Christina is determined to enter high-level competitions but in trying to make faster progress, she loses her horse's trust; meanwhile, her cousin Melanie trains a foal.
Presents an introduction to the creatures that live in a tide pool, in simple text with photographs, including descriptions of a tide pool environment, as well as the various plant and animal life that inhabit it.
Melanie faces a difficult challenge when she takes her skittish filly to Florida to run in an easy race, only to discover her father, badly in need of money, has entered the horse in the prestigious Florida Derby.