Glory (1956)

Agnes Tilbee's granddaughter Clarabell (Margaret O'Brien) is excited about their Fairwood Farm's new foal, which she names Glory. Agnes (Charlotte Greenwood) is disappointed it is a filly, because the likelihood she becomes a championship racehorse is less. The farm has financial difficulties. Clarabell is attracted to wealthy Chad Chadburn (John Lupton), who allows Glory to board and train at his stable. Chad is said to be engaged to Candy Trent (Lisa Davis), a rich snob whose reckless driving in her sports car sometimes spooks the horses. Agnes can not afford to pay her feed bill, but in spite of having parted ways long ago, her former trainer, Ned Otis (Walter Brennan), pays the $50 she owes. Clarabell is heartsick when Agnes says the horse will need to be put up for auction. She enters Glory in races, but the filly is not ready and always loses. Glory also goes lame, requiring care and a long rest. A singer, Hoppy Hollis (Byron Palmer, takes an interest in Clarabell, who joins him on a song called "Glory' that becomes a success and earns them money. Agnes loses the horse in a poker game to Sobbing Sam Cooney (Hugh Sanders), who is Chad's trainer, but Chad arranges for her to win the horse back. Neighbors put up the entry fee for the Kentucky Derby so that Glory can be entered. Ned returns to train her, and Glory's surprising victory is a happy ending for all, including newly in love Clarabell and Chad, who embrace and kiss.