Hank McLaughlin, who inherited and runs his brother's horse ranch, only meets his teen daughter, Carrie, when her grandmother, who raised her since her mother's death, falls too ill. She is hostile to him, who never got a chance to learn how to become one and hates rustic life. Having been saved from a rattlesnake bite by a bitten, untamed mustang, whom only her cousin ever rode, she bonds with her over a taxing recovery process. A cute, patient juvenile ranch-hand named Jake, who dreams of a Nashville country career and his own ranch, bonds as her riding instructor and only friend. She meanly dumps him due to being jealous of rich neighbor rancher HD Walker's dressage champion daughter Amy's bond with him. Tragedy lures as Flicka gets away and into great trouble.
