Stuart Horten - ten years old and small for his age - moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his new next-door neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse.
When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage B behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind p...