Stakes (2015)

Genre

sport film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 33m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman tries to become a thoroughbred trainer after her father dies. She faces dishonest people and crime in the horse racing world.

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What happens

Stakes is a 2015 Australian drama film directed by Richard Owen. It follows the journey of a young aspiring thoroughbred trainer to fill the shoes of her recently deceased father, while battling a corrupt establishment, fraught with unethical competitors and submersed in the criminal element of the horse racing industry. The film stars many local actors from the Riverina region. It is the second feature film to be set in the city of Wagga Wagga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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