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Carole
Hanson is a bright girl with a natural riding ability. Devastated
when her mother died of cancer, she almost gave up riding. But
her father, U.S. Colonel Mitch Hanson, reminded Carole that
her mother would have wanted her to follow her passion.
With money
left by her mother, she bought the stunning buckskin gelding,
Starlight. Carole knows her future lies with horses, but there
are many exciting paths to follow and she doesn't know which
road to take. Her grades are high enough for her to become
a veterinarian, but she would also love to breed and train
thoroughbreds. She wouldn't mind being a professional steeplechase
jockey, or maybe traveling the world teaching dressage clinics.
Whatever
career she chooses, her most immediate goal is to be the very
best rider she can be.
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Lisa
Atwood is an honour-roll student. Petite with classic
good looks, Lisa dresses in designer clothes and would never
wear anything as outrageous as Stevie, but she does admire
her individuality. Lisa struggles to overcome the 'good girl'
image and is eager to take on new challenges to prove her
strength and stamina.
Lisa starts
out riding Patch, the perfectly trained 'push-button' school
pony at Pine Hollow. Eventually she graduates to riding Prancer,
the chestnut thoroughbred mare. Lisa is determined to make
a show jumper out of the ex-racehorse, but the blue ribbon
remains elusive.
Completely
loyal to her friends, Lisa has a wandering eye when it comes
to boys. A natural flirt, she has a series of little crushes
on a variety of guys but she doesn't often act on them. Like
every other female at Pine Hollow, she can't tear her eyes
away from the lead stable hand, Red O'Malley. She also likes
Skye Ransom, the gorgeous teen star who films a movie at Pine
Hollow.
Lisa's
mother, Eleanor, is a determined social climber and she sees
the horse world as a way of her daughter being accepted into
the 'right' circles. As well as the riding lessons, Lisa takes
ballet, piano, art and tennis classes and she is envious of
girls who can go home after school and just veg out. Lisa's
younger sister, Melanie, who excels at everything she does,
has now been enrolled at Pine Hollow. Melanie worships her
older sister but, unfortunately for Lisa, this means she will
always be underfoot.
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Stevie
Lake abandoned her given name of Stephanie almost before
she could talk and was always a bit of a tomboy. Now, tired
of being considered one of the boys, but uncomfortable with
the preening of other girls her age, Stevie clings to the one
thing that remains constant: her love of horses. When not dressed
for the riding ring, Stevie has a funky, urban style of her
own. She loves vintage clothing stores and often makes a bold,
if sometimes outrageous, fashion statement.
Her younger
brother Michael, 9, is the ultimate pest and siezes any opportunity
to aggravate and annoy his sister. Stevie's older brother,
Chad, 14, does nothing to dissuade Michael from irritating
Stevie. He is the one who started the family tradition of
practical jokes. Even though Alex, 12, plays his share of
jokes on Stevie, he is fiercely protective of his twin sister.
Even though he likes to remind her he is older by six
and a half minutes.
Stevie
is impulsive, irrepressible and stubborn and once she devises
a scheme there is no chance of talking her out of it. Her
'act now, think later' approach to life gets her into trouble
but, when she enters the show ring, she becomes another person.
Stevie's
parents, George and Catherine, are both lawyers with hectic
schedules. They both worked hard for everything they achieved
and are determined to instill a solid work ethic in their
children. They have agreed to pay for one riding lesson a
week, but Stevie must work at the barn in exchange for additional
lessons.
Stevie
is very comfortable around boys. That is until she meets Phil
Marsten, who develops a huge crush on her. She doesn't respond
because she is too busy trying to outride, outsmart and outdo
Phil at everything he does.
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