[AU] Blackjack Blaze has been the sheriff of Appleoosa for almost three years, following the resignation of Sheriff Silverstar due to conflict with the native buffalo. Blackjack was a young stallion from Baltimare who headed out south to find his fortune, although the settlers of Appleoosa were not particularly pleased with such a city slicker thinking he had a place in the rough-and-tumble Wild South. Armed only with his wits and a silver tongue, not even a cutie mark yet to his name, Blackjack took the open position as sheriff with plans to end the settlers’ prolonged dispute with the buffalo natives.
 
In the third jail cell of his new office Blackjack found the pony who would be his new deputy - a cider-drenched layabout who turns out to be the renowned trick-shot Ricochet Kid, disillusioned and deadpan. Aided by his new sidekick, the sheriff smoothly talked his way into the settlers’ good graces, and soon afterward established a pact with the buffalo to prevent any further fighting…