Patricia Leitch: Bibliography 2

A Devil to Ride
Armada Original, 1976
Reprints: 1984, 1992, 1993

Severn House, 1980, hardback

Compilation: (with For Love of a Horse & Summer Riders)
Armada, 1992

Jinny now has Shantih, but riding Shantih is a nightmare, not a dream.
Whatever Jinny tries, it does not work. Almost worse is the fact that
Ken can ride her.

The Summer Riders
Armada Original, 1977

Scholastic, New York, 1977
Reprints: 1983, 1984, 1992
Severn House, 1980, hardback
Compilation: (with For Love of a Horse & Summer Riders)
Armada, 1992

Jinny is looking forward to a wonderful summer on Shantih, but then finds
out the Thorpe children are coming. Marlene, who is ten, wants to ride
Shantih, but Jinny is vehemently against that. Jinny does at last realise
that there is more to Marlene than she thought.

Night of the Red Horse
Armada Original, 1978
Reprints: 1983,1988, 1993
Compilation: (with Summer Riders)
Lion, 1994

Two archaeologists come to see the mural of a red horse in Jinny’s
room. They are hoping it’s ancient, but it’s Victorian. Whatever they
think, Jinny soon finds that the red horse has a strange power, as does
the statue of Epona they see in a local museum.

Gallop to the Hills
Armada Original, 1979
Reprints: 1985, 1988, 1992
Compilation (with Red Horse, Horse in a Million)
Lions, 1993
Compilation: (with Horse in a Million)
Lions, 1994

The Manders’ dog, Kelly, has been branded a sheep killer, and is being
hunted down by local farmers who want to shoot him. Then Jinny gets a
dream commission painting six horses for Lady Gilbert, but she is sure
she has seen wolves on their estate.

Horse in a Million
Armada Original, 1980
Reprints: 1983,1988, 1992
Severn House, 1983, hardback
Compilation (with Red Horse, Gallop)
Lions, 1993
Compilation: (with Gallop to the Hills)
Lions, 1994

Jinny and Sue are organising the Finmory Gymkhana, but Clare Burnley,
pot hunter supreme, decides to compete. After that, two of Miss Tuke’s
ponies disappear, and then Shantih disappears. ..

The Magic Pony
Armada, 1982
Reprints: 1985, 1992

Severn House, 1986, hardback
Compilation: Three Great Jinny Stories (with Horse in a Million &
Ride Like the Wind)
Armada, 1989 Compilation: (with Ride Like the Wind)
Lions, 1995

Shantih is lame, and Jinny hopes that Brenda from the riding school will
help. But Brenda does not love her ponies, one of whom is Easter, a
ghost like, skeletal grey mare.

For Love of a Horse
Armada Original, 1976
Reprints: 1984, 1992, 1993
Severn House, 1979, hardback with dustjacket
Compilation: (with For Love of a Horse & Summer Riders)
Armada, 1992

Jinny’s family are moving to Finmory in Scotland, away from urban Stopton.
Jinny sees an Arab mare being terribly mistreated in a circus. The horse
escapes onto the moors, and Jinny tries, and tries to catch her. At last, in
a bitter winter which has nearly killed the horse, she succeeds.

Ride Like the Wind
Armada Original, 1983
Reprints: 1988, 1990

Severn House, 1986, hardback

Compilation: Three Great Jinny Stories
(with Horse in a Million & Magic Pony)
Armada, 1989

Compilation (with Magic Pony)
Lions, 1995

Mr Mander’s second book has been rejected, Nell’s shop, where they sell pots and pictures, is
closing down, and so it looks as if the Manders will have to sell Finmory.

Chestnut Gold
Armada, 1984
Reprints: 1992

Severn House, 1987, hardback
Compilation (with Jump for the Moon)
Lions, 1995

Jinny and Shantih are taking part in the filming of a TV programme, and then a strange
man dressed in black appears. Jinny ends up trying to capture the dance of the golden
horses in a mural.

Jump for the Moon
Armada Original, 1985
Reprints: 1992
Compilation (with Chestnut Gold)
Lions, 1995

Jinny thought she had bought Shantih from Mr Mackenzie fair and square, but now the
ringmaster of the Circus Shantih came from is saying he is coming back to reclaim his

horse. Then another possible owner appears, and it looks as if Jinny’s last glorious ride
on Shantih will be at the Adair Show.

Horse of Fire
Armada Original, 1986
Reprints: 1991, 1992
Compilation (with Running Wild)
Lions, 1995

The new minister at the local church has a plan: he wants to stage a nativity with the
three kings riding in on horses, and he asks Jinny and Shantih to take part. While they
are working at this, deer poachers strike on the moors.

Running Wild
Armada Original, 1988
Reprints: 1990, 1993
Compilation (with Horse of Fire)
Lions, 1995

The Wilton museum is going to be demolished, but the Walker has a task for Jinny and
Shantih: to save the mural of the dancing horses.

Pony Puzzle
Lions, 1994
USA: ShowJumper Wanted

Thalia’s absent father suddenly turns up. He is not the sort of father dreams are
made of: neither of the girls trust him, and then he sells Thalia’s pony, Tarquin.

The Stolen Pony
Lions, 1994
USA: Mystery Horse

Sally and Thalia discover a mysterious, and lonely horse, on its own in a field
at Mr Frazer’s riding stables. Sally decides to rescue her, but she may have
taken on more than she can handle.

Pony Club Rider
Lions, 1993
USA: The Perfect Horse

Sally dreams of being on the Pony Club One Day Event Team, but she’s still scared
of jumping.

Cross Country Gallop
Lions, 1993
USA: Cross Country Gallop
As a three-in-one with Pony to Jump and Cross-Country Gallop
Collins 1996

There is a pairs class cross country at Tarent Show, and Sally enters with her much
whizzier friend Thalia. Sally is worried: her riding style is completely different to
Thalia’s, so will she be able to keep up, let alone finish?

A Pony to Jump
Lions, 1992
USA: Jumping Lessons
As a three-in-one with Pony to Jump and Cross-Country Gallop
Collins 1996

Sally Lorimer has all of the holidays before her, and her parents sign her up for a course
of jumping lessons. Sally’s friend Thalia finds this jumping business easy, but Sally just
can’t do it. When they become involved in a local pageant, Sally has a deadline: she must
learn to jump.

The Special Pony
Lions, 1992
USA: The Perfect Horse
As a three-in-one with Pony to Jump and Cross-Country Gallop
Collins 1996

After the Lorimer family inherit some money, they can realise their dream of buying Kestrels,
a large house in the Scottish countryside. For Sally, it means that at last she can think of
having her own pony.