If you buy that horse, you're buying your daughter's death warrant, Jane Pohl's father heard from the army barracks in the spring of 1941. But the potential that the teenage equestrian saw in the small, temperamental Thoroughbred was enough to convince him otherwise. At a time when women were rarely seen in jumping classes at horse shows and were not taken seriously by male competitors, Jane and Fitz helped to break down barriers against women riders competing in the Olympics. In 1946, Jane and Fitz found themselves at the Jumper Championship of America at the prestigious National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden-the highest jumping title in the world. The road there for horse and rider was a five-year test of faith, patience, and understanding friendship.