In a cheering and relatable story of adversity overcome, an outcast
teen coaxes a defiant Thoroughbred back into the thrill of
competition.
Alone in the world, Jay Barton is a teenage misfit with nothing much
going for her besides an extraordinary talent for understanding
racehorses and riding them like a pro. When, in a desperate attempt to
escape her shifty, opportunistic uncle, she leaves home to work in a
racing stable, Jay forms a bond with a beautiful gray mare named
Manhattan -- brilliant, misunderstood, dangerous, and heading for
racing's scrap heap. Recognizing a fellow misfit, Jay fights to give
Manhattan one last opportunity to show that she's the champion she was
born to be. Together they face a world of prejudice and cruelty,
fighting back the only way they know how -- by becoming the best.