There are a lot of horses but absolutely no sense in “The First
Saturday in May,” a glib, lazy documentary about six trainers on the
proverbial road to the 2006 Kentucky Derby. This is, after all, a movie
about horse trainers that tells you next to nothing about what horse
trainers do besides stand around paddocks, issuing vague instructions
to the grooms or staring nervously, wistfully and stoically at the
racetrack. Do the trainers determine a horse’s feed or its racing
schedule? Do they choose the drugs that are regularly pumped into these
magnificent animals? Or do the owners make those calls? Don’t look here
for answers. — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
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