Plot
Following the events of National Velvet, Velvet Brown's younger brother, Donald, has since married and moved to Arizona. After Donald and his wife are killed in a car crash, their 14-year-old daughter, Sarah, goes to England to live with her aunt, Velvet, and Velvet's partner, John.
When Velvet was about Sarah's age, she and her horse, Pie, raced in the legendary Grand National horse race and finished first; however, Velvet and Pie were immediately disqualified because teen-aged Velvet was an under-aged girl and an unlicensed jockey. The Pie was retired to stud, and his last foal is born shortly after Sarah's arrival in England. Sarah wants the colt, so Velvet buys him for her. Sarah aptly names him Arizona Pie.
Sarah shows enough riding talent to be selected for the British Olympic equestrian team. She is a junior member but progresses well under the stern guidance of Captain Johnson. Sarah achieves her dream and enters the Olympic Three Day Event helping Great Britain win the team competition. She falls in love with American competitor, Scott Saunders. They marry and move back to America. At the film's conclusion, they return to England to visit Velvet and John. Sarah gives Velvet her Olympic medal.
Production
It was the first film shot in England financed by MGM since 1971. [2] The head of MGM at the time was Richard Shepherd, who was former agent for Bryan Forbes. [3]
The majority of the countryside riding and home scenes were filmed in and around the Flete Estate in South Devon, including Mothecombe Beach and the nearby village of Holbeton.
The Cross-Country riding sequences were filmed in the grounds of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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