Saddle Club Season 1 Episode 6
Wesley Godinez
The series revolves around the experiences of three best friends Carole Hanson, Stevie Lake, and Lisa Atwood who form The Saddle Club after recognizing their equal passions for horse riding and the horses themselves. However, their friendship is detested by fellow riders Veronica diAngelo and Kristi Cavanaugh. The Saddle Club's friendship is admired by Megan, Sam, and in Series 3 new students Desi and Simon. The girl's friendship is envied by Ashley, Melanie, and Jess.
David McLeod plans to put down his horse Prancer. Since Max refuses to buy her, the Saddle Club sneak out at night, kidnap Prancer and hide her in a disused barn. They call the local vet Judy to help Prancer through her injuries and a bout of colic, and Stevie gives up the money she has been saving to go camping to pay for Prancer's medication. David McLeod is furious when he learns what has happened, but Max offers to buy Prancer from him as a new school horse.
Max decides to sell Prancer when she puts Ashley and Dime in danger. Max changes his mind and decides to train Prancer for his advanced jumping class instead of selling her after she saves The Saddle Club when Lisa is bitten by an Eastern brown snake.
The Saddle Club are starstruck when a movie crew decide to use Pine Hollow as a movie location for "The Lone Rider", and they get to meet movie star Skye Ransom. However, they learn that Skye has lied about being able to ride, and has to learn or else he'll be fired from "The Lone Rider". The Saddle Club try to teach him to jump. They audition for the film, with the part going to Lisa's little sister Melanie. Veronica bullies her way into getting a part, only to completely ruin her scene and be kicked off the set. Having had no success with teaching him, Stevie poses as Skye Ransom to perform his big stunt. Meanwhile, Max meets Deborah Hale.
Stevie rescues a neglected mare, names her Belle after the horse in the story and plans to keep her. Kristi develops a crush on John Brightstar a boy helping with the Western Clinic. Deborah prints her newspaper article about Stevie finding Belle on the front page. Belle's rightful owner Chelsea Owens sees the picture of Stevie and Belle on the newspaper and knows where to find her missing horse.
When Carole returns home from vacation to find Pine Hollow deserted she believes that her friends have forgotten her birthday. A horse dealer named Hugo arrives from France at Pine Hollow. A sneaky thief is operating at the stables and Veronica thinks it may be Scooter.
Stevie and Phil's first date turns into a disaster when Stevie falls into manure. Red coaxes Dorote into facing her fears and jumping off a cliff. Belle and Teddy fall in love with each other. Carole's unhappiness with her father's seduction of Whitney grows worse when Colonel Hanson proposes that Whitney's son, Murray, come to Pine Hollow.
The Saddle Club befriend Raffael and his mother, both circus folk, who arrive in Willow Creek with Raffael's beautiful horse, Diablo. Then Raffael is accused of horse-theft by a local farmer. Melanie and Ashley set up a Pine Hollow news sheet complete with gossip column. Lisa begins to like Raffael. Diablo comes up missing and the girls and Raffael set out to find him.
A dance has all of Pine Hollow seeking a date, and Kristi schemes to snare Red as her partner with Veronica's help. Carole's attempts at matchmaking end in disaster when she makes over a David for Lisa and her efforts almost split up The Saddle Club when she actually falls in love with him.
The bank is foreclosing on Pine Hollow, and The Saddle Club arranges a rummage sale to help the Regnerys, with surprises. In the end, thanks to Veronica finding a stamp that belonged to Max's great grandfather that's worth a lot of money, Pine Hollow is saved.
Veronica puts herself and Garnet in danger when she uses a shortcut to cheat when she challenges The Saddle Club to a race, which leads her to losing Garnet and entering into an unknown forest. Veronica hears rustling through the trees when she sees a ghost in between the trees and she screams and turns around to run but Veronica looks down and her foot is stuck in between two boulders Veronica struggles to get her foot free. A woman appears behind Veronica the lady reaches down frees Veronica's foot Veronica runs away running into Carole and returns to The Saddle Club.
Devastated at having to leave Pine Hollow, and the idea that Starlight will join her father in the military, Carole runs away with her beloved horse. Lisa and Stevie join their best friend and embark on a radical course of action to keep Carole at Pine Hollow. In the end, Carole and Starlight stay and live with Max and Mrs. Reg as a guest of Pine Hollow.
The District Interclub Competition is about to take place at Pine Hollow. Stevie is dared by the boys to rough ride. They are so impressed at her zip, they invite her to be the third rider on their team in the Willow Creek Time Trial. Unfortunately, this clashes with The Saddle Club's Musical Formation event.
