Walt Disney Pictures will bring the life story of Penny Chenery, owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, to the big screen.
- May 9, 2007
AceShowbiz - Diving into the real world of racing horse-breeding, Walt Disney Pictures is set to make a biopic of Penny Chenery, the owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, based on her life story of which rights it has obtained, Variety has reported.
In bringing the project to the surface, the studio has already hired Mike Rich to pen the script with Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray to produce via their Mayhem Pictures. The threesome previously collaborated in respective roles on inspirational sports films like "The Rookie" and "Radio."
Known as the "first lady of racing", Chenery owned a thoroughbred breeding business that introduced Secretariat to the racing world, leading him to become the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years after taking the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. ESPN has placed him at 35th on its list of the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century, one of only three nonhumans on the list.
