With Jean still out of commission, Kris and Matt do their best to run the dude ranch at Raintree while also preparing for the next race, which features Dani's new horse in the field.

Kris finds herself racing Dani's horse Picaro against Wildfire, as the result of a promise she made.

Kris resorts to desperate measures to ease Raintree's financial crisis.

Kris deals with a crisis of confidence after the events of the pileup, as Junior and Dani find out startling news about their father and Matt struggles with revealing information regarding the cause of the pileup with Kris.

Kris and Junior are getting more serious as Junior invites Kris to have dinner with the Davis'.

Kris tries to repair the rift between Matt and Junior, but the tension is exacerbated by the approach of the important Bristol Stakes and the return of Gillian, who proceeds to resume her bonding with Junior.

Junior's preoccupation with his and Calvin's business proposition takes time away from his wedding plans, but Laura suspects his loss of focus may have something to do with Kris.

Kris increasingly becomes the object of Matt's affection; this renders his relationship with Gillian incompatible.

In the third season premiere, Kris learns what happened to Kerry while Raintree deals with the unexpected fallout of the Breeders' Cup win.

Kris is distracted by the return of her rival, Tina Sharp (Amy Jo Johnson), who is tapped to ride a Raintree boarder's horse that used to belong to the Davis ranch.