#16. Sporting Blood (1931)

Storyline: Valued thoroughbred mare Southern Queen slips and falls in a mud puddle, breaking her leg. Before she is destroyed, she gives birth to Tommy Boy, who becomes the favorite of his owner, horse breeder Jim Rellence. Ultimately a reluctant Rellence is forced to sell the one-year old to a prominent sportsman, and Tommy enters the world of high stakes racing. He goes through a variety of owners, all of whom have their own selfish agenda for the horse. Ultimately he ends up with Ruby, the mistress of a murdered racketeer, who wants Tommy to fulfill his true potential as a stakes horse and enters him in the Kentucky Derby.—duke1029@aol.com

Plot Keywords: ranch hand, horse owner, wife, gambler, card dealer, girlfriend, engaging ...

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#17. The Red Stallion (1947)

Storyline: Yong Joel Curtis finds an orphaned colt in the woods, whom he names "Red" and raises and trains him. When he learns that his grandmother is going to have to sell her ranch to pay off the debts, he trains Red, with the help of Andy McBride, as a race horse with the intention of selling his beloved animal friend in order to pay off his grandmother's debts.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: grandmother, grandson, horse, ranch hand, horse owner, horse trainer, emotional ...

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#18. Wings of the Morning (1937)

Storyline: In 1889, A gypsy princess, Young Marie (Annabella), loses her aristocratic husband when his is killed in an accident. Nearly a half-century later , her granddaughter Maria (Annabella) falls in love with a Canadian horse trainer, Kerry Gilfallan (Henry Fonda), working to prepare entries for Epsom Downs Derby. Although she is engaged to marry a man in Spain, she falls in love with Kerry and he with her. Complications arise when the Spanish fiancé reappears.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: nobleman, gypsy, horse trainer, grandmother, granddaughter, love interest, confident ...

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#19. Dream Horse (2020)

Storyline: The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes (Academy Award® nominee Toni Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group's investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National, showing the heart of a true champion.—Bleecker Street

Plot Keywords: cleaner, bartender, neighbor, friend, husband, accountant, passionate ...

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#20. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Storyline: Texas ranger J.J. McQuade (Chuck Norris) likes to work by himself, until a Latino state trooper, Kayo Ramos (Robert Beltran), needs his help to find out who hijacked a U.S. Army convoy and hurt Ramos' daughter. With the help of FBI agent Jackson (Leon Isaac Kennedy), the team tracks down drug trafficker and arms dealer Rawley Wilkes (David Carradine). After Wilkes kills a federal agent, McQuade battles the criminal using all of his skills and training, including guns and martial arts.

Plot Keywords: texas ranger, trooper, fbi agent, drug trafficker, arms dealer, daughter, melodramatic ...

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#21. Racing Stripes (2005)

Storyline: A young zebra is accidentally abandoned by the circus, but is found by a man and his daughter. On their farm, they are joined by an eclectic group of animals who eventually conspire to help the zebra cheat in order to win the Kentucky Open horse race.

Plot Keywords: horse trainer, daughter, zebra, goat, dog, father, amusing ...

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#24. Simpatico (1999)

Storyline: As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: racer, horse trainer, con artist, alcoholic, wife, friend, disturbing ...

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#26. The Champ (1979)

Storyline: Billy (Jon Voight) used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence -- his young son, T.J. (Ricky Schroder). Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie (Faye Dunaway), left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to T.J., Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.

Plot Keywords: boxer, son, ex-wife, trainer, father, emotional, moving ...

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