The only thing holding him back is the thought of losing Corr, his beloved capaill stallion. Sean tries desperately to save Fundamental, but fails.Īfter this event, Sean desperately wants to quit his job. While they are out on the water in Malvern’s boat, Mutt lets a capaill uisce attack Fundamental, a colt and one of Sean’s charges. Meanwhile, his son Mutt continues to do everything in his power, including taking the brutal loss of a colt, to demonstrate his contempt for Sean. Her resolve is reinforced when she gets a visit from Benjamin Malvern who warns her that she and her brothers are about to get evicted as no one has been making the mortgage payments since her parents died. Puck is mortified, so much so that she considers withdrawing from the races. He tells her to keep her pony off his beach. The first time Sean sees Puck on the beach, he watches her from a distance just in time to see her get knocked off her mount. She registers for the races, despite objections from the other riders who see a girl on the beach as bad luck. Uncomfortable with the idea of riding a capaill uisce, Puck decides to ride her island pony, Dove. Puck decides to ride in the Scorpio Races against her brothers’ wishes. Puck decides to get involved when her older brother, Gabe, tells her that he is moving to the mainland and leaving Thisby. After a piebald mare named Skata is captured, Sean attempts to ride the horse and finds that she is much too aggressive. Though Sean does his best to ignore the taunting, he dreams of independence and a life where he doesn’t have to put up with Mutt.

Mutt Malvern, the son of Sean’s boss, torments Sean incessantly. Nine years later, he is preparing for his first race. After this, Sean vows never to be afraid as his father was, and looks forward to being able to participate in the races when he is older. Sean watched his father die while participating in the Scorpio Races when he was only ten years old. Both Sean and Puck have their own reasons for participating in the races, but as their friendship develops, they are both forced to reconsider their priorities. And each November, men attempt to tame these horses in order to ride them in a thrilling and deadly race. Based on the legends of the eich uisce - the Celtic water horse - Each November, water horses emerge from the black ocean and gallop the beach beneath the cliffs of Thisby. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is a novel about two teenagers, Sean and Puck, who take part in the dangerous Scorpio Races that take place on the island of Thisby each Fall.

Requiem by Maggie Stiefvater