Ken returns from school with poor grades, disappointing his father. His mother convinces his father to let Ken choose a horse, but he picks an injured filly instead of a colt. Can he nurse her back to health?
In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.
Set in Wyoming about 1900, this was a story about young Ken McLaughlin and his horse Flicka. Ken lived on a ranch with his parents Rob and Nell and the ranch-hand Gus and had many an adventure.