Fred is distraught to hear that Joe Maplin wants him to get rid of the six oldest of his beloved horses to make way for a new string of ponies. However Ted is aware that Maplin wants a knighthood and so he leaks to the press that Maplin is a charitable philanthropist who aims to turn part of the camp into a home for retired horses. Maplin cannot back down and the plan succeeds. It does, however, mean that people turn up at the camp with retired horses to be re-homed.
—don @ minifie-1