Tag Archives: horses

Cherry’s Challenge

Bunty,

Plot

Fourteen year old Cherry Smith helped her parents run their small farm. Her best chum was a colt named Fancy that she helped break in.  Cherry was trying to form a team to enter gymkhana events.

Cherry’s Challenge

Notes

  • Art: Carlos Freixas
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch  as“Cherry’s uitdaging!” – Penny 11/1989
  • Reprinted and translated to German as “Die Mannschaft des Jahres” – Wendy 20/1989 (Character Cherry Smith is renamed Vicky Euler)

Appeared

  • Cherry’s Challenge–  Bunty:   #1604 (08 October 1988) – #1615 (24 December 1988)

 

The Courage of Crippled Clara

Bunty,

Plot

Mary Jordon had made friends with Clara Thornton, the frail, crippled daughter of the village squire. Clara begged Mary to teach  her how to ride a pony and Mary reluctantly agreed. But when the villagers find out, they react badly towards Mary.

The Courage of Crippled Clara

Notes

  • Translated into Dutch as “Dappere Clara” (“Brave Clara”)  – Debbie #68 (1980s)

Appeared

  • The Courage of Crippled Clara –  Bunty: #926 (11 October 1975) – #944 (14 February 1976)
  • Reprinted – Bunty: #1449 (11 October  1985) – #1467 (22 February 1986)

 

Her Hideaway Highness

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Pat Fraser was acting as groom for her sister, Brenda an international show-jumper, while she was on tour in Tarlania. During the tour, the dethroned King asked Pat to smuggle his daughter out of the country. Although disguised as another groom called Sara, snooty Princess Saria did no work to help Pat.

hideaway princess

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Her Hideaway Highness –  Bunty:  circa #1427 (18 May 1985) – ?

 

Here Come the Mini-Mounties!

Mandy

Plot

Joyce Ingram and Rona Parnell are two young policewomen, that join the Mounted Section of the Police Force.

mini mounties

Notes

Appeared

  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #344 (18 August 1973) – #346 (1 September 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #354 (27 October 1973) – #355 (3 November 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #362 (22 December 1973) -#363 (29 December 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #392 (20 July 1974)

 

Jumpers’ Journey

Mandy, ,

Plot

While escorting two valuable horses to Rome,  young grooms, Vicky Redman and Paula Page’s plane is hi-jacked and taken to northern Greece. The passengers are safely transported to Athens but there was no suitable transport for the horses. So the girls decide to stay with the horses and ride to Athens themselves. They have a difficult time when they encounter bandits and also when the horses go missing.

jumpers journey

Notes

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Gekaapt” (Hi-jacked) –  Debbie #16 (1979).

Appeared

  • Jumpers’ Journey –  Mandy:  #243 (11 September 1971) – #252 (13 November 1971)

 

Kay of the 5 Horse-Shoes / Kay Hamilton – Show Jumper

Bunty,

Plot:

Kay  Hamilton was the youngest member of staff at at a famous riding school – The 5 Horse-Shoes. She had proven herself gifted at handling horses so Hector Deane, the owner, had decided to let her try her skill in the show ring.

Kay returns in a sequel in Kay Hamilton- Show Jumper. She is still the only girl groom at the 5 Horse-Shoes and she wished to train and ride a show-jumper of her own. Against Mr Deane’s wishes she buys with her own money an old champion White Star that had been sold off for slaughter. She tried to prove to Mr Deane that White Star could be a star show-jumper, and he agrees to let her house her at the stable but she will have to pay the same as any other client.

Notes:

  • Appeared first as text story with spot art by Jimmy Crighton
  • Returned in a sequel as a picture story.
  • In the text story Kay’s surname is wrongly listed as Hammond in some episodes.

Appeared:

  • Kay of the 5 Horse-Shoes (text) –  Bunty: #01 (18 January 1958) – #15 (26 April 1958)
  • Kay Hamilton – Show Jumper – Bunty: #51 (03 January 1959) – #64 (04 April 1959)

Other Appearances:

  • Kay Hamilton – Show Jumper – Bunty Annual 1960

 

The Silver Saddle

Mandy,

Plot

Janet Marlow, from Australia, was staying with her Aunt Helen  who owned a famous strain of Arabian horses which had been bred by the family for generations. She also owned a silver saddle bearing shields inscribed with the names of the riders and their Arabian mounts who had performed notable deeds. Janet begged her aunt to tell her the story behind each shield.

Notes

Appeared

  • The Silver Saddle – Mandy: circa #165 (14 March 1970) – #171 (25 April 1970)

Tom Came Too

Nikki,

Plot

Spoilt, selfish Philippa Graham was  thrilled when her aunt Pat agreed to pay for her education at exclusive Marston Manor Boarding School. However, there was one condition —that Philippa should learn to ride and care for Aunt Pat’s horse, Tom. Philippa didn’t object to this until she discovered that Tom was a huge, ungainly carthorse and all the other girls had beautiful thoroughbreds. Now she was desperate to be rid of him.

tom-came-too

Notes

Appeared

  • Tom Came Too – Nikki: #32 (28 September 1985) – #42 (7 December 1985)