Parker Townsend and Christina Reece meet Lyssa, the daughter of a Montana rancer, who is winning the Olympic trials. Christina befriends Lyssa, but Parker is jealous. Will Parker let Lyssa ruin his shot at the Olympics?

"Madison "Maddie" Martinez loves her weekly riding lessons, and she loves working with her favorite horse, Cloudy, every time. So she is shocked when she finds out Cloudy's former owners might want to buy her back! Maddie desperately concocts various plans to stop the sale: maybe she can raise money to buy Cloudy herself, or what if she can make the potential buyers lose interest? Maddie's online Pony Post friends--Brooke Rhodes, Hayley Duncan, Nina...

Annmarie is going back home to New Hampshire with her daughter. Annmarie's father is in ill health and needs her help. However, Annmarie is going to have to face the ghosts of her past.

When Katie and her friends go to Becky's horse show, Katie has an up close and personal look at the events when she accidentally switches places with Becky's horse, Brownie.

"Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack-the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the "particular language" of "grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody"-with economy and integrity. Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse...

"Allie Massey's dream to use her grandparents' estate for equine therapy is crushed when she discovers the property has been sold to a contractor. With weeks until demolition, Allie unearths some of Nana Dale's best-kept secrets--including her champion filly, a handsome man, and one fateful night during WWII--and perhaps a clue to keep her own dream alive"--

Malory wants to try out for the summer riding team at Chestnut Hill, but wonders if making the team is worth the sacrifice.

Ten-year-old Miranda Stevens is sent to live with her grandparents and when she accepts a dare, the consequences begin a chain of events that tests her courage and spawns some unexpected friendships.

"Sophie arrives at Pony Camp for the week where she is excited to get her own pony, Sparkle, to ride and care for! Sophie thinks that the other girls at Pony Camp are very nice, but during the week some of their belongings begin to disappear. Could there be a thief in their group?"--Publisher's description.