The cutie mark crusaders have pulled it off this time, breaking a hole in the roof of sweet apple acres' barn which Big Macintosh finds would be a pain to fix, and the CMC don't seem to care. So, Big mac bribes the fillies with tickets to the seventh annual grand galloping gala, which will be held in a month. If they want the tickets they will have to spend a whole month until the gala comes without trying anything to get their marks. How will they hold with an opportunity around every corner?