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Junipero

**Junipero** is Turo's Appaloosa. Turo rescued the horse from former owner Grayson, trading for some tack that Turo was already contracted to make the horse wrangler.

## Personality

Like the juniper-wood pommels in the saddles Turo makes and for which the horse is named, Junipero is strong and able to take on anything that comes his way. He is a caring horse and sympathetic to others, including Lucky, when Spirit was taken from her.

## History

Before becoming Turo's horse and getting his name, Junipero belonged to Grayson. Instead of taking care of him, Grayson left Junipero tied up outside without food or water. Lucky, Turo, Pru, Abigail and their horses rescued the horse, and Turo subsequently became his owner.

Abigail made an embroidered horse blanket with Junipero's name on it to give to Turo for Christmas.

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and the Appaloosa Adventure"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Christmas Spirit"
Antonio

**Antonio** is an acrobat with El Circo Dos Grillos. He is a man in his twenties, and can cartwheel, backflip, and balance on his hands with ease. He amazed Snips with his juggling during the June 23rd performance of the circus in Miradero, then juggled red rubber balls with a partner later that night at the circus after-party held at the Prescott House.

Antonio also helps with many of the routine chores of the circus, such as setting up and dismantling the ring, often working with Julio. He is obedient to ringmaster Fito, calling him *jefe*.

Lucky infuriated Antonio when she washed off the circus horses, including a horse he spent hours painting to look like a dragon. Later that night, at dinner, Antonio received the last bowl of grub, but gave it up to Estrella when she feigned having a vision of a man poisoned.

Antonio wears a red suit and a yellow shirt. He performs with a partner acrobat of similar build who wears a turquoise suit and a salmon shirt.

He is later spotted in the city.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lucky and Her New Family Part 1"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Big Goodbye"
3. ↑ "Lucky and La Voltereta Feroz"
4. ↑ "Lucky and the New Frontier"
Granger House

The **Granger ranch house** is the home of Al and Fannie. It is a sprawling house, built from massive pine trees logged from Carver's Woods. The kitchen is the house's largest room and the center of all activity, with a table in the middle large enough to accommodate the Grangers and all their ranch hands. An old French ex-railroad worker named Jacques Chance serves as the Grangers' cook.

## References

1. ↑ *Spirit Riding Free: Lucky and the Mustangs of Miradero*
Brothers Under the Sun

## Music information

### Performer

Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters, Steve Jablonsky

"**Brothers Under the Sun**" is a song from *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*.

## Lyrics

I had a dream

Of the wide open praire

I had a dream

Of pale morning sky

I had a dream

That we flew on golden wings

And we were the same, just the same

You and I

Follow your heart

Little child of the west wind

Follow the voice

That's calling you home

Follow your dreams

But always remember me

I am your brother

And under the sun

We are like birds of a feather

We are two hearts thrown together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Whenever you hear

The wind in the canyon

If ever you see

The buffalo run

Where ever you go

I'll be there beside you

'Cause you are my brother

My brother under the sun

We are like birds of a feather

We are two hearts joined together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Under the sun

Under the sun

My brother under the sun
Lucky and the Patchwork Plan

**"Lucky and the Patchwork Plan"** is the twenty-fourth episode of *Spirit Riding Free* and the fourth episode of the fourth season.

## Plot synopsis

With help from Pru and Abigail, Lucky schemes to thwart Aunt Cora's plans to leave Miradero. At the last minute, even after Aunt Cora's train has departed town, Lucky persuades Aunt Cora to remain in Miradero, albeit not as a member of the Prescott Household.

## Notes & trivia

* Abigail implies that the month is May ("What do you think the chances are of a blizzard in May?"). However, based on the calendar in Lucky's room (showing a 30-day month having a Sunday the 13th) and the timing of other episodes, it can be deduced that Cora initially intends to depart on Sunday, June 13th, and that the episode ends on Saturday, June 12th. The only years in the range of possible years during which the show might take place that also fit the calendar are 1875, 1880, 1886, and 1897.
Little Brook

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**Little Brook** is an Indian girl that has appeared in the *Spirit* franchise.

## History

### *Forever Free*

She is the owner of one of Spirit's herd mates, Lil' Shoulders. She is practicing her smoke signals, but accidentally sets her tent on fire. If the player put the fire out in time, she'll free Lil' Shoulders.

