 The movie was loosely inspired by the story of the mare Mariahs  Storm. She was a promising filly who was being pointed towards the  Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies in 1993 but then broke her cannon  bone. She recovered and later won some graded races. She started in  the 1995 Breeders Cup Distaff and finished ninth. She was owned by  Thunderhead Farms and trained by Don Von Hemel. Shes now known  mostly for being the dam of Giants Causeway.