Dave Swinton is a multiple champion jockey with a delicate secret: he is being blackmailed into deliberately losing races. When he confesses his misstep to none other than Jeff Hinkley, a deadly spiral is set in motion, from which Hinkley narrowly escapes, but Swinton does not. Hinkley wants nothing to do with the suicide that the police believe in and resolutely takes on an seemingly overpowering opponent: the millions and the ruthlessness of the super-rich.