### *Search for Homeland*

You can play as her or Little Creek and help Spirit and his herd mates get back to their homeland.
Here I Am

"**Here I Am**" is a song from *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron* composed by Bryan Adams, Hans Zimmer, and Gretchen Peters.

## Lyrics

Here I am, this is me

There's nowhere else on Earth I'd rather be

Here I am, it's just me and you

Tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am

Here I am

Here we are, we've just begun

And after all this time, our time has come

Yeah, here we are, still goin' strong

Right here in the place where we belong

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am

Yeah, here I am

Here I am

Waiting for you

Here I am

This is me

There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be

Here I am

It's just me and you

Tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world

It's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day

It's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

It's a new world

It's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day

It's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am

Here I am

Right next to you

And suddenly the world is all brand new

Here I am

Here I am

Where I'm gonna stay

Now there's nothing standing in our way

Here I am
Cannon City

**Cannon City** is a frontier town near Miradero. The town comprises a number of buildings clustered around a main street, as well as additional homes and buildings on mountainsides surrounding the town. A sign reading "Welcome to Cannon City" sits at the right of the entrance to the town's main street, and a cannon sits to the left of the side. The train tracks into town enter a mountain tunnel at the left of the town.

Cannon City was the site of a circus that Pru's father took her to for her fifth birthday, ending in an embarrassing incident that soured Pru to circuses until she finally joined one for a summer as a teenager.

Cannon City hosted a Bi-Annual Equine Auction. Grayson sent Spirit to Cannon City by train to be sold at the auction.

Pru's horse Chica Linda was scheduled to participate in a competition there the week after the earthquake.

Turo told the PAL that Maricela's parents were taking them to hear the symphony in Cannon City on Halloween, but Turo and Maricela actually had a plan to scare the PAL in Miner's Grove that evening.

Cannon City has a Frontier Fillies herd.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lucky and the Long Way Home"
2. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 2"
3. ↑ "Lucky and the No-Good Outlaw Butch LePray"
4. ↑ "Lucky and the Price of Freedom"
5. ↑ "Lucky and the Golden Opportunity"
6. ↑ "Lucky and the Ghostly Gotcha!"
7. ↑ "Lucky and the Doomed Delivery"
Doll Snips

**Doll Snips** is a red-haired doll that Mary Pat, Bianca, and Snips found on the shelf of the general store; its resemblance to Snips was immediately apparent to each of them. Bianca found the doll "beautiful" while Mary Pat found the doll "horrible". Each child had plans to buy the doll after becoming rich from the gold mine, Bianca so she could always hold Snips next to her heart, Mary Pat to use whenever she wanted to practice her kicking, and Snips to give it to Señor Carrots, whom Snips thought could "hug it like a Snipsy Bear" whenever the donkey got lonely at night.

Bianca also planned to take the doll to the top of Punta Libre for a picnic, while Mary Pat planned to take the doll to the top of Punta Libre and throw it over the edge. Meanwhile, Snips thought the doll would not go anywhere with either girl, "And I should know, 'cause he's me!" Maricela eavesdropped on the children and used her knowledge of the desire to buy Doll Snips to persuade them to tell her the location of the gold mine and let her be their boss of operations, for which in return she would let them have their share of gold immediately. She ended up dropping them into the mine and leaving them there.

The "gold" turned out to be fool's gold, and when Lucky managed to sell one pound of the gold to Mr. Winthrop to sell as souvenirs in his general store, she gave the proceeds to the children, telling them it was just enough to buy the Snips doll. The children rejoiced, and Snips claimed dibs on the doll's head.

Lucky had one before it was eaten by Snips Jr. she and the PALs took care of.

The doll was seen at the store in the city on Spirit of Christmas.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lucky and the Golden Opportunity"
Esperanza (book)

## Esperanza

***Esperanza*** is the third book in the *Spirit of the West* series written by Kathleen Duey. It is about the mare Esperanza and her mate Strider, before the events of *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*.

