He's often late, drunk, and depressed, but finally wakes up from his stupor when he makes a Vegas appearance in a publicity event that would have the star riding a former thoroughbred
champion racehorse, Rising Star.
Stripes» dream is to become
a champion racehorse, so he can race with the big horses down at the nearby racetrack.
This is where it all began: Before Stanford became a world class university, it was a horse farm that produced
champion racehorses.