Twelve-year-olds Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake have been best friends ever since they met at Pine Hollow stables. So when thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood shows up for her first lesson dressed in fancy riding gear - and acting chummy with the snobbiest girl in town - the girls aren't sure she'll fit in.
The members of the Saddle Club - Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood - are buzzing with excitement. For weeks, they've been planning Pine Hollow Stables' gymkhana, a day of games and races for young riders. As the day draws near, Carole introduces the other girls to her new friend, Kate Devine. Carole begins to teach Kate the basics of riding, only to find out that Kate is much more experienced than she's letting on - she's a championship rider! Kate might become the fourth member of the Saddle Club...if she doesn't give up riding first. Stevie's got a problem of her own when her older brother Chad suddenly decides to start riding at Pine Hollow. But there's an even bigger surprise in store - he's got a crush on a member of the Saddle Club!
Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood are the best of friends and charter members of the Saddle Club, bonded together by their love of horses. But now the Saddle Club is in trouble! Stevie has been picked by Max, the owner of Pine Hollow Stables, to plan some games for its upcoming horse show. And Carole is busy helping the vet care for Delilah, the mare who is soon to give birth to a foal sired by Cobalt, Carole's beloved stallion. Neither of them seem to have any time for Lisa, who's been drawing up an elaborate constitution for the club, including rules for meeting attendance. Lisa is getting tired of being the only one at club meetings! Unless the threesome decide to stick together, there won't be any Saddle Club and no fun at Pine Hollow Stables. And isn't that what the Saddle Club is all about?
Carole, Stevie, and Lisa, the three members of the Saddle Club, are totally devoted to horses - and to each other. But for Carole, it seems as if there's not much she can count on except riding and the friendship of the Saddle Club. Ever since her mother died, Carole has urged her dad to go out on dates. But now she's afraid that he's getting serious about a woman whom she isn't ready to think of as a stepmother. Meanwhile, Carole's getting the last thing she needs: unwanted attention from a boy. Scott will do anything - even muck out the stables - to get near her. And Stevie and Lisa aren't much help. They're busy modelling for a riding catalogue - and finding out that modelling's not all it's cracked up to be!
THE SADDLE CLUB would do anything to help a friend in need. So when Stevie overhears Max on the phone mysteriously pleading for more time and more money, she, Lisa, and Carole, know what they need to do. Pine Hollow is clearly in trouble and it's up to the Saddle Club to save the day. But while the girls are plotting good deeds, someone is pulling pranks on them! Could it be the same person who wants to see Pine Hollow sold to the highest bidder?
Lisa Atwood is getting tired of being the only one at the Saddle Club meetings, and it's beginning to look like there won't be any Saddle Club and no fun at Pine Hollow Stables.
Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake have been best friends ever since they met at Pine Hollow Stables. So when Lisa Atwood joins their riding group, the girls aren't sure she's got what it takes. Lisa may be the smartest student in the classroom, but she's got a lot to learn when it comes to horses...
Best friends May and Jasmine each have their own pony and belong to the local Pony Club at Pine Hollow Stables. But when a new neighbour moves in, strange noises start to come from the stables at night. By the author of THE SADDLE CLUB novels.
CAN YOU LOVE SOMEONE TOO MUCH?The three members of The Saddle Club - Carole, Lisa, and Stevie - are the best of friends, bonded by their special love of horses. Now, they're together on the long-awaited Mountain Trail Overnight, riding through the pine forests, swimming in mountain ponds, sharing a tent under the stars. . . . They're having such a perfect time that nothing - not even Veronica, the richest and snobbiest girl at the stables - can spoil their fun.But the impossible happens. A tragic accident, caused by Veronica's carelessness, makes Carole lose the one thing she loved most in the world. Is her grief enough to make her give up riding forever?Inside: Learn how you can be an Olympic rider
Will Stevie Have To Say Good-bye To No-Name? Stevie Lake is ecstatic. After years of wanting a horse of her own, her parents have given her "No-Name," a beautiful Arabian-Saddlebred. And everyone can see that the frisky, sassy mare is the perfect match for a rider like fun-loving, Stevie. Now all she has to do to make "No-Name" hers is come up with a fitting name. But before Stevie can find a name for the beautiful mare, her happiness is abruptly shattered. During a Pony Club exhibition, another girl claims that "No-Name" was stolen from her family's barn. Could Stevie's new mount really be the horse the older girl calls "Punk"? Is Stevie about to lose her dream horse forever?