Tag Archives: horse story

Blind Beauty

Judy, ,

Plot:

Unknown to her parents,  Sally Jones discovered that her pony, Beauty, bought cheaply from a travelling horse-dealer, was blind. A vet recommended that he be put down, but Sally was determined to look after him and keep his blindness a secret.

blind beauty

Notes:

  • Art: Oliver Passingham
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Blinde Bianca, ik doe je nooit weg” — “Blind Bianca, I Will Never Get Rid of You”) – Debbie #54 (1980s).

Appeared:

  • Blind Beauty –  Judy: #1271 (19 May 1984) – #1290 (29 September 1984)

Ruthless Ruth

Debbie, , ,

Plot:

Show-jumper Ruth Collins is nicknamed “Ruthless Ruth” because she goes out to wins as much as possible. But the money is meant to pay off her father’s debts to Jardine Holdings. She does not realise that Holdings deliberately set the interest rates too high so he could buy out her father.  Things get worse when Ruth takes a job with the unscrupulous Vallones, and there are soon very nasty plots against Ruth once Holdings realises she is paying off the debts better than he expected.

Ruth

Notes:

  • Art: Carlos Laffond
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Meedogenloze Maaike” – Debbie #5 (1978).

Appeared:

  • Ruthless Ruth –  Debbie: #211 (26 February 1977) – #224 (28 May 1977)

Sherlock

Debbie, , , ,

Plot

Sherlock is an ex-police horse who is now being cared for by Cherry Watson, the village constable’s daughter. Sherlock is missing his old life, but it catches up with him as he and Cherry become crime fighters in the village.

Sherlock

Notes

  • Artist: “B. Jackson”
  • Sequel Artist:  Andy Tew (1979)
  • Some installments, including the one from Debbie #199, were translated and reprinted in Dutch in Debbie #68 (mid-1980s).
  • The series from Debbie #233-239 was reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Bruno” – Debbie #10 (1979).
  • Unknown episodes translated into Dutch (as “Sherlock”) – Debbie #70 (mid-1980s).

Appeared

  • Sherlock –  Debbie: #199 (4 December 1976) – #207 (29 January 1977)
  • Sherlock –  Debbie: #233 (30 July 1977) – #239 (10 September 1977)
  • Sherlock – Debbie: #296 (14 October 1978) – #302 (25 November 1978)
  • Sherlock – Debbie:  #333 (39 June 1979) – #341 (25 August 1979)

The Promise Pandora Made / Pandora’s Secret Pledge

Debbie, , , ,

Plot

When her mother died, young Princess Pandora promised to help the poor and the needy people of her kingdom. In the sequel, “Pandora’s Secret Pledge”, Princess Pandora disguises herself as a boy to search for the Golden Stallion, the finest horse in the kingdom. She finds the stallion and bonds with it. Then, when her father goes on crusade, she and the stallion have to honour the ancient custom of completing the dangerous ride of the Three Peaks or lose the throne. But the king’s enemies are out to stop her completing the task.

Pandora

Notes

  • Artist: Terry Aspin
  • “The Promise Pandora Made” was translated into Dutch as “Het geheim van Pandora” (“Pandora’s Secret”) –  Tina #52/1977-9/1978.

Appeared

  • The Promise Pandora Made –  Debbie:  #121 (7 June 1975) – #131 (16 August 1975)
  • Pandora’s Secret Pledge –  Debbie: #158 (21 February 1976) – #167 (24 April 1976)

Riding Through with Big Blue

Debbie,

Plot

Hetty Wallace has been tricked into signing a document that makes Major Shrapnel, an unscrupulous horse trainer, seem the owner of her horse, Blue. Hetty does not know the contract is illegal because it is unwitnessed. Then Shrapnel sells Blue, but the new owner is sympathetic to Hetty and investigates.

Blue

Notes

  • Artist: Dudley Wynne

Appeared

  • Riding Through with Big Blue –  Debbie:  #129 (2 August 1975) – #139 (11 October 1975)
  • Reprinted – Debbie: #488 (19 June 1982) – #498 (28 August 1982)

Nutmeg – The Horse with a Mind of His Own

Debbie, ,

Plot

Show-jumping story told from the point of view of the horse, Nutmeg. In the sequel Nutmeg at the Olympic Games, Nutmeg makes it to the Montreal Olympics, but has problems with competing, including a jealous horse tampering with his feed and being unjustly expelled from the team.

Another sequel appeared in Judy with a different artist,  Nutmeg and Fritz. Nutmeg now an Olympic gold medal winning horse,  could not get on with his overbearing German cousin, Fritz. Nutmeg kept trying to outsmart Fritz, usually without success. Now a newcomer, Skewie, had arrived at the stables and Nutmeg was showing what he could do.

Nutmeg

 

nutmeg and fritz
(Nutmeg and Fritz, Judy 1989)

Notes

  • Artist: Andy Tew (Debbie 1975/1976)
  • Artist: Peter Foster (Nutmeg and Fritz, Judy 1989)
  • The first story was translated into Dutch (as “Nutmeg”) – Debbie #54 (1980s).
  • “Nutmeg at the Olympic Games” was translated into Dutch (as “Nutmeg”)  -Debbie #50 (1985).

Appeared

  • Nutmeg -The Horse With a Mind of His Own –  Debbie:  #140 (18 October 1975) – #151 (3 January 1976)
  • Nutmeg at the Olympic Games –  Debbie: #181 (31 July 1976) – #188 (18 September 1976)
  • Nutmeg and Fritz – Judy: #1525 (01 April 1989) – #1535 (10 June 1989)

The Making of Little Ryder

Debbie

Plot

Midge Ryder wants to become a horse rider despite her small size. But Hackett keeps causing trouble because he wants to become her manager.

Rhyder

Notes

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Patty’s overwinning” (Patty’s Victory) and published in Debbie #5 (1978).

Appeared

  • The Making of Little Ryder –  Debbie:  #153 (17 January 1976)  – #160 (6 March 1976)

Una in the Saddle

Debbie

Plot

Una Marshall starts riding lessons at Mrs Grant’s Riding School. Every week she gives the reader helpful advice about looking after horses and horse riding.

Una

Notes

  • Art: George Martin
  • Approved by the British Horse Society and the Association of British Riding Schools
  • It was advertised in Debbie #102 to start next week, feature from Diana.
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as“Una in het zadel” – Debbie (unknown publication dates) and four episodes in Debbie #70 (mid-1980s).

Appeared

  • Una in the Saddle – Diana: (?)
  • Una in the Saddle – Debbie: #103 (1 February 1975) – (?)