An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan.
Misty must swim across the channel from Assateague Island with the other wild ponies. But the newborn colt-too small to resist the pull of the strong current-is quickly sucked into a whirlpool.
Paul and Maureen have worked to scrape together money to buy the wild pony of their dreams. But just as the Phantom and her newborn colt are within reach, bad luck seems to shatter their hopes.
Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan.
A fictionalized history of the life of the horse credited with fathering the standardbred line accompanied by a pictorial postlude of his ancestors and descendants.