The Saddle Club™ Girls Are Back!
The Fun Begins September 2nd on TVOKids!
All-New Cast, Adventures, Friends, Music, Fun & Horses
Three Young Canadian Actors Star in the International Hit TV Series
TORONTO (July 30, 2008) – Millions of kids have been waiting for the new adventures of Carole, Stevie and Lisa, the girls who formed the Saddle Club and their favorite horses Starlight, Belle and Prancer. Now, their wait is almost over! Series 3, The Saddle Club Rides Again!, of the international hit TV series based on the popular books by Bonnie Bryant will premiere Tuesday, September 2nd at 6 p.m. on TVOKids (also 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday).
“We are proud that The Saddle Club™ has found a welcome home on TVOKids and that three of the young stars of the series live in Canada, “said, Steve Levitan, CEO and president of Protocol Entertainment, Inc.
The series features two young actors who live in Ontario: Lauren Dixon who plays Stevie Lake and Connor Jessup who plays a new character, Simon Atherton. Victoria Campbell who plays Carole Hanson in the series lives in British Columbia. The three young actors form a chorus singing the praises of their experience: “We were thrilled to be chosen to be in the Saddle Club. We all became a ‘family’ during six months of filming in Australia.”
Author Bonnie Bryant who visited the TV set on location in Australia, said: “It just keeps getting better and better. The adult in me loves it and the kid in me too. I am not alone, all kids will love it!”
The half-hour, live action series, co-produced by Crawford Productions Pty Ltd. and Protocol Entertainment, Inc., follows the ever-changing world of three 12-year-olds - Carole, Stevie and Lisa - who formed the Saddle Club and vowed to stick together against all odds. Set against the excitement of the horse-world the three girls face plenty of challenges in every episode. Series 3 continues the winning formula of hi-jinks, drama and humor that made the first two series a hit with kids worldwide. Along with peer and family pressures, school and riding competitions, the girls cope with the emotional issues of growing up, boy trouble, and their favorite adversary Veronica and her new sidekick Desi.
“TVOKids is in constant search for live-action dramas that will engage and entertain a 6- to 9-year-old audience and the entire family,” says Patricia Ellingson, TVO’s creative head of Children’s Media Content and Programming. “Not only does a drama need to be entertaining, but it’s critical for TVO that the story has a ‘life lesson’ that will make our audience think and question their own lives and peer interactions. The Saddle Club is a wonderfully crafted series and we are thrilled to be able to bring it to our viewers.”
The 26×30 all-new adventures feature a new cast, location, stories, music, fun with horses and a miniature donkey named Trouble. Shot in HD in Australia, the new series has all the fun, intrigue and action that made the first two series a hit with kids worldwide.
“The new Saddle Club series keeps all the wonderful elements of Bonnie Bryant’s books and her characters and in a new Pine Hollow setting with the same wonderful horses, great music and a few surprises,” said Nick McMahon, CEO of Crawford Productions.
For additional information and interviews, please contact:
Karin Lippert, karin@protocolent.com, 416-966-2711, ext. 235
About The Saddle Club™
The Saddle Club™ is an Australia-Canada co-production based on the popular book series by Bonnie Bryant. Produced by Crawford Productions Pty Ltd. (Australia) and Protocol Entertainment Inc. (Canada). To date, 78 half-hour episodes of the TV series have been produced. The Saddle Club™ is based on the popular book series by Bonnie Bryant, and is seen in more than a dozen countries.
About the Producers
Crawford Productions Pty Ltd. is Australia’s most established and respected television production company. Now part of the WIN television group, the Crawfords Australia name is synonymous with high quality, locally-produced entertainment. Crawfords Australia pioneered television in Australia, with programs ranging from police dramas, sitcoms, mini-series and children’s drama. Based in Melbourne, the company has produced over 4,000 hours of television programming, including the internationally acclaimed The Flying Doctors.
Protocol Entertainment, Inc. is one of Canada’s most celebrated producers of popular and critically-acclaimed children’s entertainment television programming. The company is recognized worldwide for producing high quality, audience and award-winning series for kids and families based on best-selling book properties. The producer of the smash hits Goosebumps™, Animorphs™, Dear America™ and The Saddle Club™ television series, Protocol Entertainment, Inc. is based in Toronto.
About TVO
TVO is Ontario’s public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires and stimulates curiosity and thought. We are committed to empowering people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media.
August 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Hi, I think they should keep the other charachters. In my Opinion the new saddle club cast dosent much act like the original or look like they original. and are they still keeping the Acters as veronica-Kristi-red-max-mrs reg????
p.s im a huge saddle club fan!!!
