What in Hollywood is ever real?
It was a great movie though.  LOL
Anthony

--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday thought for the day/Vanagon Name
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 12:38 PM

On May 6, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Anthony Egeln wrote:

> Actually I equinomorphized my syncro......
> Named him after the sturdy and unbeatable mustang stallion in the movie of the same name.
> Figured it was quite apt.  More powerful, useful and soulfull than the thoroughbred (Land Rover?).
> Cheers, Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
It is a "nice story", but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidalgo_(film)#cite_note-0
^ “There is no record or reference to Hopkins with or without his mustangs ever having set foot on Arabian soil. The idea of a historic long distance Arab horse race is pure nonsense and flies against all reason. Such an event in Arabia any time in the past is impossible simply from a technical, logistical, cultural and geopolitical point of view. It has never been part of our rich traditions and equestrian heritage." Quoted in Peter Harrigan, y=2003 Hidalgo: A Film or Flim-flam? In Arab News, May 13, 2003, page found 2010-12-28.