After Beauty is grown and trained, lives an idyllic lif. He proves his mettle one night during a storm when he refuses to cross a bridge. John the handler discovers that the bridge is broken in the middle and they would have been gravely injured had Beauty not sensed danger. John Manley, the coachman at Birtwick rides Beauty to fetch the doctor for Mrs. Gordon, but when he returns, hot from the frantic ride, he is nearly killed after Joe Green lets him drink cold water.
Beauty is sold to Earls Hall Park. The stablehand, Reuben Smith gets drunk and takes Beauty on a dangerous ride. Beauty loses a shoe and damages his foot; under the pain, the horse falls with great force. When Beauty heals his knees are blemished, so he is sold to a master of a livery stable.
