Dark Horse

Dark Horse

Dark Horse

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Dark Horse

2015

1h 26m

5.3(43 votes)

Drama

Documentary

Overview

The larger than life true story of how a barmaid in a poor Welsh mining village convinces some of her fellow residents to pool their resources to compete in the "sport of kings" with a racehorse they would breed and raise.

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