National Velvet

To prevent a horse named The Pie from being slaughtered, Velvet sets up a raffle and wins the junior steeplechase competition riding bareback.

Velvet wants to break King to the saddle without using the whip like a professional trainer does.

Velvet tries to help a troubled kid from the city who has been mistreating King.

Marilyn wants to buy King and when her father cannot purchase King from Herbert, Marilyn decides to trick Velvet into showing him at the club but Velvet cannot ride him, only Marilyn. Marilyn falls off and everybody thinks it's the horses fault. Velvet tells Marilyn how to ride him.

Velvet is afraid that Edwina will get into trouble for sneaking out of the house to have a last visit with her army-bound boyfriend.

The water well pump is not working, probably from no rain. The well goes dry. Herbert needs to dig further down. Velvet offers to sell King. Herbert goes to the bank for a loan. It starts to rain.

Donald suffers from guilt when Edwina's canary dies while in his care.

Velvet becomes jealous when Mi is smitten with Mrs. Sinclair's pretty niece.

Her dad can't afford a new generator, his $100 in savings pledged to getting his wife a new coat for their anniversary, so Velvet tries to raise the money.

When her father hooks King up to pull a cart after his truck breaks down, Velvet blames him for King's subsequent injury.

Teddy's father (Ed Nelson) is the principal of the High School. Edwina invites Teddy and his father to a BBQ at the Brown's. Edwina wants everything to be perfect. Mi gets Teddy's father to relax with Herbert's Elderberry Wine. Ed starts helping the Brown's with the milking.

Malcome Porter gets laid off from the dairy and has to find a place for his old horse, Whitey who pulled the dairy wagon. Velvet decides to keep the horse on the farm and he is still not happy until they find work for him to do. Whitey does not want to retire yet.

Donald has no one to play with so he "invents" a friend and calls him Willy. So Donald leaves and takes King with him. He hides King. Then a real Willy shows up.

Both Velvet and Teddy are annoyed when Edwina falls for a big-talking college boy, who seems to be good at everything.

Edwina comes home and tells Mama that Mr Baker is building a new Quarter Horse Ranch. Holly Baker is a friend of Edwina's.

Martha wins a blue ribbon for her jam at the fair. Then a salesman comes to the farm to buy Martha's Jam and sell it nationwide. They will make lots of money. Herbert gets upset because they won't need the farm anymore. Martha burns the recipe book.

Despite Mi's advice against it, Velvet enters King in a steeplechase competition.

Edwina's forgets to get the books that Teddy needs for a exam. He orders her out of the car and does not take her to the dance. Edwina asks Salley to help Teddy on his exam. Then she has a bad dream. Teddy finds out that Edwina asked Salley to help with his books.

King has sired a new colt, but does not want the youngster around him, so they have to find a new home for it.

Velvet's brother finds a stray calf and wants to raise it as a pet instead of selling it.

Marilyn's groom (Flynn) tells Mi that Marilyn's horse is a better jumper than Velvet's horse, King. Mi calls off the race. Then Velvet decides she wants to race, just to win. Marilyn is riding a beautiful white horse. Velvet wins and then falls off King because Marilyn raised the last jump. Mi gets his ring back. Marilyn and Velvet shake and make friends.

A brush fire gets too close to the Brown farm. Herbert and Mi have to go and help try and put it out. King escapes from the paddock. Donald finds a wolf in the paddock. Wild animals are running from the fire. Herbert and Mi come back and Herbert has to shoot the wolf.

John Oliver Hadley and his mother, Helen move in next door to the Brown's. Mrs Hadley is very protective over Oliver. John rides King without permission and falls off. Johns mother tries to get King put to sleep for being mean. Helen sues the Brown's for $25,000.00. John runs away. John tells his mother he is tired of being treated like a baby. Helen drops the lawsuit.

Martha's father comes to visit, and suggests that Velvet should ride King in the Grand National steeplechase competition.

Mi finds out the neighbor's cows are sick with Foot and Mouth. The neighbor lies and says his cows are fine. Mi and Herbert keep having to check to make sure so the other cows don't get sick. Finally they find a dead cow.

Velvet is overjoyed when a forthcoming beauty contest causes her older sister to involve Velvet in her activities, causing Velvet to be all the more crushed when Edwina and her friends start ignoring Velvet again.

Two men come to the Brown's to look at King. Randolph Stables. They claim King is stolen and have papers to prove it. They claim his name is Highland Star and that Homer bought a stolen horse. Velvet gives King to the men because they promise to train and race King.

Horse owner Wilbur Gray, Mi's former employer, wants to lease King from Velvet to compete on the circuit, and offers Mi the position of taking care of the horse.

Velvet needs a new jumping saddle and decides to teach riding to a spoiled rich kid named Bradley Walton III.

Martha's father returns and starts drilling for oil on the Brown farm.

Mi's father's cousin leaves Mi a niece he has never seen. Mi thinks she is a young child and she is a adult. Leona is her name. Leona is here to marry Mi. Old family arrangement. Velvet finds out Leona has a boyfriend named Johnny whom she left in Ireland. Then Johnny shows up from Ireland looking for Leona. Leona and Johnny get married.

Harrison Willobee, Production Engineer with the Winters Dairy comes to the Brown's Farm to see if the Brown's are handling there business properly.