When her mother dies tragically in a car accident, 17-year-old Jessie is taken in by her aunt and uncle in western Montana. At her new school she gets unexpected attention from a cocky bull rider and aches with the impossible need to hold onto her one connection to her mother: barrel racing. Doing anything she can to be around horses, Jessie doesn't give up on her dream despite not having her own horse. But when Uncle Mick finds a deal on a cutting horse that's been deemed useless, Jessie finds new hope in life, and her longed-for chance at barrel racing.