Alison Chant is angry at the world. She wants a new horse, but everything gets in her way. First, her mom says, "Nomore horses!" then, she finds the horse of her dreams, but it belongs sto a young girl named Kristy Jones, who refuses to sell her beloved Skipper. Finally, Alison takes matters into her own hands, only to get Skipper and herself into terible trouble at a barrel race. Who can save her? Will it be Chuck McClintock, the goofy, redheaded cowboy seh met at Mustang Mountain Ranch? Or will it be his good-looking cousin, Craig? Alison is wondering what to do when a surprise visitor shows up to test the limits of her endurance. Alison will need all her resources of courage and strenght to heal and make things right. Can she do it? will she find her "swift horse?" and what's the systery behind the name McClintock?