Champions

Champions
  • Release date: 20 Apr 1984
  • Release year: 1984
  • Runtime: 106 minutes
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Keywords: horse sport, horse movie, steeplechase, cancer, cancer recovery, 1970s, 1980s, year 1981, champion steeplechase jockey, stubbornness
Plot:
The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeplechase on the horse Aldaniti.
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