## Book description

*When Esperanza, a wild filly who is part of a group of mares, joins a larger herd, she makes friends with Strider, a young stallion, and when the two are separated from the herd they must face the dangers of the wilderness on their own.*
## Plot

The Lead Mare and Stallion of Esperanza's herd died of starvation, leaving the remaining mares without protection or guidance. Alma decides to take charge, and for a time leads the herd to a better place to escape the cold and hunger, however the loss of their leaders leaves the group loose and unstable. Some mares split from Alma's group with their daughters, among them Esperanza's best friend Alicia.

Willow, Aspen, and Midnight however stay close and loyal to Alma. Eventually, the mare comes across a larger and stronger herd, and wanting protection for her daughter and group, merges with them. Esperanza interacts with foals her own age, and takes a particular liking to Strider, a young black stallion.

As the new portion of the group settles in, Espranza and Strider become fast friends, so when a thunderous storm strikes the land and scatters the herd, they are separated together and struggle to survive the elements with each other, helping each other persevere as they search for a new land to start a herd of their own...

## Characters

* Esperanza
* Alicia
* Strider
* Alma
* Midnight
* Aspen
* Willow
* Cedar
Fannie Granger

**Fannie Granger** is a veterinarian in Miradero and mother of Pru. She can set a broken leg in no time flat, whether it's on a goat or a person.

Fannie lives with her husband Al in Miradero.

## History

After Turo sustained a wound from an opossum that Snips brought to school in a backpack, Miss Flores enlisted Mrs. Granger to give a tutorial in first aid to the class. Later, on Mr. Granger's mustang drive to Rancho Conejo, Lucky used the splinting and suturing skills she learned from Mrs. Granger to help the injured *vaquero* Javier.

Mrs. Granger attended the first performance (on June 23rd) of El Circo Dos Grillos in Miradero with her husband and daughter, as well as the after-party that night at the Prescott House. She did not, however, attend the second performance (on June 24th); Mr. Granger and Pru attended without her. She was also in a front-row pew next to her husband for the canceled wedding ceremony for Jim and Kate.

In season 8, after Spirit got caught a barbed wire fence, she untangled him, with Lucky's help. Lucky helps her with all her other jobs and discovers she would like to be a vet.

## Trivia

* Mrs. Granger's given name is spelled "Fannie" in the credits of "Lucky and the Rough Ride" and "Fanny" in the tie-in book *Spirit Riding Free: Lucky and the Mustangs of Miradero*.

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and the Rough Ride"
2. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 1"
3. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 2"
4. ↑ "Lucky and the Railroad Ransom"
Get Off My Back

## Music information

### Composer

Eliot Kennedy
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Bryan Adams

### Producer

Matt Mahaffey
Bryan Adams

## Release information

### Released

May 4, 2002

"**Get Off My Back**" is a song from *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*.

## Lyrics

Well you think that you can take me on

You must be crazy

There ain't a single thing you've done

That's gonna phase me (Phase me, phase me...)

Oh, though if you wanna have a go

I just wanna let you know...

[Chorus]

Yeah, get off of my back

And into my game

Get out of my way

And out of my brain

Get out of my face

So give it your best shot

I think it's time you better face the fact

Get off of my back

You know that it's just all a game

That I'm playin'

You think that you can find a way in

It's what I'm sayin'

Oh, if you wanna have a go

I just wanna let you know...

[Chorus]

Oh, get off of my back

And into my game

Get out of my way

And out of my brain

Get out of my face

Oh, give it your best shot

I think it's time you better face the fact

Get off of my back

My back is starting to scratch me

You can't retreat me

I remember better that it's you

Like I always do

Oh, but if you wanna have a go

I just wanna let you know...

[Chorus]

Oh, get off of my back

And into my game

Get out of my way

And out of my brain

Get out of my face

So give it your best shot

I think it's time you better face the fact

Get off of my back

Oh, if you wanna have a go

I just wanna let you know...

Get off

Get off

Yeah

Get off of my back

And into my game

Get out of my way

And out of my brain

Get out of my face

So give it your best shot

So know this train is coming off its track

Get off of my back

Yeah

Get off of my back

Get off

Yeah

Oh

Get off

Get off

Get off

Get off

Get off

Get off

Get off
Lucky and the Arabian Nightmares

**"Lucky and the Arabian Nightmares"** is the thirty-fifth episode of *Spirit Riding Free* and the second episode of the sixth season.

