A triumph. Emotional, funny, heart warming and up there with the great underdog stories total filminspiring and emotive daily telegrapha rousing real life fairy tale made with both heart and humour the independentset in a former mining village in wales, against the backdrop of the current recession, dark horse is the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse. Raised on a slagheap allotment, their foal grows into an unlikely champion, beating the finest thoroughbreds in the land, before suffering a near fatal accident. Nursed back to health by the love of his owners for whom he's become a source of inspiration and hope he makes a remarkable recovery, returning to the track for a heart stopping comeback. Dvd extra the making of running time 85 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 10 aug. 2015