Times had been hard for George Flugal and his wife, and this inevitably resulted in him having to sell the majority of the school's horses until he was left with just four: Pogo, Biff, Troy and an ex-racehorse called Chance.

The horses, who along with a young stablehand Rachelle Perkins,a dog named Nugget, a pig called Nigel and an old family friend called Uncle Dave, make up the Flugal's extended family.

When they find themselves facing the possibility of having the farm repossessed by the bank, and being bought out by the odious Mr Williams, have to pull together to enter a carriage drive in order to win the prize money, and save the farm.