## Plot synopsis

While Al Granger is away for a day, Pru is desperate to prove her responsibility by taking care of three Arabian horses. Aunt Cora helps Kate find the perfect wedding dress.

## Plot

The PAL plan a slumber party. Mr. Granger stables three Arabian mares for sale to a buyer coming in the next day. He leaves Pru in charge of the Ramada, and Lucky and Abigail help her with chores and improvements. That night, the PAL take a break from their sleepover party to help Miss Flores and Aunt Cora look at magazines of wedding dresses, and design their own fantasy wedding dresses on paper. The next morning, the mares escape from the Barn, and as the PAL form a plan to find them, the out-of-town buyer arrives. Lucky gets Abigail to stall the buyer by giving him a tour of the town while Lucky and Pru look for the mares. At the Inn, Cora presents Miss Flores with a beautiful white wedding dress, but the last mare appears inside and wreaks havoc. Pru gets the mare out of the inn by showing it its reflection in a mirror. The mares returned to the barn, the buyer takes the lot for $3,000. Rusty and Pablo credit Pru with taking such good care of things, and Mr. Granger offers to let her have charge of the ramada for a whole week while he travels to Silverlode.

## Notes & trivia

* The closed captioning mislabels an unnamed female classmate of Lucky's as "Bianca".
A Rider's Balance

**"A Rider's Balance"** is the sixty-seventh episode of the series overall, and the fifth episode of the first part of *Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy*.

## Plot synopsis

After meeting her riding idols, Pru vows to practice until she's perfect--even if it means missing out on a bonfire her best friends are planning.

## Plot

One day at school, the PAL meet Sahir and Priya Kapoor, two horse dressage champions. They've come to enroll at Palomino Bluffs Riding Academy, and Pru takes an eye for them. They motivate Pru at the obstacles they've accomplished, and she starts taking time off from her friends to practice.

When Lucky suggests holding a party at the beach, Pru is too busy to come. However, Pru forgot to clean away anything flammable from the bonfire, and one ember manages to engulf several trees in flames, causing the PAL to have to put out the fire, before it reaches the school. But when Pru is surrounded by flames, she and Chica Linda go through it like an obstacle course, before the fire is extinguished. The PAL congratulate her, and Pru apologizes for not being for them as a friend.
Lucky and the Deadly Blizzard

**"Lucky and the Deadly Blizzard"** is the twelfth episode of *Spirit Riding Free*.

## Plot synopsis

Lucky and Maricela work together to get medicine from a broken train during a flu outbreak when a blizzard is coming.

## Notes & trivia

* This sixth time Lucky has risked her life.
* Maricela sings "Smile" which bores everyone else in this episode.
Xiao Ke

Hunter. To be filled later.

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## Biography

Use this section to give greater details about the character's life.

## Abilities

Used her water element to support the team, but was been shown to drop her guard once putting Cai Tang in danger.
Luna

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## Biographical information

### Affiliation

Solana (Currently)
El Circo Dos Grillos (Currently)

## Behind the scenes

### Season appearances

4-5

**Luna** is a Bay leopard appaloosa, belonging to Solana. The two perform together in the traveling circus El Circo Dos Grillos. In contrast to Javier's mare Hacheta, who is suspicious of Spirit, Luna has a natural and easy affection for Spirit.

## Trivia

* Luna's name is the Spanish word for "moon", which pairs nicely with the name of her rider, Solana, meaning "sunny place".

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 1"
2. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 2"
3. ↑ "Lucky and La Voltereta Feroz"
Mustang drive

Mr. Granger made an annual **mustang drive** from Miradero to Rancho Conejo. The journey involved crossing the Badlands and fording the Copperhead River, and took a full two days of riding to reach the destination.

In Lucky's second autumn living back in Miradero, Mr. Granger invited Pru, Abigail, and Lucky, who were then thirteen years old, to make the drive with him. The PALs were initially attracted by the exciting promise of danger that could be encountered out on the range—"coyotes, mountain lions, brushfires"—but soon learned that the tough work of keeping the herd together was mostly boring, and at best involved rounding up stragglers and roping spooked horses that could trigger a stampede. Even the main thrill for Lucky, the inclusion of her love interest Javier as a *vaquero* on the drive, turned bittersweet when her misadventure in chasing a wayward mare and foal ended in a life-threatening leg injury for the boy.

