He raised his nose, smelling the wind, and the white lightning bolt on his forehead pointed towards the sky as if it was being returned to a ghost somewhere long ago. “Heeeee, heeeee!” called Barrett. “I am Barrett the Brave, Son of Pendyne.”
Barrett was a Thoroughbred, son of a famous racehorse.  The white lightning bolt was his mark on the world, a sign of what was to come.  Right from the start, this small brown colt had a destiny, which would prove he was worthy of being the great Thoroughbred he was.

Barrett sailed over the fence like a seasoned jumper. Landing, Kate turned him to the right. They galloped along the edge of the field to the second fence. She counted off twelve strides to a brown and yellow hedge-and-rail jump. The ground was eating up every stride as Barrett galloped down to the fence.