(U, 102 mins): Starring the voices of Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg and Snoop Dogg. Directed by Frederick Du Chau.

From the stable that brought us Babe comes another thoroughbred tale about an unlikely hero and his dreams of coming from the back of the field to romp his way home to the winners enclosure (okay, enough of the horse puns).

The official film of Red Nose Day 2005 is a feel-good family adventure, which combines live action and innovative computer generated animation to give voice to a menagerie of animals.

During a thunderstorm, a travelling circus accidentally leaves behind a baby zebra (voiced by Muniz), who is discovered by a down on his luck horse farmer (Bruce Greenwood).

The kind widower takes the foal home to his Kentucky homestead where his young daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere) christens the zebra Stripes and adopts him as a pet.

Grumpy Shetland pony Tucker (Hoffman) and wise old goat Franny (Goldberg) welcome Stripes to his new home, which borders the Dalrymple Estate, where thoroughbreds train to compete in the prestigious Kentucky Open.

Stripes immediately falls in love with the idea of winning the big race and, not realising that he is a zebra, the plucky youngster sets about training for the big race unaware that the future of the farm rests on his victory.

Racing Stripes is an entertaining, slickly produced and frequently amusing modern-day fairy-tale that abides by the Babe template for its laughter and tears.

A percentage of every ticket goes straight to Comic Relief, giving you even more of an excuse to take the whole family for a day at the races.