Coming Soon has the new poster for Secretariat, via Disney.  Looking at this thing, as someone who grew up in Louisville, I wouldn’t make a bet on it that’s for sure.  It’s dogshit, actually.  Especially for a biopic of one of the greatest horses in American racing history. 

I was checking out the entry on Wikipedia and came across an alternate poster that looks much better (plus it appeals to my Churchill Downs sensibilities):

A poster looking something like this would have said it all:

Or hell, just go the floating head route if you must:

Anyway, Secretariat opens on October 8th and stars Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Graham McTavish, Kevin Connolly, Amanda Michalka, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Nelsan Ellis, Dylan Walsh and Fred Dalton Thompson. 

Anybody else feel like renting Zoo all of a sudden?