# Horse movies for a 10-yr old girl, plz

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**Created:** [February 6, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-movies-for-a-10-yr-old-girl-plz/779138 "2017-02-06T01:38:27Z")\
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Both of these American Girl movies skew young, but if she’s horse-mad she probably won’t care:

\*\*Felicity \*\*is set in colonial times (with a VERY young Shailene Woodley) and \*\*Saige Paints the Sky \*\*(yes, spelled that way) is set in modern times in the American southwest. Both feature riding and horses fairly prominently in the plot, although less riding than something like Hidalgo or National Velvet.

Along the same lines is a real oldie: **The Story of Seabiscuit** , starring a just-barely-grown-up Shirley Temple. Cute, but dated. Has actual footage of the Seabiscuit-vs-War Admiral (?) race, if I’m remembering right.

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> [@peedin](#):
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> Secretariat fills that bill.

Seconded.

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Dreamer, staring Dakota Fanning

> **[Dreamer (2005) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418647/?ref_=nv_sr_1)**
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> Dreamer: Directed by John Gatins. With Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue. Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.

A Horse for Danny, staring Leelee Sobieski

> **[A Horse for Danny (TV Movie 1995) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113330/?ref_=nv_sr_2)**
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> A Horse for Danny: Directed by Dick Lowry. With Leelee Sobieski, Robert Urich, Ron Brice, Gary Basaraba. Danny is a smart little girl. She lives at the track where her uncle is a horse trainer. She knows her uncle needs just one great horse to make...

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**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-movies-for-a-10-yr-old-girl-plz/779138/24 "2017-02-07T03:05:13Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> In addition to many mentioned above, I remember loving “The Man from Snowy River” when I was around that age.

Yeah. It features some outstanding horsemanship – racing down steep hills and such.

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