The great horse, the big-money race, the roar of the crowds cheering him home - this was Mikey Rothrock's dream.

To make it come true he had to fight - fight the track thieves, the crooked trainers, the men who backed their bets with guns.

Then he met Maggie, the wild Irish gamin who could ride like a man and love like a woman.

With Maggie at his side, tough, arrogant Mikey reached for the big dream - bucking odds that were all on the side of murder.