Fifteen-year-old Leslie D'Andrea can have any horse she wants — her parents own stables where they train retired Thoroughbreds to become pleasure riders. But the only horse Leslie wants is Battlecry, a racer everyone else has given up on as wild and untrainable.
Leslie knows Battlecry is something more. Beneath his unpredictable behaviour is a spirited horse who would give his all to win races again — for her.
Finally Leslie's parents give Battlecry a chance to prove his worth. Leslie doesn't know that by entering Battlecry in a race, she'll risk losing him forever...