Dave Davis Quotes in Phar Lap (1983)

Dave Davis: [seeing Phar Lap when he first arrives in Australia as a young colt] This is not a horse, Harry. This is a cross between a sheepdog and a kangaroo.

Dave Davis: Look, Harry, you wanna enter him, you enter him. But you make sure you do it under your name... not mine. I'm not gonna be humiliated in front of all the top owner in the country.

Dave Davis: You put a ton on his back so that he can't possibly win, but you want him there to draw the crowds. Very smart.

Lachlan McKinnon: I acting in the best interest of racing.

Dave Davis: Well, you've finally done it, haven't you McKinnock? If we scratch him, he's banned from racing and if we run him, there's a very good chance of his breaking down, and either way, you and your cronies win it all, don't you?

James Crofton: Can't you fire that guy?

Dave Davis: If I did, the goddamn horse would sit in the stall for the next month and cry.

Tommy Woodcock: Mr. Telford used to train that horse too hard. If I can get him 90% fit, his heart'll get him to the line.

Dave Davis: The amount of faith you put in that heart of his, kid, it must be one hell of an organ.

Dave Davis: We're going into the richest race in history with a horse that's half-fit and lame.