Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does.

Now that Stormalong is a champion racehorse, Tommy (Frank Leighton) has a Sydney address with a harbour view.

After failing several times to kill the horse, Hops Warton (Lynton Moore), an Australian criminal working for an international syndicate, promises to shoot the horse during the Melbourne Cup.

Champion racehorse Bernborough wins the 1947 Ahern Memorial 10,000 at Doomben.

A 1931 nitrate film about the champion racehorse Phar Lap has been donated to the NFSA.