Thundering Hoofs is a 1922 American
silentdrama film directed by
Francis Ford and starring Ford,
Peggy O'Day and
James T. Kelley.[1] Made as an
independent, it was directed by Francis Ford who was the elder brother of the better-known
John Ford. Copies of the film still survive, unlike many independent productions of the era.
Plot
After years at a boarding school, a young woman returns to Kentucky. She arrives just in time to stop a racehorse she owns from being scratched from the Kentucky Derby.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.