. Although set in Kentucky
, the movie was filmed in Pietermaritzburg
and Nottingham Road, South Africa
.
In a rush to pack up during a thunderstorm after blowing a tire, the Circus Sorano (a traveling circus
) accidentally leaves behind a baby zebra. The foal is rescued by Nolan Walsh, a retired thoroughbred-racehorse trainer. Nolan takes the zebra home to his farm, and leaves it in the care of his daughter Channing, who names him "Stripes".
If that's a racehorse, then I'm D-O double-G, baby.
Well, like my mama used to say, 'You can put your boots in the oven but that won't make 'em biscuits.'
Reggie: Well, subdivide me and Kentucky fry me!
Miss Dalrymple: What is that dreadful child up to now?
Miss Dalrymple: (to Channing) This is a racetrack, dear, not the Serengeti.
Sir Trenton: (referring to Stripes and Sandy) What have we got here? Beauty and the beast.
His stripes made him an outcast. His heart made him a hero.