Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Onetime Pony Express rider Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) experiences the adventure of a lifetime as he and his Mustang, Hidalgo, compete against the world`s finest Arabian stallions in the greatest endurance race ever run: the Ocean of Fire - 3,000 miles across the desert. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse, Hidalgo, attempt the impossible.