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Sandy is away on a camp-out so this is one of only three episodes in the entire series not to feature Luke Halpin. Bud is playing with Flipper when a visiting kid (Stevie) rides past on a famous show horse horse (Grey Boy) that was injured and is being walked in salt water to aid in healing the injury. In the bushes are thieves waiting to steal the valuable horse. While Stevie sits in Bud's row boat watching Bud do tricks with Flipper, the thieves take the horse.

Bud swims and runs after them but they put the horse on a barge and set off across the lagoon but Bud manages to jump on board just as they sail away. Flipper shadows the barge while Stevie goes to get Porter who gets the Coast Guard on the case as well. Flipper distracts the thieves and Bud pushes Grey Boy into the water and then jumps in after him. Bud guides the horse to swim towards land and Flipper is sent to get Porter. In a scene that just would never get broadcast in the modern age with paranoia about things religious, Stevie prays for Bud whilst Porter is searching.

An obligatory shark is sighted and of course Flipper saves the day by dispatching the shark and Porter rescues the horse and Bud. This oddball episode ends with a 'who can do the silliest trick' competition between Grey Boy and Flipper. The horse downs a bottle of coke and there is archive footage from Season 1 "Flipper and the Elephant" of Flipper doing tricks. Cut down jeans shorts must have been fashionable in 1965 because Stevie has a pair as well!