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The Derby Stallion is a 2005 film starring Zac Efron.
Plot
Patrick McCardle (Zac Efron) is a fifteen-year-old who is forced to play baseball by his former baseball player dad (William R. Moses). Patrick doesn t know what to do with his life. When he skips ball practice one day, he visits his friend Houston Jones (Bill Cobbs), a former champion steeplechase jockey. Houston dazzles Patrick with stories of when he was Patrick s age and in love with a rich white girl named Julie, who taught him to ride.
At a game, Patrick is distracted by his teammate Chuck s (Rob Pinkston) older sister Jill (Crystal Hunt) and Patrick is knocked out by the pitch. Patrick s father asks him about his fall, and Patrick confronts him about pushing him into baseball. Patrick visits Houston after the game, and Houston tells him more stories, about Julie s death when she told Houston she was going to marry him. Patrick feels sorry and asks Houston to train him to steeplechase. Houston agrees, but Patrick s parents are appalled when he asked them for permission. His mother thinks it is too dangerous, and his father is concerned about Patrick taking riding lessons from a drunk black man. When they agree, Houston buys Patrick a horse named Rusty and tells Patrick to take care of him till he says to stop.
Patrick meets again with Chuck and Jill and asks them to join him at Houston s barbecue; he also invites his parents. There, his parents begin to trust Houston more. Patrick starts to learn to ride Rusty as Jill tends to Houston s garden. One day, the rich town bully and steeplechase champion, Randy, destroys Houston s vegetable/fruit stand; Houston warns him to stop. Houston then starts to collapse while Randy leaves and Patrick arrives. Jill calls 9-1-1, but Houston refuses to go to the hospital and dies the next day, leaving Patrick devastated. Patrick drops out of the steeplechase race and stops taking care of Rusty.
While walking around Houston s home on the day of the race, Jill finds a package addressed to Patrick with an envelope containing pictures of Patrick as a boy and a small carved horse figurine. She gives the package to Patrick; and he finds Houston s old racing silks and a letter. Patrick decides to enter the race and gets there just in time. Jill kisses Patrick before he leaves and sets up. Patrick, along with strong Rusty and Houston s voice in his head, wins the race. In the end, Patrick lays his trophy on Houston s grave, along with Houston s hat and his harmonica.
Cast
- Bill Cobbs as Houston Jones
- Zac Efron as Patrick McCardle
- Crystal Hunt as Jill Overton
- William R. Moses as Jim McCardle
- Tonja Walker as Linda McCardle
- Rob Pinkston as Chuck Overton
- Colton James as Donald
- Michael Nardelli as Randy Adams
- Billy Preston as Will Gentry
- Isabella Davidson as Tammy McCardle
- Abrianna Davidson as Annie McCardle
| Year | 2005 |
| ReleaseDate | 2005-07-04 |
| RuntimeMins | 99 |
| RuntimeStr | 1h 39min |
| Plot | 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. |
| Directors | Craig Clyde |
| Writers | Kimberly Gough |
| Stars | Charles Black, Sarah Blackman, Preston Wigasi Brant |
| Produced by | Ed Davidson,Dana Marisa Schoenfeld,David Shoshan,Kevin Summerfield,Tonja Walker |
| Music by | Billy Preston |
| Cinematography by | John C. Guntzelman |
| Film Editing by | Susan Graef |
| Casting By | Donna Brower |
| Production Design by | Margaret M. Miles |
| Art Direction by | Jaclyn Marshall |
| Production Management | Pressley Carter |
| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Jason Allred,William Scharpf |
| Art Department | Erik Hollander |
| Sound Department | Jesse Dodd,Tim Song Jones,Richard Q. King,Santiago Recio,Jeffrey Stern,Scott Stolz |
| Stunts | Robert Brubaker,William Scharpf |
| Camera and Electrical Department | Lou Chanatry,Michelle Farrell,Ryan Foster,James B. Mahorney,Chris Shrider,Jeff Sterner,John R. Sutton |
| Editorial Department | J. Christopher Campbell,John Petersen |
| Location Management | Reggie Hayes |
| Music Department | Mickey Raphael |
| Script and Continuity Department | Megan Taylor Miller |
| Transportation Department | George Mills |
| Additional Crew | John Petersen,Greg Tresan |
| Genres | Drama |
| Companies | TWD Enterprises, Scorpio Pictures |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | PG |
| ImDbRating | 5.4 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 1128 |
| Keywords | boy horse relationship,girl horse relationship,horse trainer,dream,bully |