June 9, 2007 (TV) debut, June 12th DVD; ESPN; ~ Sam Shepard as trainer; 'Based on the story of the great filly who was undefeated until suffering a fatal breakdown in a match race against Foolish Pleasure at Belmont Park in 1975 . Only lasting two short seasons on the track, Ruffian was unbeaten through her first ten starts – shattering records at nearly every race...' See my review.

2006/2007 20th Century-Fox re-make of 1943 My Friend Flicka; Nominated Best Family Film (2006, Live Action) & Best Song (Tim McGraw); 'Young Katy claims a wild horse as her own--an effort to prove to her father that she is capable of one day taking over the family ranch.' Other, double-feature version (DVD): ASIN B000O76TBS

2006/2007 20th Century-Fox Two-for

2005/2006; Dreamworks; Young Artist Award (2006); 4 nominations; 'Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) believes that a[n] injured racehorse deserves another chance. He & his daughter Cale (Dakota Fanning) ... save it [from] being sacrificed by the owner (David Morse)..., despite its broken leg, maybe could ... return to the racecourse, with the help of Cale, Ben, & his father, Pop (Kris Kristofferson).' +wide

2005; secretariat.com; 'The only complete and authorized story of the most famous race horse of our time – Secretariat. This is the Official Secretariat DVD licensed by owner Penny Chenery. This commemorative issue is actually three videos in one...'

2004 (TV)/2006; Hallmark Ent.; 'A woman moves with her seven-year-old daughter from Colorado to California after her husband abandons them. While trying to rebuild her life, she finds solace while working at a horse ranch where she decides to enter her beloved horse in a high-stakes riding competition.'

2003; + ‘hour-long A&E The True Story of Seabiscuit, the HBO "First Look" airing & a segment looking more precisely at each actor & character… match race seen in its entire[t]y with newsreel footage & the original radio call… solid segments on the history & filmmaking, plus on-set photos… Director [&] Steven Soderbergh … commentary …the two even "pause" the film to talk about a particular aspect.

2003/2004 Disney prequel of 1979 Black Stallion; nom. Young Artist Award (2004, Eric Grucza); '...a young girl ... has been separated from her father in Arabia by WWII. Left alone in the desert, she befriends the wild colt whom she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by the images of the lost horse in the desert--one of a few stallions of legend...'

2002/2005 MGM; Crystal Heart Award (2002); '…the mother of 13-year-old Virginia (Letherman) dies in a riding accident, Virginia's father (Byrne) sells the horse & vows never to let his 2 daughters ride. Defying him, Virginia nurses the horse's new colt, Stormy, & secretly trains with him at night. But when Stormy is sold, Virginia's sister & a sympathetic trainer (Whalley) must..' +ASIN B000089QA5

1999-2000/2004 Blue Rider Pictures (UK/USA); aka Shergar: The Hunted; set in Ireland; Best Foreign Film (1999) Temecula Valley International Film Festival; tagline: 'Discover the heart of a champion.' Plot Outline: 'Shergar is based on the true story of a champion race horse, abducted by IRA terrorists, then rescued by an orphaned boy.'

2000; Columbia Pictures; Special Mention, Giffoni Film Festival, 2000; 'Set in northern Africa at the beginning of World War I, this unusual movie is narrated by a horse, voiced by Lukas Haas (Witness)... Although the movie is rated G, horse death, graphic fighting, and cruelty toward the boy might be overwhelming to young or sensitive children.' + Two Region code 2 versions.

1997 (TV)/2005 Cochran Ent.; 3 Gemini Award wins & 5 nominations; '...a young boy growing up in a coal mining community in Nova Scotia near the dawn of the 20th century ... learns many valuable lessons when he makes a new friend -- a wild horse captured and trained to work in the mines.' also see Pit Pony: The Complete First Season: Based on the Best-Selling Book, ASIN B00080ETMC

1995-96/2006; PM Ent.; IMDB: 'Comedy about idiotic ... kidnappers, both played for unknown reasons by Joe Piscopo, who capture two young girls and hold them for ransom. However, in "Home Alone" fashion, the two girls make fools of the two men. The film becomes even sillier as two horses who talk to one another decide to rescue the girls from the kidnappers.'

1994 (TV-Series 1993-1996)/2003; aka Banjo Paterson's [poem] The Man from Snowy River; rated PG by Australia, some episodes "M"; Plot Summary: '…this series takes place in Paterson's Ridge, a small town set in the mountains near Melbourne…' In this episode, an American goes to Australia to try to beat his uncle in a steep, dangerous downhill horse race which the uncle won before.

1993/2004 Lions Gate; 3 wins & 1 nomination; ‘…[Australian] Ranchers tell stories about the silver ghost horse, that has led them on wild chases, half seen but never captured. For one man (Russell Crow[e]), the desire to capture the silver stallion has become an obsession ... to tame the wild beast. Told through the words of a mother as she writes … entertainment for her horse-crazy daughter.’

1990-93 (TV)/2006; 'Inspired by Walter Farley's Best-Selling Novels. First time ever on DVD and presented in a Limited Edition Embossed 4-Disc Package. Experience all of the excitement and adventure that Alec and the Black share, both on and off the track, in this complete first season containing all twenty-six episodes.'

1990 & 1976/2005; see next item above for plot of 1st feature; 2nd feature: ‘…a young goat wanders away from the herd, 2 young boys must go alone to seek her in the haunted canyon. What they find, & what finds them, is an adventure into danger in this story for all ages, full of colorful Navajo folk tales, breathtaking scenery & incredible footage of the battle for survival in the animal world...'

1990 (TV)/2004; Questar (UK); 'Jenny Denning, the girl who experienced numerous adventures with the stallion Black Beauty in the first series, has grown up in the meantime.' After some drama, 'they find a beautiful black stallion who will allow nobody but Vicky to ride him. The horse reminds Jenny of her beloved horse back in England, so she christens it Black Beauty.'

1979/1983/2002 MGM 2-pack; Francis Ford Coppola presents; see individual movies below

1979/1990-93 (TV)/1997 MGM ~ Mickey Rooney; Nominated for 2 Oscars, another 6 wins & 4 nominations; Francis Ford Coppola presents; '... Rooney returns as veteran horse trainer Henry Daly, the role that earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination, from Carroll Ballard’s critically praised 1979 screen adaptation ...' of the Walter Farley novel