Overview
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $60.3M worldwide, about 1.7 times its $35M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in Baltimore and Kentucky
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Music
Music by Nick Glennie-Smith
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Dean Semler
Details
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- Writer
- Mike RichScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 20, 2010
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Revenue
- $60.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Diane LanePenny Chenery
John MalkovichLucien Laurin
Scott GlennChris Chenery
Dylan WalshJack Tweedy
Fred ThompsonBull Hancock
Margo MartindaleMiss Ham
Nelsan EllisEddie Sweat
James CromwellOgden Phipps- Otto ThorwarthRonnie Turcotte
Michael HardingE.V. Benjamin
Richard FullertonRobert Kleburg
Tim WareJohn Galbreath
Nestor SerranoPancho Martin- Keith AustinLaffit Pincay
Kevin ConnollyBill Nack
Eric LangeAndy Beyer
Drew RoySeth Hancock
Carissa CapobiancoSarah Tweedy
AJ MichalkaKate Tweedy- Sean Michael CunninghamChris Tweedy
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