Annie Garriet is a young woman who moves with her irresponsible husband Ross and their sevenyearold daughter Taylor from Colorado to a ranch in northern California where Ross abandons them after he fails to land a job. With no money and no friends, and Taylor and Annies prized racehorse, Tolo, to look after, Annie lands a job at a ranch hand and stable person at a stud farm owned by the stern Mary Lou OBrien who is hiding some person demons of her own. Despite Annies own setbacks in life, she decides to find an outing by entering her horse in a highstakes riding competition. But when her horse goes blind from a race illness, Annie must struggle with her hardships to put the impossible to the test.