"Noel" is an animated film based on the life of Noel Riddle who in his day was an elite jockey in Rhodesia between the 60's and 80's. In the film Noel we see a jockey on the other side of his prime struggling to stay focused on just the race. My film comes from an interest in animated documentaries and the genres ability to reveal a person's inner thoughts from a time or period that can no longer be filmed. With this film I want to show who Noel is as I have known him and capture some of the spirit which has driven him through his life.