Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) was a real guy, and Hidalgo was a real horse. Supposedly, they never lost a long-distance race in the U.S., prompting them to head for the Middle East around 1890 to… ...

Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) and his horse, Hidalgo, are invited to enter a 3,000-mile race against Arabia’s finest riders and horses after Wild Bill Hickock claims that Hidalgo and Hopkins are the ...

Hopkins’ horse, Hidalgo, is a mustang, a wild mixed-breed horse that was introduced to the Americas with the arrival of the Spaniards to the New World.