Jack is failing at school and the Racing Futures Programme is his final chance. Chris and Terry have a potentially champion racehorse that they can't afford to keep. Joy finds herself the prime suspect when money goes missing from a betting office. Three different problems, but can DI Les de Freitas find a common link in a seemingly motiveless theft? As their lives intertwine against a backdrop of a once-in-a-lifetime Triple Crown bid, who will be the first to crack under the pressure.