Veronica DiAngelo, a snobby and rich girl at Pine Hollow, accidentally kills her young stallion, Cobalt. Carole loved Cobalt so much that when he was alive that she would take care of him because Veronica didn't love him. When Cobalt dies, Carole decides to give up riding because he is dead. Carole's friends, Lisa and Stevie, try desperatly to get her to start riding again. Carole is so struck by Cobalt's death that she won't listen to her friends. Can Lisa and Stevie persuade Carole to ride? If they can't, what will happen to the three girls' friendship?