Racing Stripes is a 2005 adventure/comedy movie, directed by Frederik Du Chau. It is similar in the style to the 1995 movie Babe, in that the protagonist is a talking animal and the setting is a farm. The movie was filmed in Pietermaritzburg and Nottingham Road, South Africa. During a thunderstorm, a traveling circus leaves behind a baby Zebra. The foal is rescued by Nolan Walsh, a retired thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Nolan takes the Zebra home to his farm, and leaves it in the care of his daughter Channing, who names him "Stripes". The other farmyard animals try to educate him about life on the farm, but he is convinced that he is destined for the nearby racetrack, even though he isn't a real racehorse (a fact he doesn't realize for several years). He spends his time training, helped by Tucker, a Shetland Pony who had helped coach champion racehorses in the past. Channing has a similar ambition; to become a jockey. Her father had refused to let her train as he believes it to be...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Racing Stripes. You should replace/update it...
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