!
I had a dream.
A shining black
piano surface
and my pills are scattered on it,
white and small.
Says she: "Your stables are
a pigsty."
And I say to her: "A tractor driver's
hands are cleaner than the medico's.
Fuel oil has no germs."
- Props, huh?
- Why, it's real!
Even the most ticklish horse
permits patting on the neck.
A horse should learn caress
starting with the neck.
Do it boldly and firmly,
so it feels it.
Shy patting
will make it feel ticklish.
A horse is like a baby.
You must never punish a horse
when you're angry.
It will not understand,
it will only remember the pain
and the situation
in which it experienced it.
It may associate
its movement
with the blow it received,
nothing more.
Who wins a race -
the horse or the jockey?
I don't believe those who say
that a man's look
can impress a horse.
It doesn't matter if you have
an angry or kind look.
Whenever I cast an angry look
at my horse or smiled,
this didn't impress him
in the least.