- 1st May 2003 -
Pics of Viggo Mortensen on the set of the horse flick are up at The Z Review.

- 17th March 2003 -
Viggo Mortensen riding a bucking bronco (is that what they're calling Orlando Bloom these days?) is one of the big releases this October, but now The Times Argus Online has called into question the validity of the 'true story' upon which its sourced. The film is based on a batch of unpublished memoirs and follows the supposed real life tale of horse racer Frank Hopkins and his mustang Hidalgo who won both a 13-day race from Texas to Rutland, and a 3,000-mile cross-country race on the Arabian Peninsula. The problem now is some people are claiming that Frank never rode in the former race, and quite possibly the later - "There is no evidence he has ever even been seen on a horse. We uncovered a whole slew of equestrian lies, we couldn’t believe what we read" said Long Riders Guild member CuChullaine O’Reilly who did some investigations to try and find out the veracity of Frank's claims when they first came to public attention in various magazine articles in the 60's. O'Reilly continues saying Frank has made some extravagant claims - "He told people his father was a Secret Service scout and the only survivor of Little Bighorn. He said he scouted with the remnants of the 7th Cavalry, taught Billy the Kid frontier lore and was a longtime friend of Buffalo Bill Cody. He said he had been shot seven times and bitten by rattlesnakes three times. In the 1930s, who's going to question the guy?. Who's going to call Arabia? We don’t have an axe to grind, but Touchstone got hoodwinked". Members of the Rutland Historical Society have yet to find any proof of the 31-day race or that Frank was in the city at that time, but the film's writer is already firing back - "It was only going to be a matter of time before the Arabian horse community realized a story that had been kept quiet for 130 years would come out. The story is a major thorn in the side of elitist groups like the guild. This is a revisionist effort to discredit this man who was one of the greatest horse riders of his time". Thanks to 'JHBlade'

- 23rd January 2003 -
Casting calls and location shift info is up at FilmJerk

- 17th January 2003 -
The Viggo Mortensen horse flick looks set to undergo a name change for the Latin American market as Hidalgo is the name of one of the most revered heroes of the Mexican War for Independence.

- 16th January 2003 -
Viggo Mortensen horse drama "Hildago" has been delayed to October 3rd.

- 17th December 2002 -
Pics and an article about the new Viggo Mortensen flick are up at TheOneRing.Net

- 25th November 2002 -
Numerous on-set shots are up from Hildago.

- 13th August 2002 -
Yahoo Movies reports that the one and only Omar Sharif will play a sheik in the Viggo Mortensen horse flick.