Loglines & Screenplays by Vicky Moon

GENRES: Documentary, Period Piece

Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop (Oct. 5, 1920-Dec. 27, 2004) was one of seventeen children born to a West Virginia family whose ancestors were enslaved. Sent to live with a nearby childless couple as a toddler, she was indulged with fancy dresses and one mesmerizing pony ride that changed her life. Her love of horses took her to the Charles Town racetrack at age fourteen to work as a groom, hot walker and then trainer. She fought sexism and racial bigotry against a backdrop of the swirling Civil Rights movement all the way to the winner’s circle many times.