A Universal Walter Lantz animated short. Oswald trains his faithful horse for the big race.

Walter Lantz, William Nolan, Tom Palmer
United States

Don't let the name scare you off. If you see a movie from 1929 called Race Riot, your brain probably goes to a pretty dark place. But honestly? It is just Oswald the Lucky Rabbit trying to get a very lazy horse ready for a derby. It is definitely worth five minutes of your life if you like rubber-hose animation where c...


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"Don't let the name scare you off. If you see a movie from 1929 called Race Riot, your brain probably goes to a pretty dark place. But honestly? It is just Oswald the Lucky Rabbit trying to get a very lazy horse ready for a derby. It is definitely worth five minutes of your life if you like rubber-hose animation where characters have no bones. If you hate scratchy audio and things that don't make sense, you'll probably want to skip this one. The horse in this thing is a total disaster. Its legs a..."

