TITLE: CORROSION
WRITTEN BY: Dawn Brown
FORMAT: Screenplay / 6 pages
GENRE: True Story
WRITER’S GUILD WEST: #2051425
SETTING: 1923, New York
LOG LINE:
Longing to be a jockey, stable hand Frank Hayes had to lose weight in four days to qualify. Diet, sweat, and no water allowed him to compete, but his heart was in chaos.
SYNOPSIS:
True story about the only jockey to win a race, dead.
With 20 to 1 odds, Sweet Kiss wins the 1923, Belmont, New York, Steeplechase race. Crossing the finish line a head past the favorite, the jockey held on. The owner and others wanted to congratulate him, but Frank fell off the horse, face down in the dirt. He had died during the race yet held on till the end. His dream of becoming a jockey was met. The horse never ran again. She became a jinx called the Sweet Kiss Of Death