Frank Hildalgo (Viggo Mortenson) was the fastest courier in the west, winning distance races left and right, until one message he delivered sent him into a tailspin of depression. After joining Buffalo Bill Cody's traveling Wild West act, he is challenged to the biggest race of his life. What ensues is a life or death adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat. This is a riveting tale of endurance and what it meant to be a real man in the days of the Wild West.