I thought this was a great show that slipped to less than great. It was addictive though. There was something about the character, the girl who's past troubles gave her something to strive to "get away from". Surprised she told everybody about her past showing how brave she was. A beautiful actress, fairly talented taking on the difficult role of showing the bravery and vulnerability. Showing great love for the great race horse "Wildfire". Also showing love for the family she was taken in / adopted by.
Some great ironies came out of this show. In one show her brothers steals a car to race it for money and the returned the car and gave her the money, which she wouldn't take because she thought is was wrong to steal car, I guess. Then she steals 'Wildfire" to race him for $2M in an illegal race. But when she gave the money to her adopted mother, she didn't understand how wrong it was to compete this way. It really showed how mixed up she was, and impulsive she could be, sometimes without thinking things all the way through. It makes one wonder how she could ever be with the right guy in the end.
I think Craig C. was right, show could have been much more, but was totally focused on this character. Although she was great character, Genevieve Cortese did pretty good, other characters could have been developed. And the ranch itself, where this was set, what a character in itself.