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Fact of the Day
The world speed record for a horse is 43.2 mph, it was set by a four year old race horse named Big Racket.
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Cool Horse MoviesPhar Lap (1984)
A heart wrenching story about a famous Australian race horse who travelled to the United States to compete in the North American circuit. My Thoughts: This is a great film for all horse lovers. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary More Info: Wikipedia National Velvet (1944)
The classic horse movie. A young Elizabeth Taylor plays Velvet Brown, who tries to ride her beloved horse , "The Pie", in the Grand National Steeplechase in England. My Thoughts: This is a great film for all horse lovers. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia International Velvet (1978)
A late sequel to National Velvet. Sarah Brown is the neice of National Velvet's Velvet Brown. Sarah moves to England to live with her aunt after her parents are killed in a car crash. The women purchase the last offspring of "The Pie" (the horse in National Velvet) and name him "Arizona Pie". Sarah rides her new horse in the Olympic Three Day Event for the British Equestrian Team. My Thoughts: This is a great film for little girls who loves horses. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia Seabiscuit (2003)
Based on the novel written by Laura Hillenbrand, this movie tells the story of Seabiscuit, a beloved thoroughbred racehorse from the 1930's. The "Biscuit" was small and unattractive compared to the black 17 hh War Admiral, son of Man o'War, and underappreciated as War Admiral drew most of the media's attention with his successful racing record. The movie actually focusses more on the people in Seabiscuit's life, like his jockey, Red Pollard, his trainer, Tom Smith, and his owner, Charles S. Howard. It follows the life of the horse through the great match race of 1938: Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral. My Thoughts: The movie will be enjoyed by horse lovers and non-horse lovers alike. It was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Drama! IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia The Black Stallion (1979)
This is a beautifully filmed story about a boy and stallion who get shipwrecked on a desert island. Alec and "The Black" develop a close friendship on the island which continues through the rescue and return home. Mickey Rooney plays a trainer who prepares Alec and the Black for a big horse race. Overall a great story for the horse lover. My only criticism of this film is that the stallion is played by "Cass Ole", a mature Arabian Stallion, and he is entered into a 3-year-old thoroughbred race. This would never happen in real life. . My Thoughts: This is a great film for children who love horses. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
The sequel to "The Black Stallion." The Black, aka "Shetan", is stolen from his American home and returned to his homeland: the deserts of Arabia. To save his horse, Alec must travel to Arabia and compete in a desert horse race to win his stallion back. This time around, the Black races other Arabians! My Thoughts: This is a great film for children who love horses. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews The Young Black Stallion (2003)
A Walt Disney film that was originally released in IMAX Theatres and tells the story of "The Black" before he left his home in Arabia. A young girl named Neera befriends a wild black colt whom she names "Shetan". The film is too short and has lots of corny horse bits like rearing horses whinnying. My Thoughts: A renter for young horse crazy girls. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
A fun animated film about a wild stallion, his experience with man and his love for a mare. My Thoughts: A great film for kids and the young at heart. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia Hidalgo (2004)
This is the story of rider Frank Hopkins and his Paint mustang, Hidalgo. Hopkins is invited to enter a 3000-mile horse race in the Arabian desert. Hidalgo and Frank travel to Arabia, have lots of adventures and run the rather exciting race. There are a few corny horse bits in this film. For one, horses in the movie always whinny while rearing. I've been riding for 28 years and experienced a lot of rearing horses. They don't whinny. Also the big horse race in Arabia, should be run by Arabians, however, most of the horses in the movie are Andulusian, a Spanish breed. My Thoughts: This is renter for older children and adults. IMDB: Internet Movie Database Summary Rotten Tomatoes: User Reviews More Info: Wikipedia Back to topCopyright Information: The copyright for images of movie posters used on this page are most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters to illustrate the film, event, etc. in question or to provide critical analysis of the poster content or artwork
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