When Judy Barker, the Pine Hollow veterinarian, offers Lisa a chance to visit the stables at the racetrack, Lisa jumps at the opportunity. Shes been working on her skills as a photographer, and shed love to take pictures of some of the Thoroughbreds especially a beautiful mare thats training for the upcoming Preakness race. Then Lisa, Carole, and Stevie learn that one of the racehorse owners may be using drugs illegally to improve his horses chances of winning. And one of Lisas photos may supply the proof of this crime that the authorities are looking for

Bonnie Bryant is the author of over a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club series, Saddle Club Super Editions, and the Pony Tails series. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, B. B. Hiller.

Bonnie began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies then and found herself learning right along with her characters Stevie, Carole and Lisa. She claims that they are all much better riders than she is. Bonnie was born and raised in New York City, where she continues to live today.