Crime... it's a dirty business, and eventually someone always dies. The thing is... you got to make sure it isn't you, or someone you love. That's the problem: the someone you love, may just be the reason you end up on an aluminum table with some white-coated ghoul slicing you open like a prized Thanks Giving turkey.

There comes a time when everybody has to make a decision... you're either all-in, or you cash out, if they let you. But you know in the end that's not going to happen. It always gets messy.

If Carmine suspects Arnie isn't Arnie, it'll be him on that...

The horse racing business is not what it appears to be. It is a rough and often criminal enterprise populated by colorful, tough, and often dangerous people. The Jockey is the true story of how a young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who because of his size and toughness, is offered a position to train as a jockey. It soon becomes clear that the business is less about winning horse races than it is about making money. He resists the temptation to join the extralegal side of the business until he is confronted by the facts of racing life: horseracing is a blood sport and jockeys...