Earlshall Park is a location featured in the 2020 Disney+ original film Black Beauty.
Background[]
Earlshall Park is located in the Earlshall estates of New York. It is the park where Black Beauty and Ginger moved to after a fire broke out in the Birtwick Stables, due to the stable that contained horses being damaged by the fire. This location is also home to the Winthorp family, migrants from England. In addition to containing a stable that contains horses inside, Earlshall also contains a social gathering hosted by Mrs. Winthorp and her husband Mr. Winthorp who host the horse racing events. However, after Beauty lost the race, due to Georgina putting too much stress on her, causing her to tumble, Mrs. Winthorp decided to sell Beauty to a ranger named Terry.
Role in the film[]
As the horses from the Birtwick Stables were moved to Earlshall, Georgina Winthorp encounters Mr. York whom he thinks she saved Black Beauty just before he approaches Jo Green and introduces himself to her and leading her to the summer quarters at Earlshall. Black Beauty began to narrate that Ginger was purchased by George Winthorp who takes an interest in Jo unlike his sister Georgina who puts too much pressure on her. As Georgina began to ride on Beauty, she felt uncomfortable of having Georgina ride on her as she narrates that she preferred Jo riding on her more than Georgina who puts stress on her. ignoring her mother's advice on trying to ride a horse properly. Mrs. Winthorp later approaches Jo, telling her that her son George put a word so that she could spend time with Beauty, giving her an advice to have an appropriate distance between her.
The next day, George and Georgina's parents host a social gathering during a race full of lively classical music performers as well as a race often watching riders training their horses for the race. Jo wishes George for luck during a horse race to which after Ginger was checked on, George was able to win the race while riding on Ginger. Later, when Black Beauty became next with Georgina riding on her, Georgina's selfishness put her and Beauty in danger, resulting in too much stress and pressure put onto Beauty, causing both of them to fall during a race, both of them to lose. During a negotiation, Mrs. Winthorp plans to send Beauty to a better place where she could be treated properly after negotiating with her son as well as Mr. York, followed by George's mother secretly selling Ginger. Black Beauty later faced many challenges afterwards before reuniting with Jo Green.
Trivia[]
- During the part where the race begins, some of the spectators watching the horse race in Earlshall are seen holding cellphones, due to the Disney adaptation of Black Beauty being set in modern times. Cellphones did not originate in Anna Sewell's original novel, due to cellphones originating from the modern era.
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