Did Hidalgo Win the Race?
Hopkins and Hidalgo Did Win a 3,000-Mile, 68-Day Endurance Race Across the Arabian Peninsula, Syria and Much of Iraq. .. . in the Movie, Hidalgo Wins by a...
Hopkins and Hidalgo did win a 3,000-mile, 68-day endurance race across the Arabian peninsula, Syria and much of Iraq. ... In the movie, Hidalgo wins by a nose; in history, he and Mr. Hopkins crossed the finish line 33 hours ahead of the second-place horse and rider.
Is the horse race in Hidalgo real?
Viggo Mortensen's Hidalgo is based on a not-so-true story. ... Hopkins, an American cowboy who takes his mustang overseas to compete in the Ocean of Fire, an endurance horse race across thousands of miles of Arabian desert.
How accurate was the movie Hidalgo?
Every questioner has asked, “is Hidalgo really a true story, as the filmmakers claim?” Sadly, we have had to inform them that it is not, at least from the perspective of Hopkins's non-existent connection with Buffalo Bill and the Wild West. It's a great story, but it never happened. The Hopkins search is far from over.
Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.
