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Plucky African-American Shonda Robinson (8) from an Anacostia Southeast D.C. poor inner city family aggressively pursues 13 years of the most rigorous training to achieve her lifelong dream of competing and medaling as an Olympic Equestrian champion breaking the American color barrier aided by lifelong girl upstairs Karen Roetruck (9) who battles her own nemesis Leukemia until the girls take the ultimate risk and walk 38 miles which yields Robinson a successful try-out for veteran U.S.E.T. Olympic Grand Prix Jumper Trainer Charlie Weaver (Chaz). In this fly-on-the wall rags to riches family friendly drama-sports adventure film, through the POV of young Shonda until the fateful day she enters the Los Angeles Summer Olympics ring to go for gold, the entire neighborhood of Anacostia and inner-cities all over America watch with hopes, faith and aspirations of their own that she can surpass the best riders in the world to put them all on the map forever in history. under the decade long mentoring of her trainer coming out of medical retirement all the while battling ruthless wealthy blue blood and corporate sponsored competitors who have all the advantages for the final spots on the United States Equestrian Olympics Team.
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