This week's movie rental was Secretariat, a 2010 movie about the racehorse, and starred Diane Lane as Secretariat's owner (with Scott Glenn in a small role as her father), John Malkovich as Secretariat's trainer, and Nelsan Ellis as Secretariat's groom. Basic plot (set in 1969-73) from Wikipedia -
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), Chenery manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be one of the greatest racehorses of all time.
But having said that, the movie was still interesting and probably worth a watch if you like horses. I am not a fan of horse racing, but I grew up reading books about horses and it does seem like most books/movies about horses, even ones like Hidalgo, involve racing. I didn't really know much about Secretariat, so I looked him up. He was exceptional in that he was ... the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24)—records that still stand today.
