Hidalgo, "based on a true story," features a cowboy hat-wearing Viggo Mortensen as Frank Hopkins, an American distance rider who became legendary for his exploits in the late 19th century.

Breeder/owner C. Francis "Frank" Hopkins Sr., a former member of the Maryland Racing Commission, died May 19 of heart failure at his Elberton Hill Farm near Darlington, according to the Baltimore Sun.