During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
Length 93 minutes
Ned Lander | Brett Climo | Robert Coleby | Nicole Kidman | Tony Barry | Paul Bertram | Doreen Warburton | Claire Corbett | Brian Anderson | John Spicer | Robin Bowering | Helen McDonald | Karyn Greig | Bradley Meehan | Shari Flood | Nicholas Lidstone | Barry Lovett | Robert Gay | Greg Curran | James Moss | Robert Gray | Barbara Albury | Anna Maria Monticelli | Mary Spicer | Warwick Moss | Margaret Moore | Tony Martin | Garry Williams | Russell Newman | Lyn Collingwood | John Smythe | Ernie Gray | Vic Hunter | Francis Yin | Julie Dang | Ron Stephenson | Phillip Spencer Harris | Ken Snodgrass | Ian Croker | Anthony Ingersent | Michael Barnacoat | John Flaus