August 31st, 2008 at 4:34 am
yeah but the old girls have grown up and the saddle club is supposed to be like 12 years old. but i think we should give them a chance seeing how hard they worked on it. they might not be the old girls but they tried didnt they? anyway… i thnk it will be great
September 12th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
hi gys i love the saddle club there so cool i watch them like every day. yesterday my mam deleted a saddle club episode from my tv. an i cryed. saddle club rocks.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
September 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
hey,
i really like the saddle club,
it makes me want to meet the girls that
are on the saddle club,
but that is only what i want but i
know that wont happen
bye
October 12th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
well the other people can’t do it anymore. you know they are in their twenties almost thirties! the saddle club members are supposed to be like 12-14. but i think the new people look creepy compared to the REAL saddle club. ill never be able to convince myself that those people are the saddle club.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Hey um when does the saddle club start on tv in Aussie/ and whaT CHANNEL?
October 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
hey! I LOVED SOPHIE,KEENAN and LARA but just give the new cast a chance!! what if it was the other way around!! oh, and please stop by my site!
November 6th, 2008 at 2:13 am
exactally… if it were ariel, lauren and victoria who were the original saddle club everyone would be saying they didnt want new people. btw do u guys know what it takes to film something like that?!?!? imagine if was u and all these people were bagging u and telling u how much they dont like u… they need support. and they look like theyre really good rider too :)
November 14th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
hey i luv da saddle club its soooooo cool i liv in da same country as 1 ov them! its brill but i like sophie,laura and hu eva does corol! da best!
November 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
OMG!!! I’m so upset! When mmy friend told me that the Saddle Club actors were in their 20s I thought she was just kidding! I HATE the new cast! I’m one of the BIGGEST
November 25th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Sorry there was a glitch in my computer!!! Where was I? Oh ya! I’m one of the BIGGEST Saddle Club fans EVER! But if their going to use the fake cast I’m never gonna watch it again. I pledge that for my ENTIRE LIFETIME I will ONLY watch Saddle Club episodes that have the REAL Saddle club actors in it and I will NEVER on ANY circumstanse watch the episodes with the new fake cast. They’re going to ruin the show. They might as well just cancel it. I mean if they’re going to use foney actors, what are they going to do next? Use plastic horses? I’m absolutely shocked. This is worse than when that Saddle Club actress got killed by that train. That’s how terrible this is. (Sigh), Whatever. Goodbye forever, Saddle Club. I’m really gonna miss you. I really, really am. :(
November 25th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
OMG!!! The new Stevie looks like she’s 5 years old!!! What gives! I’m actually starting to cry right now just hearing about all of this!!!!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I think the new saddle club cast are good but I miss the old cast and I wish that they did series 3 instead of the new cast. The new cast are good but I miss Sophie keenan and Lara so much.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
My friend is staring in this show she is Carol
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 am
When is the third series of the saddle club be coming back on tv for australians?
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
hey! the saddle club is kewl and everything i love the old ppl i wish they were still young and the new ppl just need time to warm up being on camra and if were doing new ppl y not start from the being not in the middle. thanks. I’m a huge FAN that rides
December 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I have seen 3 episodes of the new series and it’s really good!!
February 25th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I love the old saddle club people!Whoever fierd the old poeple are horrible.I miss them alot.I wish they could make one more episode with the real characters.I bet next they are going to get new horses!
February 25th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I hate the poeple who got rid of the real saddle club people!They were awsome!
February 25th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
The real Saddle club characters are way better!I think they should make at least one more episode of them.They’re way better riders to!
March 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hey Iam a huge huge huge fan of the SADDLECLUB and this girl wrote a comment and said she would never would never watch it again because of the new saddleclub girls but I think shes wrong about what she said i’ll still watch the saddleclub no matter what u saddleclub girls ROCK. Also if one of the saddleclub casts would call me and give me a part I would cry my eyes out and say yes. YOU GYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
March 13th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I really miss the old series and cast!!! :( These new people cant act and whats with their accents??
March 15th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
AAAHHHH!!!!! I LOVE the saddle club and get made fun of it all the time because I am in my 20s and an assistant cutting horse trainer but I grew up on it and record all the episodes on my dish box…. but what the fuzz!!!!! I HATE HATE HATE HATE the new cast!!!! I mean seriously what where they thinking!!!!!!!!!! They can’t even act!!!! At all!!!!!! I do have to admit it looks like they ride a little better but it totally sucks!!!! The whole STORY lines have changed and the horses are all different and it just SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I guess all my friends can quit making fun of me over it because I’m not watching it anymore!!!!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I like the new series, BUT I DO NOT SEE MUCH TO WIN, ALSO, FOR MY BEST AND ALWAYS WILL KEENAN Sophy LARA, the usual.