Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who raised him, he just might end up in the winner's circle.
Acting
Dustin Hoffman as a short-tempered goat in peak voice-cast energy.
Practical Effects
Real zebras trained to gallop alongside thoroughbreds—no CGI shame here.
Score
Bryan Adams soundtrack that aged like a fine stable.
Director
Frederik Du Chau
Frankie Muniz
Stripes (voice)
Hayden Panettiere
Channing Walsh
Bruce Greenwood
Nolan Walsh
Mandy Moore
Sandy (voice)
Wendie Malick
Clara Dalrymple
M. Emmet Walsh
Woodzie
Snoop Dogg
Lightning (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan
Clydesdale (voice)
Jeff Foxworthy
Reggie (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
Franny (voice)
Steve Harvey
Buzz (voice)
David Spade
Scuzz (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Tucker (voice)
Joshua Jackson
Trenton's Pride (voice)
Joe Pantoliano
Goose (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real zebras were used for racing scenes, but they kept trying to bite the horses—costume department had to paint horses for wide shots.
Part of the early-2000s talking-animal boom alongside Racing Stripes, Kangaroo Jack, and Snow Dogs—Hollywood's brief obsession with CGI mouth-flapping on real creatures.
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