Henry has an attack of angina while training Alec and The Black and plans to quit training.
Catherine feels what it s like to race.
Henry and Alec meet up with a young track star who's running from his father. Bobby feels that his father doesn't listen to him and doesn't realize that he doesn't just want to run, that he has other interests as well. Henry helps his father Martin see that his son is unhappy and Alec encourages Bobby to speak up to his father. Father and son are reunited and they come to an understanding with one another.
Alec learns the meaning of tolerance and friendship when Mike, a boy with Down Syndrome befriends him. At first Alec doesn't know how to treat Mike but with the help of Henry, he becomes friends with him. Mike is Alec's only hope when the Black gets spooked and throws Alec who hits his head. Mike must figure out how to wake up Alec and get past the Black who's faithfully guarding his friend. When Alec comes to, he realizes that Mike and his horse asked the Black to move after Mike took down the fence dividing them.
Against Henry's wishes, Alec and the Black participate in a promotional event for courier Jericho Express. When Alec is purposely led off the path, he meets up with a young man named Hank, with a story to tell on the real origins of the Jericho Express and his great-uncle Jericho Coyote. Alec allows Hank to carry the journal of his great-uncle across the finish line, instead of himself.
While at the Cloverdale Rodeo, Henry and Alec meet a former rodeo champion who's trying to be the best once again after an injury. Johnny King nearly gets himself killed when he attempts to ride the Black and Alec won't speak to him. Henry tells Alec of Johnny's past and Alec and Johnny apologize to one another and come to an understanding.
When a photographer claims he was attacked by the Black, without cause, Alec is afraid the Black will be destroyed. While distraught Alec takes off with the Black, while the cops try to track him. Meanwhile, Catherine tries to prove that the photographer was in the Black's corral and was provoking him by taking pictures.
Henry and Alec visit Anne Knight, daughter of Henry's old friend, who now runs the Imperial Stables. One of her horses is running against the Black in an upcoming race and her trainer wants to make sure that their horse wins. The Black's sweet tooth creates an opportunity for sabotauge and when he wins, he's disqualified due to being drugged. Henry and Alec frantically try to figure out who drugged the Black and how. They discover that he was drugged with chocolate and Henry deduces that Greg Hill, Anne's top trainer, used the candy just as his father did long ago. Anne fires Greg and apologizes to Henry.
When Henry arranges a special race where the Black would race a famous horse named Shooting Magic, Alec is ecstatic. However, things don't go as planned when Henry meets with the rival horse's owner, D.J. Lancaster and signs a contract he didn't read. Alec is beside himself with grief and anger when they learn that according to the contract Henry signed that if the Black loses, Alec would lose him to D.J. Lancaster. Happily though, the Black wins the race and Henry and Alec mend their friendship.
A sleazy gambler attempts to blackmail Henry into throwing one of the Black's races and when Alec spies them together he grows suspicious of his friend. He questions Henry about it and Henry explains that it was not what it seemed. When the Black wins the race that Henry was supposed to saboutauge, it seems like he's in big trouble with the gambler and his buddies. That is until Henry reveals he's wearing a wear and the cops close in.
While Henry visits with his old girlfriend Martha at her farm, Alec spends some time with her asthmatic, mischievious nephew Dennis. When Dennis accidently spooks the Black, he runs away in fear, straight into a grain silo. When Alec tries to chase after the boy, they both end up stuck in the grain silo, which is filling up fast with grain, causing lots of dust that makes it hard for the the boys to breathe. With the help of Pierre and the Black, Alec and Dennis manage to escape the silo relatively unharmed aside from Dennis losing his inhaler and lack of breathing briefly.
When Alec and Henry visit with Henry's old friend and his granddaughter, Alec suspects Jackie is hiding something. When he learns she's an alcoholic, he covers for her and is torn on whether to tell. He eventually does and Jackie admits she needs help, and Henry reveals he had the same problem with her grandfather who's a recovering alcoholic.
When a stranger visits and claims to have been a friend of John Ramsey, Alec's father, no one is suspicious. They should be though, because Smythe was no friend of John's. Smythe in an attempt to recover some rare black pearls that he believes John sent home to Belle and Alec, kidnaps Alec and the Black. It's up to Henry, and the pearls, to get them back.
Alec resorts to extreme exercise and severe dieting, including diet pills and vomiting, when he thinks he'll be too heavy to jockey the Black soon. With the help of Henry, Belle and Catherine, Alec comes to his senses, but not until after a big race is scratched.
A stablehand helps thieves kidnap the Black and replace him with a lookalike that fools the security guard but not Alec. Alec and Henry desperately try to figure out what happened and when the stablehand finally confesses, it's off to France they go to rescue the Black.
Still in France, Alec finally gets the Black back after two weeks in quarantine but the stallion is not his old self. The Black has given up and it's up to Alec to take him out to the country to bring him back to his old wild spirit in order for them to be ready for the next big race. Thankfully this works and the Black wins the race. Alec and Henry decide to stay in Europe to win some more races and make enough money to fly the Black home on an airplane.
Another horse dies painfully in a race, causing Alec to consider not racing The black and accepting a scholarship to a French riding academy.
Alec becomes the target of bank robbers after he discovers stolen francs in an abandoned building, and Catherine mistakenly tells them his whereabouts.
While lost, Henry sees a glowing ghost-white stallion, but Alec questions this when the two stay at the Neuchatel Chateau.
