Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution: A lifelong group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.

• Gateway Films
• Talent Films
• Bob Hoskins
• Jenny Agutter
• Phil Davis
• Vincent Regan
• Calum MacNab
• Emily Atack
• Rita Tushingham
• Dudley Sutton