No matter how determined Caroline was to ride Possum, under Grand Prix rules she would not have been able to compete in the Under 14s on a 16hh horse. Her own age, height and weight would, under their safety regulations, have prevented her from riding a horse that's too big for her. Caroline is only years old and a big horse like Possum would have been too much for her to handle.
No matter how determined Caroline was to ride Possum, under Grand Prix rules she would not have been able to compete in the Under 14s on a 16hh horse. Her own age, height and weight would, under their safety regulations, have prevented her from riding a horse that's too big for her. Caroline is only nine years old and a big horse like Possum would have been too much for her to handle, especially since she had no previous experience riding him.
During the dance scene, after the big show, the band and singers do not match to what songs are currently playing.
When Caroline is getting ready to ride Possum at an event, Dennis Quaid wishes her luck and calls her "Ladybug." Her nickname through the entire movie is "Doodlebug."
Wiley is wearing his riding boots at the lunch table. There is no way, in an aristocratic Southern family that prides itself on tradition and the manners of the South, that anyone would wear outside boots inside, to a meal. Especially not the master of the farm.