''Ready to Run'' is a 2000

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''Ready to Run'' is the story of 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz (Krissy Perez), an energetic girl who dreams of becoming a jockey in the predominantly male sport of

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. Although her father died in a racing-related accident, and her mother is against it, Corrie's spirited memory drives her to try to achieve her goal. She also has the gift her grandmother calls the "confidence of horses". It allows Corrie to communicate with her horse, Thunder Jam (TJ), who lives dispiritedly in his sire's shadow. Though TJ is an excellent runner, he has an immense fear of the starting gates. To conquer this fear, the team employs the strange tactic of placing headphones over TJ's ears. Surprisingly, the music works. TJ can now get through the gate with confidence. The headphones later become a

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of Thunder Jam as he wins more and more races. B. Moody (

Jason Dohring Jason William Dohring (born March 30, 1982) is an American stage, television and voice actor who is best known for his role as Logan Echolls on the television show ''Veronica Mars'' (2004–2007, 2019) and the 2014 film continuation as well as ...

), an ex-circus rider, is picked up as the jockey, however, an accident caused by Thunder Jam's competition leaves Moody injured and unable to compete, thus forcing Corrie to step in and take his place. At the final race of the season their toughest opponent is doing everything he can to see that he wins. He takes it up with the judges that the headphones on TJ's ears are stimulating the horse in some rule breaking manner and should be disallowed. Dismayed, Corrie and TJ have to run the race without their signature item. After a rough start, Moody ingeniously puts TJ's music over the race course's loud speakers, and TJ, made confident by the familiar song, goes on to win the fictional Gold Rush Derby.

Cast

* Krissy Perez as Corrie Ortiz *

as B. Moody *

Lillian Hurst Lillian Hurst (born August 13, 1943) is a Puerto Rican actress and comedian, She made her debut as a television comedian in the early-1960s. She has worked in film, stage and television productions in the United States. Early life Hurst was born ...

as Lourdes Ortiz * Jon Brazier as Max Garris *

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as Hector Machado *

Theresa Saldana Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress, activist, and writer. She is known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, in the 1990s television series '' The Commish'', for which s ...

as Sonja Ortiz * Sinbad as Voice of "Hollywood Shuffle" * Paul Rodriguez as Voice of "T.J." *

Rick Ducommun Richard Ducommun (July 3, 1952 – June 12, 2015) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. Career One of his earliest television appearances was on ''Star Search'' and as a technician accosted by a scantily-clad dancer near ...

as Voice of "Cyclone" * Cristian Guerrero as Gabby Ortiz * Mark Clare as James McCaffery * Stephen Tozer as Bob Bethell * Maggie Harper as Dr. Lucy Huckaby * Michael Saccente as Homer Flannigan * John Sumner as Supervisor Pete

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* 2000 television films 2000 films Disney Channel Original Movie films Films about horses American horse racing films American television films Films about women's sports Films directed by Duwayne Dunham 2000s American films {{sport-film-stub

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