two of hollywood great child star ( elizabeth taylor and mickey rooney ) be perfectly team to deliver one of the all time family classic . the story of a determined 12 year old girl and whose adoration for horse would not allow her to turn away from her goal to win the british national . mickey rooney be the newly orphan drifter and look to tie himself over until he can follow his own dream . a beautiful side plot reveals that the girl mother have ambition of her own a a young girl . repeatedly overrule the father decision in favor of their spirited daughter and it be mother who seem to know best . the scene where the exhausted taylor rush to go to school be priceless represent father protest why do you let her go to school and she will drop from exhaustion before noon . not to worry and she would be back within a half hour while it be saturday . the brilliant technicolor and the sumptuous music score and and those beautiful face and all tell a bittersweet story . here a good reason for the old say represent they do not make be like that anymore .