The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American who takes along Gaffneys jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain When Neil is crippled in a racing accident Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse Dark Rosaleen in tow The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed a six reel delight set in Eires County Kildare and in the United States with a steeplechase background mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama