“Destined To Ride” (** out of four) was a thoroughly predictable story about a young girl (Madeline Carroll) who has to go off to the country to live with her aunt (Denise Richards) on a horse ranch and forms a relationship with one of her horses which they have to utilize to later save the ranch from a local rival (Nick Searcy) in a thoroughbred contest. Saccharine story of a fish-out-of-water, adolescent growing pains, and special bonds between animals and their trainers but is given some spark by Carroll’s spunky performance and some pretty photography. Young girls may like it but it’s otherwise destined for afternoon specials and cable-tv.