Grace is paired with Fancy, a Welsh pony, on her first horseback riding lesson, and even though Fancy is small, she and Grace learn how to ride together and compete in a race.

Covers in detail all aspects of horse and pony facts, care, and riding, providing a foundation in the first principles of horse and pony management and an introduction to the world of riding.

After eagerly looking forward to riding camp and its shows and games, the Saddle Club girls are surprised and discouraged when they learn that the other riders are far more competitive than they had expected.

When Happy Go Lucky gets to be in his first show with Dapper Dan, a very professional show pony, Happy is a little nervous since new places can be scary, and Happy does not know what to expect.

Carole, Stevie, and Lisa visit their good friend Kate Devine at her family's dude ranch while the annual rodeo is in town.

Explains how to keep horses and ponies healthy and happy, discussing diet, grooming, illness, injury, and the proper use of the saddle, bridle, and other gear used while riding.

At summer camp Jane feels like an outsider among the cliquish rich girls who board their horses at Sunny Acres farm, and when the horse she has been riding is sold to another camper, she feels even worse until her teacher asks her to help train a beautiful but skittish new horse, and the experience brings out the best in her.

When Molly finally convinces her parents to let her take horseback riding lessons, she gets ridiculed by two girls at school for her inexperience.