Connie Meridew was keeping her colt, Quicksilver in a builder’s yard owned by her father. Heather Dawson, a schoolgirl enemy of Connie’s, set the council on Connie, who sent her a letter saying the housing was unsuitable and she would need to remove Quicksilver, so Connie ad to go about finding him a new stable.
Text story about Jill Morris and her horse Pimpernal.
A mysterious girl that camps in the Devon moors with her horse, Monarch, and is friends with wild ponies.
Trudy Ross earns the nickname “Trudy Ten-Legs” as she’s hardly ever seen without her uncle’s two horses, Chief and Hero. When her uncle (who she lives with) dies, she has to figure out a way to keep the two horses. Avoiding authorities, she finds places to stay and begins earning money by taking part in competitions. She takes on two hunt dogs and finds friends that help her, providing food. She runs into trouble with two snobby girls, who are not happy with a scruff winning competitions.
When Chief is sick, to save him she turns herself in and gets sent to an Approved School with Hero, but while Chief has recovered from illness he is pining for Trudy and Hero, so she runs away to reunite with him. When she stops a girl, Maude, from whipping her horse, the police catch up with her. Her day in court turns to her favour, as Maude’s father, a lawyer, actually is appalled by his daughter’s behaviour and comes to Trudy’s defense. Due to confusion over her leap year birthday, Trudy is proved to be 16 and therefore she could leave school when she wants. She goes on to get job at stable with Mr Grampton, the owner of the hunt dogs and a helper to Trudy, and then she becomes junior top show jumper.
Swindlem Hall was an expensive school where riding was the main subject. The headmistress, Mrs Fleece, was so mean that she refused to spend a penny more than necessary on the girls and their mounts. The girls dared not complain because she knew something to the discredit of each of their families.
When Ginny Marsh’s father bought a new tractor for farm work, it meant that Joab their big shire horse was no longer needed. Ginny was upset at the thought of Joab being put to a rest home for old horses, as Joab had plenty of life to give still. Mr Marsh changes is mind after Joab proves his worth in a storm and he decides both tractor and horse were needed for a farm.
Although forbidden to ride since her sister Jess had been paralyzed in a riding accident, Sue Osbourne had been training Star, a pony considered too dangerous to ride. Sue and Jess were secretly working to cure Star of bucking, and taught him to jump. When their parents found out the gave Star to a dealer to sell.
Things had gone badly for Kim Lovell since wealthy Mr Symes bought his spoilt daughter, Sandra, for riding lessons at Mrs Lovell’s livery stable. Sandra’s ambition was to ride at Wembley on Red Sunset, a show jumper kept at the stable. Though the horse’s owner refused to sell, Mr Symes threatened to ruin Mrs Lovell s business unless Sandra got what she wanted.
When Sir James Ambrose returned from fighting against Napeleon in 1815, he brought home a beautiful Arabian stallion, Ziree. His daughter Jenny and Ziree became deeply attached to each other and Ziree lost his life saving her. He was buried on the grounds of Manderley. Now if any danger threatened Manderlay or one of the Ambrose family descendants, Ziree returned.
Nikki Ferris was groom to Anita Eldon-Jones, international showjumper. While flying to South America their plane was hijacked and crashed on Danger Mountain. Nikki and Anita were forced to try and trek to safety while being pursued by the two hijackers.