Dream Horse is based on a real story, which was better told in documentary form as Dark Horse five years ago
, which won the British Independent Film Award for best documentary, and the Sundance Film Festival audience prize in the world cinema doc category., but it was an adequate, no-frills telling of Dream Alliance, a racehorse owned by a syndicate of Welsh townsfolk led by Janet and Brian Vokes, who had a background in animal husbandry but little else to suggest they’d be able to parlay their way into the sport of kings.
was written by Neil McKay, who has a history in British television murder mysteries, and directed by Euros Lyn, whose credits include episodes ofAnd not to say that a horse can’t change its markings, but it does feel as though these two are going through the motions of an underdog/horse tale without adding much that’s new or different.Article content
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