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1) Dark Horse
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Description
Set in a former mining village in Wales, an inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse. .
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
After Virginia's mother is killed in a freak riding accident, her father sells the offending mare, Twister, and forbids Virginia to ever ride. When Twister later dies giving birth to a foal, Virginia breaks the ban and grooms Twister's offspring, Stormy, to compete in the big Memorial Day 50 Mile Endurance Race.
3) 50 to 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby.
5) Silver Blaze
7) Dead cert
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Bill Davidson's horse 'Admiral' behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from the injuries. His friend suspects the horse was doped by unscrupulous bookies and begins to investigate.
9) Shergar
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Based on the true story of Shergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbred and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, who was kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ranson.
10) The cup
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Damien Oliver is a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident that reflects the way their father died 27 years earlier. After a series of discouraging defeats Damien teams with Dermot Weld to win one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history. Based on a true story.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Lindsey is a teenage girl who is talked into driving across country to visit her uncle in the Midwest who has never recovered from a tragedy in is past. There she falls in love with a ranch hand and finds herself racing at the county fair. This is a family film about a girl coming of age as she connects with her past, lets loose the champion within and meets the love of her life.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Wind Dancer: When a riding accident leaves a young girl unable to walk, her widowed father seeks help from a beautiful therapist who uses animals to help people.
Wildfire: The Arabian Heart: Lindsey is a teenage girl who is talked into driving across country to visit her uncle in the Midwest who has never recovered from a tragedy in his past.
Misty: On an island off the Virginia coast lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
"Fresh out of juvenile hall, Kris Furillo (Genevieve Cortese) gets her first chance at responsibility with a job on the struggling Ritter family ranch, where she befriends a horse named Wildfire. She is soon swept up in a complicated world of ruthless competition, dark secrets and love. Wildfire remains her one true friend, and their ability to achieve the impossible together creates the hope and strength to face a challeging future"--Container.
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Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Movie summary :Based on the true story of Shergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbred and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, who was kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ranson.
Book summary: Ask anyone in Great Britain or Ireland about famous racehorses and they’ll likely have only one name to tell you. Shergar. At his peak, Shergar was one of the most elegant, powerful, and successful racehorses in the history of...
17) The Reivers
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"It's a grand, spectacular "horseless carriage", a shiny, yellow, 1905 Winton Flyer automobille. It's owner is Mississippi plantation owner "Boss" who has left it sitting unattended. But hired hand Boon Hogganbeck decides it would be the ideal vehicle to take him and his buddy, stable hand Ned McCaslin, on a glorious, whirlwind jaunt to distant Memphis. And along for the ride is Boss's earnest 12-year-old grandson, Lucius, who finds himself reluctantly...
Series
Franchise collection volume 1
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Francis the talking mule: A talking mule adopts a second lieutenant as his master in the Burmese jungle during World War II.
Francis goes to the races: Peter and Francis go to stay on a horsebreeding ranch. Peter is smitten by the owner's granddaughter, and Francis enjoys the easy life. But a debt has come due that threatens the ranch, and Francis uses connections with his equine friends to come up with some winners.
Francis goes to West Point:...
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Ron Clark story: This drama is based on events in the life of Ron Clark, a passionate and innovative teacher who left his small town to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. Clark uses persistence and unconventional methods to reach his students and encourage them to reach their full potential.
The kid: This is a powerful coming-of-age story following the ups and downs of a young boxer's life inside and outside the ring. Jimmy has a calling...