The Saddle Club

- Season 1

(2001)

Three friends, Stevie, Carole and Lisa form the Saddle Club.

When Carole learns that the local thoroughbred breeder plans to send his injured horse, Prancer, to the slaughterhouse, the Saddle Club take desperate action to save the animal.

When the Pine Hollow Stables go on an overnight mountain trail ride, Veronica develops a crush on Phil, the property owner's son - but he only has eyes for her rival, Stevie.

When Veronica's horse, Cobalt, returns to camp riderless, the Saddle Club, together with Phil, put themselves in danger to rescue Veronica.

While teaching Lisa to canter, the Saddle Club is caught in a sudden storm. This leaves Stevie and Carole stranded on a cliff and Lisa to overcome her fear of cantering and ride for help.

When Phil and his Pony Club come to Pine Hollow to participate in a mystery weekend to raise funds, they discover there is a real thief in their midst and the Saddle Club set out to catch the culprit.

Max changes his mind about selling Prancer after the horse saves the girls from death by killing a poisonous snake.

The girls have to teach teenage heart-throb Skye Ransom how to ride to save his movie career.

Lisa's mother decides to enroll Lisa in a private boarding school. Carole and Stevie do everything they can to stop Lisa from attending it and help Lisa stand up for what she wants.

While working with the veterinarian, Dr. Judy Barker, Carole can't help but compare herself to her late mother, Karen, who was also a veterinarian. Carole is unable to deal with the loss of her mother and is devastated when Veronica causes a fatal accident to her horse, Cobalt.

With help from her father, Carole comes to terms with her Colbalt and her mother's deaths. She is then thrilled to learn that Delilah is pregnant with Cobalt's foal.

Phil solves the mystery of Prancer's altered personality and sluggish performance.

The girls become involved in Max's blossoming relationship with Deborah.

Red's runaway cousin, Liam, causes disruption at Pine Hollow, but redeems himself when he helps Lisa who is in grave danger from acute appendicitis.

Carole feels like The Saddle Club is falling apart. Stevie is too busy with her old friend, Tina, who came for a visit. Lisa is obsessed with beating out Veronica for the lead in the school play. The birth of Delilah's foal brings the Saddle Club together again.

A horse switch plan by the Saddle Club girls goes awry and Stevie and Phil call a truce.

Stevie tracks down a legendary 'phantom horse' that has been roaming the countryside. She rescues the neglected mare, names her Belle and is going to keep her.

Stevie was to return a reluctant Belle to its owner. When the mare escapes, Stevie finds her and the pair are allowed to stay reunited.

Carole's role as best junior rider at Pine Hollow is threatened by the arrival of a new, talented rider, Andrea Barry.

Determined to break up the Saddle Club once and for all, Veronica makes a bet with Carole that Carole can not go an entire day without running to Stevie and Lisa with information. Carole counters that Veronica can not manage even one day of doing her own barn chores. The loser must leave Pine Hollow.

Max fires Red for neglecting his duties when a fire starts in the barn, endangering all the horses.

Lisa's mother invites Veronica to stay with them while Veronica's parents are away. Carole and Stevie are hurt when Veronica tells them what Lisa wrote about them in her diary. Deborah proposes to Max.

Lisa and Veronica are forced to work together on the annual Pine Hollow costume party. Lisa gets even with Stevie for her practical jokes by staging an eerie prank of her own.

Everyone is surprised when a visiting "horse whisperer" praises Kristi for her natural talent. Kristi's huge ego becomes even worse when she is chosen to star in a live sports segment for a kids TV show.

As a wedding present for Max and Deborah, Lisa wants to win first place in The Oak Ridge Horse Show even though the jumps are too hard for her. This plan puts Lisa and Prancer in danger when she falls and ends up in a coma. Unsure if Lisa will make it or not Max and Deborah postpone their wedding. Meanwhile, Veronica tries to keep Phil away from Stevie so that he'll date her.

When Carole and Stevie awaken comatose Lisa, with the help of Prancer, Pine Hollow is thrown into a frenzy to get Max and Deborah's wedding back on track in record timing. Stevie and Phil finally admit they like each other.