Songs Somethings Got to Give and Whiskey in Mind were both written and performed by Christian Kane who plays Mark Allen. Both songs are played in the bar scene where Alex is dancing and Chip needs to rescue her.
Calvin's nickname on the racetrack is Boo Boo. Jim Wilson, the director of the film, owned and raced horses for over twenty years.
Borel stars alongside Skeet Ulrich, who plays trainer Chip Woolley, and Christian Kane, who portrays co-owner Mark Allen. Both actors said in recent interviews with Daily Racing Form that Borel nearly stole the movie that is being brought to the big screen by Jim Wilson, the Academy Award-winning producer behind Dances With Wolves.
"He was like a matador in a bullring in Madrid, so confident and yet so open," Ulrich said. "As an actor, I thought he did an incredible job."
Kane cited the same experience as one of his most memorable in working with Borel. "Calvin's acting performance was brilliant," Kane said. "He's nothing but charisma. He walked into someone else's playground and just nailed it." "Putting Borel up on a horse, it was really cool," said Kane.
"He was like a matador in a bullring in Madrid, so confident and yet so open," Ulrich said. "As an actor, I thought he did an incredible job."
Kane cited the same experience as one of his most memorable in working with Borel. "Calvin's acting performance was brilliant," Kane said. "He's nothing but charisma. He walked into someone else's playground and just nailed it." "Putting Borel up on a horse, it was really cool," said Kane.