"Last Race" Henry's illiteracy is used against him to get The Black in a claims race where he must carry a dangerous amount of extra weight and the losing horse will be forfeit to the winner.
Well, if it isn't Sal Tessio from The Godfather/Salvatore Valestra from Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Abe Vigoda). Coincidently, both The Godfather and the original Black Stallion were made by Francis Ford Coppola. Just referring to D. J. Lancaster and who's playing him.