Goodnatured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times His one out is a marker for halfownership in a young thoroughbred which he quickly calls in He discovers the other owner to be a young woman from an old horse racing family who wants to protect her colt almost as much as Marty wants to rush him into big races for a fast buck While they clash Marty soon comes to understand the human bond with the horses and what it means to be a thoroughbred