Family ties mean trouble, chains and fatal obligations. And when steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding comes to the aid of his twin sister and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, even death threatens.

A vicious newspaper campaign jeopardizes Bobby's career as a racehorse trainer. Putting behind him the age-old Allardeck-Fielding feud, Kit tries to find out who is behind it all. Combining his investigations with riding winners for the Princess - whose beautiful niece becomes more than a friend - he makes some startling discoveries.

Caught up in the intrigue are powerful people who think a jockey should mind his own business and are prepared to use violence to make sure he does...