When Stevie gets injured after Trouble causes her to fall off of Belle, Carole and Lisa offer to stop riding, out of solidarity. Stevie thinks this is a silly idea, but Veronica makes a bet with Carole and Lisa that they can't go without riding for a week. If Carole and Lisa win the bet they'll get Veronica's new Western saddle. If Veronica wins Carole, Stevie, and Lisa must let her be president of The Saddle Club. A magnificent racehorse called Danville Dutchess is brought to Pine Hollow and forms a bond with Trouble. Veronica tricks Carole and Lisa into riding Dutchess in an effort to cheat and win the bet.
The Saddle Club stumble upon a disused gold mine and hear its history from Jess's grandfather Orlando, an ex-circus strongman. Veronica heaps scorn on the old timer, so The Saddle Club resolves to teach her some manners but things come unstuck. Melanie and Jess put themselves and Trouble in danger when they go looking for gold. It's up to The Saddle Club and Orlando to rescue them.
Having forged a bond with Midnight, Simon cannot stomach the thought of the beautiful horse being put down so he resolves to do something about it, and The Saddle Club are quick to involve themselves in a good cause. Simon puts Midnight in danger after he runs away when they go for a ride and Midnight gets stuck on a cliff.
It is the annual trials to set the rankings for the Pine Hollow students and Veronica is looking down the barrel of coming second to Stevie. This prompts Veronica to do something extreme and she puts herself and Garnet in danger.
When Stevie finds a championship medallion in Old Sweetwater, she reunites the medal with its reclusive owner Rosemary Cross, who overcomes her tragic past to horse ride again. Meanwhile, Veronica tries to persuade Mrs. Reg by letting her be the leader of the Pioneer Day Parade.
Carole develops allergy symptoms and fears that she's allergic to horses. She swears Stevie and Lisa to secrecy, but they worry that the allergy is making Carole an unsafe rider when she puts herself and Starlight in danger. Could this be the end of The Saddle Club? After Lisa tells Mrs. Reg about Carole's allergy in an effort to keep her and Starlight safe a trip to the doctor reveals that Carole is allergic to camels not horses. The saddle pad that Colonel Hanson sent Carole as a present is made from camel hair. Meanwhile, Desi gets a new horse named Jellybean since Midnight was sold to Simon. It appears that Jellybean is a roller. Simon discovers that there was a grass seed under Desi's saddle pad that was making Jellybean roll.
Out of the blue, Diablo returns to Pine Hollow and Lisa makes him feel welcome, but Belle becomes ill and Stevie becomes convinced that Diablo has come down with a virus from the wild and made Belle sick.
Pine Hollow is quarantined by a suspected outbreak of equine influenza. Lisa has to bring Diablo in to be euthanized if he is the source of the outbreak. Lisa selfishly refuses to help Max look for Diablo, who has gone missing. This puts Belle and the other horses in danger. Tests reveal that Diablo is healthy and Belle accidentally got poisoned by Veronica, who used an apple-scented hair gel to make Garnet's coat shine.
A mystery pony appears at Pine Hollow and follows Carole everywhere, which is a good thing since it saves her life. Meanwhile, Desi is throwing a party for her 12th birthday, but with Veronica organizing most of it, things almost don't turn out as expected because of Veronica's standards. The pony's name turns out to be Sky. Sky belongs to a young blind girl named Miranda.
When Veronica removes Trouble from the stables, she upsets the miniature donkey and Danville Dutchess, who escape on a cross-country adventure to be together. Only Jess and Melanie's detective work can find the donkey, the million dollar racehorse and save Veronica's hide.
An adventurous mock fox hunt turns dire for Simon the Fox when he puts himself and Midnight in danger because Simon rides into dangerous terrain and is injured. Will the other Pine Hollow students stop bickering and find him in time?
When Veronica hears Samantha Askew, a young wealthy girl with a link to the royal family, is visiting Pine Hollow, she sets about improving everything and everyone. Little does Veronica know, "Sam" doesn't have pedigree taste, as she befriends Stevie and becomes fond of rough riding.
After an argument with her sister, Melanie is distraught to hear Lisa wish she didn't exist. Upset, Melanie runs away on her pony and Lisa must venture out with Prancer in order to find her and save her from certain death.
Devastated after failing his Bernouli Training School audition, Jack tries to resign from Pine Hollow. Wanting him to stay, The Saddle Club convince Max to let Jack work in the office and try to reignite Jack's love of horses. Meanwhile, Veronica gets Mr. Bernouli to give Jack another chance with a new wild horse, Striker. In the end, Jack passes his audition and announces that he'll still work at Pine Hollow because he's going to work for Mr. Bernouli part-time.
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