The Black's life is threatened by the only person more feared and hated than a horse thief, a barn burner. A young woman named Nicole Berthier is blamed for the barn burning.
When diamond thieves hid a bag of diamonds in The Black's trailer and it's discovered missing, Alec and Nicole become the hunted.
The Black is kidnapped by a well meaning animal rights activist and will be shipped back to the Arabian Peninsula unless Alec can prove The Black wishes to stay with him. The Black finally comes back to Alec's possession after a while.
Due to foul play, The Black is not only banned from the French racing circuit, but has a price on his head due to having drugs in his feed.
Alec brushes shoulders with a competing jockey who will do whatever it takes to beat The Black, including testing Alec's ability as a jockey while using a battery-operated electric horsewhip.
Henry, Alec, Nicole, and The Black's lives are put into jeopardy after The Black's linage is traced back to one of King Charles' stallions, The Alhambra Zarr.
While waiting in a holding barn prior to the trip back to America, trouble rises when the veterinarian's son, an animal hater, sets his sights on hurting The Black which means Alec and Nicole must try to break him out.
A cunning and dangerous Arab man, Salim Al Duwish, tries to steal The Black to resurrect his plague decimated herd. He attempts to shoot Alec for The Black, but the two get away.
Resulting from a fall off The Black, Alec has amnesia and joins some local ranchers who name him John, to help shoot a wild mustang, The Black, recently spotted in the area, and makes the herd of mustangs escape the coral and the local ranchers, and Alec go after him. When The Black is found, Alec is told to shoot him. Then Alec remembers who he is and drops the gun and goes over to The Black.
Driving to a race, Alec and Nicole are forced to take a detour which results in an ambush.
A mysterious island stallion named Lizzy's Edge, arrives on the scene with a beautiful young jockey named Elizabeth, a girl from a small remote island, named Azul, who Alec falls in love with.
In The Black's first U.S. race, Alec must compete against a group of jockeys who take their practical jokes too far.
Alec and The Black save the life of a Native American embark on a spiritual quest and in the process mend their own troubled relationship.
The Black runs away when the rig breaks down, which results in being held captive by a ruthless businessman.
After being accidentally thrown from The Black, Alec is badly injured and is afraid to ride again.
Alec is upset at his mother's intention to remarry.
While Alec is swept off his feet by a beautiful Chinese student named Lia Sing. It's discovered she is part of a ring that wants to steal The Black for stallion fights in China.
Nicole unexpectedly wins her first race as a jockey only to find herself involved with ruthless people who neglect to tell her she and the horse are expendable.
Alec, Nicole, and The Black find themselves in a ghost town at the mercy of a deluded man who has a plan for The Black's future.
When The Black is named Horse of the Year, the success goes to Alec's head and he becomes a spoiled brat.
An unscrupulous vet tries to cripple The Black with the help of Nicole's father.
A teenage motorcycle gang kidnaps The Black and leaves him to die.
The Black races against a horse that bears a striking resemblance to him.
When Henry accidently buys a stolen horse in an auction, Henry and the Black are banned from racing, pending an investigation. Meanwhile, Alec must put the Black up for auction as bait in order to clear Henry.
When Henry gets a concussion in a car accident, Alec and The Black are his only hope.
The Black falls into a 20-foot hole.
The Black becomes uncontrollable after Alec leaves to follow Nicole back to France.
An impromptu race pits Alec and Nicole against each other.
Alec grows jealous when his rival asks Nicole for a date, so he takes the Black for a ride through the forest to sort out his feelings.
An injury threatens to end the Black's career, but when Nicole's father, a veterinarian, offers to treat the horse, Alec is reluctant to accept his help.
Henry sends Alec and Nicole into France, and ends up bailing them out of jail.
A foiled attempt to steal The Black ends with Black Tide being stolen.
Alec races The Black to a hollow victory when his arch rival suffers a devastating fall.
When The Black loses an important race in France; Alec, Nicole, and The Black follow Henry to New Zealand.
Only Nate can convince Alec and The Black that a dangerous rogue stallion is not what he appears to be.
Having escaped into the New Zealand countryside, The Black searches for freedom only to save Alec's life.
Alec is cornered into racing The Black at the local fair, only to learn more is at stake.
When the truck breaks down, Henry and Nate are stuck on the road.
Alec is challenged by a rival jockey to prove he can win on any horse.
A devastating fall nearly ends Nicole's career as a jockey.
Alec and The Black endure a grueling cross-country race.
Alec falls for a beautiful but unscrupulous horse trainer.
Nicole gets more than she bargained for on her birthday.
Nicole falls for a handsome man
Alec is tempted by a trip back to America.
Alec's plans to help support the Riding Therapy Center are jeopardized when Nate steals the family's horses to join a group.
On an archaeological expedition, Nicole and Kerry are nearly killed in an explosion set by a young Maori intent on preserving his heritage.
The family's future at Manukau Farm is jeopardized when Henry's cousin arrives demanding custody of Nate.
When Alec and Nicole spend a day at the beach, Alec nearly drowns and develops hypothermia. Nicole and the Black stay with Alec and it's up to Black Tide to go for help.
A former racing great steps in while Henry is gone.
Alec fears The Black may have to surrender his crown to Black Tide.
The Black comes to the defense of a young mare being threatened by a wild stallion.