Author: Neigh-Bours
Wind Dancer (1993)
A widower (Matt McCoy) takes his injured daughter (Raeanin Simpson) to a doctor (Mel Harris) who uses a horse as part of the physical therapy.
Into the West (1992)
Impoverished in Dublin, youngsters Ossie (Ciaran Fitzgerald) and Tito (Ruaidhri Conroy) live with their widowed father (Gabriel Byrne), who drowns his grief in drink. Their grim existence is uplifted by the arrival of their itinerant grandfather (David Kelly), who has brought with him a magical horse from legend -- Tir na nOg. But when crooked cops discover the prized animal, they commandeer it, i...
Gonda Betrix – Jumping to Success (1992)
In 1992, she wrote a part-autobiography, part training manual with Julia Attwood-Wheeler. Betrix, Gonda; Attwood-Wheeler, Julia (1992). Jumping to Success.
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (1991)
Thrilled by a performance she sees at a fair, Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) tries to land a spot as a daredevil who rides horses off of high dives. With the help of Al Carver (Michael Schoeffling), whose father runs the show, Sonora works toward her goal. An injury to star rider Marie (Kathleen York) paves her way, and Sonora finds herself on the diving platform. Her life looks complete now that she an...
Polo – Jilly Cooper (1991)
In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch, who is moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player.The polo set were ritzy...
Summer of the Colt (1991)
A 13-year-old (Alexandra London-Thompson), her siblings and a friend visit her grandfather (Héctor Alterio) and his sister (China Zorrilla) in South America.
King of the Wind (1990)
Fate takes a boy (Navin Chowdhry) and his racehorse from 1700s North Africa to the world of French and English kings.
The Man from Snowy River II: Return to Snowy River (1988)
During the 1880s, handsome young cattleman Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson), accompanied by his herd of Australian horses, returns to his hometown of Snowy River to be with his love, Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton). However, Jessica's father, Harrison (Brian Dennehy), steadfastly opposes their relationship, preferring Alistair Patton (Nicholas Eadie), an egotistical banker's son, as a potential suitor...
Cowboys Don’t Cry (1988)
After he loses control of his truck and causes the drunken traffic accident that kills his loving wife, neglectful father and fading rodeo hero Josh Morgan (Ron White) sinks into depression and self-pity. In the wake of the tragedy of his mother's death, Josh's scrappy teenage son, Shane (Zachary Ansley), struggles to pick up the pieces and make up for his father's shortcomings. The Morgan men get...
Ladyhawke (1985)
Upon breaking out of a dungeon, youthful thief Phillipe Gaston (Matthew Broderick) befriends Capt. Navarre (Rutger Hauer), a man with a strange secret. Navarre and his lover Lady Isabeau d'Anjou (Michelle Pfeiffer) were cursed by the wicked Bishop of Aquila (John Wood), who desires Lady Isabeau for himself. His dark magic prevents the pair from ever being in each other's presence except at twiligh...
Sylvester (1985)
A spunky Texas girl (Melissa Gilbert) and an old Westerner (Richard Farnsworth) take a rodeo horse to the Olympic trials in Kentucky.
Riders – Jilly Cooper (1985)
Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world, Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles, Riders, Rivals, Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, Appassionata and Score!, offer an intoxicating blend of skulduggery, swooning romance, sexual adventure and hilarious high jinks. Riders, the first and steamiest in the series, takes the lid off international showjumping, a ...
