It's Christmastime and after having her "Happily Ever After" wrecked by an unfair divorce, Amanda (BRANDE RODERICK) must come up with a plan to secure her 10 year old son Daniel's future, before it's too late. During the Annual California Wine Country Christmas Derby, Amanda meets two misfits, down on their luck, to execute her plan. With the help of a talking Horse named Ace and his racehorse friends, Amanda finds her way to the miracle of a very different "Happily Ever After".