At Stormy Hill, Ann Collins and her best friend, Ted, look forward to the birth of Lightning and Velvets foal. When a difficult delivery leaves the filly with a twisted hock, Ted blames himself.

Though the vets assure him that is not the case, Ted takes on the training of Gamelan as his special project. But an accident puts the mares life in danger. Will Ted ever get a horse of his own to race?

Meanwhile, Ann finds herself drawn in a different direction, one that threatens her bond with Ted. For the first time she and Ted are at odds with each other. Will the Stormy Hill tradition be...

Ann Collins thought that winning the Kentucky Derby would fulfill her wildest dreams and that of her family. Raised all her life on Stormy Hill, a thoroughbred breeding farm located in the heart of Bluegrass Country, the shy, sheltered girl had not reckoned with facing fans or the press, avid for every detail of her life and that of her now-famous colt, Lightning. All she ever wanted was to race her colt, but suddenly she is thrown into a maelstrom from which the only answer is to continue on the path to an even bigger dream that could end with the winning of the coveted Triple Crown. Dealing...