
A Sunday Horse(2016)
After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national jumping championship.


“The heart of a boy. The soul of a champion. The friendship of a lifetime.”
An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.

Zac Efron
Patrick McCardle

Bill Cobbs
Houston Jones

William R. Moses
Jim McCardle

Crystal Hunt
Jill Overton
Charles Black
Preacher

Sarah Blackman
Julie Gillette
Preston Wigasi Brant
Young Houston

K.C. Clyde
Coop
Abrianna Davidson
Annie McCardle
Edward J. Davidson
County Worker
The Derby Stallion is a drama, family film released in 2005 exploring themes of dreams, teen angst, unlikely friendship, horse trainer. Directed by Craig Clyde, it stars Zac Efron, Bill Cobbs, William R. Moses. An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.
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