David has had to give up the riding school after his partner Pat left for a life in London. David has left the stables. He's found a job as a working pupil at Major Seely's stables. It's not easy. The stud groom who runs the stables takes an immediate dislike to David. Mr Booth makes David's life so difficult when Major Seely is abroad that he leaves.

But just when everything seems darkest, life starts to change.