First time on dvd!! Rocking horse winner is a dark, atmospheric and complex psychological british drama, adapted from dh lawrence's story about paul, a young boy a 10 year old john howard davies who receives a rocking horse for christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races to the delight of his spendthrift mother valerie hobson and his hopeless gambler of a father hugh sinclair young paul teams up with bassett the servant john mills, with the two of them forming a profitable partnership yet the house continually whispers to paul that it needs more money, with this need exacting a high price. About the director the history of mr polly running time 90 minutes region region 2 release date 16 jan. 2012