Big Spender

Mel Tennant:
[Eddie's riding Big Spender] How about a trot?

Eddie Burton:
[nervous] No, I don't think he wants to.

Eddie Burton:
[Jake sold Big Spender, the next day someone is picking him up] You don't waste any time do you?

Jake Cotter:
I'm sorry.

Eddie Burton:
[bitter smile] Hey, I don't own Big Spender.

Jake Cotter:
No, but he's still your horse.

Eddie Burton:
He's my friend. He's my best friend.

Eddie Burton:
Working with animals... they're dependant on you, like children. You have to clean them, feed them. Taking care of them, it made me feel like something, like someone. Until now I don't think I ever did.

Mel Tennant:
Maybe there's something at the track. I'll ask around.

Eddie Burton:
Thanks. I'm glad you're on Big Spender.

Mel Tennant:
Someone gives you a second chance to prove yourself, you take it.

Mel Tennant:
[to Eddie] Hey, you're back. Big Spender really missed you.

Jake Cotter:
Good, now you can muck out his stalls when you work with him.

Superintendent:
You seem like a bright guy. Aren't you tired of being a loser?

Jake Cotter:
There a problem?

Eddie Burton:
No problem.

Will Burton:
Are you coming home soon?

Eddie Burton:
They like me so much they want me to stay a bit longer.

Jake Cotter:
He doesn't know he's scaring you, he just knows you're scaring him. Don't let him know you're afraid.

Jake Cotter:
How do I do that?

Jake Cotter:
Sing to him?

Eddie Burton:
Sing?

Mel Tennant:
He didn't win in the money so they sent him out to pasture.

Eddie Burton:
Story of my life.

Mel Tennant:
[after she lost on Big Spender] This was my fault I rode him badly...

Steve Caldwell:
[interrupts] You can't keep making excuses for him.

Grandma:
[to Will] Tell daddy good-bye. Kiss him.

Eddie Burton:
He doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.

Grandma:
Yes, he does.

Eddie Burton:
[tp Big Spender] Look, I'm trying to help you here. [the horse doesn't eat] You wanna die? Fine. [Eddie sits down] I know life sucks, but you can't give up. Even when it looks like its not going to get any better.

Eddie Burton:
Are you really a jockey?

Mel Tennant:
Yeah.

Eddie Burton:
You don't look like a jockey.

Mel Tennant:
Yeah, well you don't look like a convict.

Jake Cotter:
[about a job for Eddie] It doesn't pay very much to start with.

Eddie Burton:
I can't exactly be choosey. The jobs I know how to do that pay well aren't exactly legal.