With her ailing father's farm facing financial ruin, housewife Penny Chenery is forced to take an audacious gamble. Despite knowing nothing about horse racing, or even horses for that matter, Penny resolves to train and race a precocious young stallion named Secretariat. With the help of rainer Lucien Laurin, Chenery manages to navigate the male-dominated world of horse racing to pull off a remarkable and unlikely feat.
