On Saturday, Summer had been groomed, fed and watered, then driven down to the race grounds.
Once she was there with her friends, she felt nervous.
"What if I mess up?" Summer panicked.
"You'll be fine! You're fast!" Sherbert replied.
Summer was tacked up and led to the ring to be shown to the spectators.
Dark was being led round the ring a few horses in front of Summer. When they stopped to let the riders mount, Summer heard Darko talking to a mare.
The coloured Mustang looked over to Darko, and saw him chatting to Belle.
Unfortunately, she heard what she had been dreading…
"…And make sure she loses this race! Summer is gonna to pay big time!" She heard Belle say.
"I knew it." Summer whispered to herself.
"I knew it was too good to be true!" Summer cried as she walked past her friends with Morgan in the saddle.
"What?" Sherbert asked.
"Belle and Darko are plotting against me!" Summer explained, "apparently I'm 'gonna pay!'"
"Oh great!" Golden groaned, "Darko is such an idiot!"
"What should I do?" Summer asked desperately.
"Hey hey, wait a minute! They're here to horse around-you're here to race. Ignore them and keep running!" Sherbert said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a late entry for the first race. A grey Mustang mare named Bellamy's Princess, ridden by Paula Owen. The pair take number thirteen. Thankyou." The tannoy boomed.
Just at that moment, Belle stalked past in a light blue and purple racing set, the rider glared at Morgan. The two were obviously enemies.
"No way!" Summer cried.
"Oh yes Summer. You'd better believe it. Darko and I are gonna kick your…" Belle began. Luckily, the tannoy made another announcement right on cue, drowning out Belle's cussing.
"Ruuuuude!" Chase remarked.
Belle just tossed her head and walked away.
"Racers, please approach the starting gates!" The tannoy boomed again.
Summer said goodbye, and her friends wished her good luck as she trotted towards the track gates.
This was it-she was really going to race!
In the gates, some horses were becoming restless, but Summer just stood still and focused on the doors in front of her.
Suddenly, there was silence and all Summer could hear was her heartbeat and breathing.
Time seemed to be on standstill.
This really was it!…
(A/N: Well, I know it sounds a little bit like Racing Stripes, but I didn't copy-honest! )