During the Great Depression, everyone had to hold on to a dream to get through the darkest times, and carmaker Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), who had a frustrated life, was no exception. He bought a small racehorse called "Sea Crackers" and won over a group of people who also had dreams, intending to enter the racing circle. The first person to discover the talent of sea crackers is trainer Tom Smith (Chris Cooper). He believes that although the horse is short and has weak legs and legs, it has a complete stubbornness and stubbornness hidden in its nature, which may make it the king of racing. They brought in former boxing champion Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire) as the jockey for Seabut, and the three of them and a horse found the direction of life again on a common journey.