

LIGHTNING is the lazy, porch-based bloodhound who never gets up.FRANNY is his friend, the farmyard goat.TUCKER is the veteran Shetland Pony who helps train Stripes and gives him all sorts of advice.

SANDY is the young mare who takes a liking to Stripes.He must put up with the ridicule of others as well as his own self-doubts when he aspires, trains for and eventually participates in the big race. STRIPES is the young zebra who's unaware of his species and wants to be a race horse.EMMET WALSH plays a longtime track veteran and bettor who sees the potential in stripes. WENDIE MALICK is the mean and snobby estate owner who dislikes and belittles Nolan, his family, animals and farm.HAYDEN PANETTIERE plays his teenage daughter who feels somewhat repressed by her father, particularly in her dream of racing on Stripes in the Open.While initially reluctant, he eventually agrees to allow her to ride and race on Stripes. BRUCE GREENWOOD plays a farmer and former race trainer for Clara who's overly cautious with Channing for fear of losing her as he did his wife years ago.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG For mild crude humor and some language. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet that many younger kids will want to. With the aid of the comedy horsefly duo of Buzz (voice of STEVE HARVEY) and Scuzz (voice of DAVID SPADE), the zebra sets out to overcome various external obstacles and self-doubts to realize his dream.
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With Clara allowing the zebra into the Open as a joke, Noland, Channing and even Tucker start training Stripes in how to race. EMMET WALSH) clocks him in an impromptu sprint, things begin to look up. That seems like a long shot since Nolan won't even let Channing ride him - for fear of losing her as he did Channing's mother years ago - but when longtime track regular Woodzie (M. That is, except for young mare Sandy (voice of MANDY MOORE) who's taken a liking to the now three-year-old "teenager" who dreams of one day racing in the prestigious Kentucky Open. Clara doesn't care for Nolan, her former trainer, and the various animals on her land make fun of Stripes who doesn't realize he's a zebra and not a horse. While there are no local mobsters for him to worry about, the local power comes in the form of Clara Dalrymple (WENDIE MALICK) whose nearby estate trains thoroughbreds such as Sir Trenton (voice of FRED DALTON THOMPSON) and his offspring Trenton's Pride (voice of JOSHUA JACKSON). Eventually joining them is Goose (voice of JOE PANTOLIANO), a mob pelican who's hiding out from the big city. There's Shetland Pony Tucker (voice of DUSTIN HOFFMAN), his goat friend Franny (voice of WHOOPI GOLDBERG) Reggie (voice of JEFF FOXWORTHY), the scatterbrained rooster and the porch-bound bloodhound Lightning (voice of SNOOP DOGG). After she convinces her dad to allow her to keep him, Stripes ends up in the barn where he meets a number of other talking animals. PLOT: After being accidentally left behind by his circus crew, a young zebra (voice of FRANKIE MUNIZ) finds himself in the custody of Nolan Walsh (BRUCE GREENWOOD), a farmer whose teenage daughter, Channing (HAYDEN PANETTIERE), instantly adores and names the young foal Stripes. QUICK TAKE: Drama: Unaware of his native species, a zebra hopes to participate in a prestigious horse race and gets help doing so from his barnyard friends and human caretakers. (2005) (Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere) (PG)
