A racehorse grave containing the remains of a missing jockey, Sonny Sandoval, is found.
- Broken Ace: Sonny was one of the most famous jockeys in Philly. In truth, age and injury were catching up to him. He was also broke and dying.
- Career-Ending Injury: Rick Yanko's pelvis was crushed by a horse and he can no longer walk.
- Finally Found the Body: Sonny always talked about going back to Mexico so nobody questioned it when he vanished until his body was found in a horse grave.
- Secretly Dying: Sonny was dying of kidney failure so he spends the episode settling his business with his loved ones.
- Together in Death: Angelo imagines Sonny riding Firewalker in the epilogue.
- Unknown Rival: Angelo had no idea that Jose resented his relationship with his father Sonny.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Jose envied his father Sonny's paternalistic relationship with Angelo. He ended up killing his father and tried to point Angelo as a suspect to the police.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Sonny's horse Firewalker was killed in a suspicious fire for insurance money because he could no longer race. This causes Sonny to take a dive during a championship race to screw over his boss.
