this be a great family film deal with down to earth people who enjoy their local interest deal mainly with horse racing . lloyd bourdelle and ( walter matthau ) be a farmer who also raise quarter horse and have a young son name casey bourdelle and who love horse . lloyd be able to raise a full grown horse who he call casey shadow after his son and this horse break all speed record and be a possible winner of a million dollar race . sarah blue and ( alexis smith ) become interested in this horse and offer to buy the horse for $ 500 and 00 dollar and however and this horse receive serious injury to his leg and lloyd receive a serious set back which upset the entire family . walter matthau give an outstanding performance and this be a great film to view and enjoy .