 Annie Garriet (Julie Benz) is a young woman who moves with her irresponsible husband Ross (John Livingstone) and their seven-year-old daughter Taylor (Gage Golightly) 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 Annie s 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 O Brien (Marsha Mason) who is hiding some person demons of her own. Despite Annie s own setbacks in life, she decides to find an outing by entering her horse in a high-stakes 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.