The King of the Turf is a 1926 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and written by John C. Brownell, Louis Joseph Vance, and J. Grubb Alexander.

The film stars George Irving, Patsy Ruth Miller, Kenneth Harlan, Alan Roscoe, Kathleen Kirkham and Mary Carr.

[1][2][3] As described in a film magazine review,[4] a bank shortage is framed on Colonel Fairfax, the shock making his mind go blank.

Martyn Selsby, the actual guilty man, writes a "deathbed confession", which is found and hidden by his wife Letitia.

Numerous exciting incidents occur regarding the signed confession, with which Tom Selsby, Martyn's son and a rival for the young woman’s affections, tries to bribe her into a marriage.