Hidalgo

Hidalgo is a movie starring Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, and Zuleikha Robinson. In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...