The moment when Vito breaks the chair in Adriana's office was accidental, but the cast and crew found it so funny they decided to keep it in the episode.
The horse that Pie-O-My defeats in the race is named "Zucker's Mother," a reference to Charlotte Zucker, whose sons David Zucker and Jerry Zucker insert a cameo appearance in all of their projects.
The striking animal motif present throughout the series is evident here with Tony's compassion for the racehorse, with the horse's goat companion, with Adriana's omnipresent pet dog, Cosette, as well as Chris' reference to the foreboding raven he saw during the ceremony when he got "made."
The song played during the ending credits is "My Rifle, My Pony And Me," as performed by Dean Martin. This song was also heard in the episode For All Debts Public and Private (2002) while Tony is watching the movie Rio Bravo (1959) on TV.