## Vaqueros

* Mr. Granger
* Rusty
* Pablo
* Javier
* Pru
* Abigail
* Lucky

## Songs

The group sang reverse-counting songs to pass the time during the drive. Early on, Mr. Granger led the group in a rousing rendition of "A Hundred Mustangs on the Open Range", the enthusiasm for which fizzled with exhaustion by the time the singers got around to the last mustang in the song. Abigail tried to interest the group in her song, "Sweet Little Bird in the Dogwood Tree", but the group caught on quickly to its monotony and declined to join in.

## Number of horses on the drive

The number of mustangs being driven appears to vary throughout the drive. An early establishing shot in Miradero shows there to be twenty-six or twenty-seven mustangs ready for the drive. A later shot shows four foals that suddenly appear next to Abigail. Mid-drive shots show around twenty-five or twenty-six horses. Later, a shot shows only twenty horses. In the end, the drive resulted in the delivery of thirty-one mustangs to the ranch (twenty-nine delivered by Pru and Abigail plus the wayward mare and foal delivered by Lucky).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lucky and the Rough Ride"
Palomino Bluffs Riding Academy (episode)

**"Palomino Bluffs Riding Academy"** is the sixty-fifth episode of the series overall, and the third episode of the first part of *Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy*.

## Plot synopsis

On their first day at Palomino Bluffs, the girls are determined to make a good impression. Cue the beachfront race--and a daring rescue.

## Plot

When headed to their new school, the PAL pass interesting locations, and find out that the best, is the beach, which is the closest to the academy. They arrive, and meet Headmaster Perkins, who tells them that there are four canter houses, each dormitory holding different term students, which are Foals, Colts, Yearlings, and Stallions. However, since the PAL are first term students, they are Foals. The PAL go around campus and make friends with lots of students. Lucky meets a fan club for her, led by newspaper journalist Lydia Sterling, who talk all about Lucky's adventures in the past, including her confrontation against Butch LePray, and the fire at Cedar Gulch. However, Lucky's ego makes her realize that her friends need that attention to, plus a lonely boy named Jack. Abigail meanwhile tries to give on certain impressions to other kids, and Pru tries to get onto good terms with the headmaster.

Jack meanwhile challenges Lucky to a race, since he's on the racing team. They meet up at the beach, and the race starts. However, during the race, Lucky spots quicksand, and quickly stops Spirit, before watching Jack run into the quicksand. Lucky uses a rope, and manages to save Jack, before he apologizes and thanks her.
Orphanage

The **orphanage**, within a day's ride of Miradero, is where Miss Flores was raised by nuns. The orphanage comprises three buildings and a courtyard surrounded by a wall.

The nuns fed the orphans only bland cafeteria food, leading to Miss Flores's taste for piquant fare.

The PAL rode to the orphanage on their first overnight camping trip by themselves, in an attempt to deliver the nuns a wedding invitation for Miss Flores's marriage to Jim Prescott, only to find the orphanage abandoned and overrun by wolves. Lucky was, however, able to recover, from a filing cabinet in the dormitory office, an envelope marked with "KF" crossed off, containing a locket and a photograph of Miss Flores's parents and Miss Flores as a baby, which Lucky gave to Miss Flores as a gift.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lucky and the Doomed Delivery"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Field Trip Fraud"
Frontier Fillies

**Frontier Fillies** is the first and only club for girl adventurers on the frontier. The club comprises troops called "herds" in Cannon City and Silverlode. Abigail desired to start a new herd in Miradero, and to prepare, ordered the organization's official handbook, the *Frontier Fillies Manual*. Like scouting, participation in the Frontier Fillies involves perfecting frontier living and horse riding skills and fostering one's moral development through the completion of tasks and challenges to earn merit badges, such as one for doing a good deed. (Other merit badges mentioned include those for "orienteering", "wilderness skill", and "exploring a creepy abandoned orphanage".)

According to the Frontier Fillies, camping hits all three "F"s–friends, fun, and freedom. (Alternate third "F"s include "fortitude" and "finding shelter".)

The official Frontier Fillies cap is shaped and colored to look like a leaf.

A herd leader named Mrs. Hungerford traveled to Miradero by train and awarded official herd status to the PAL' group in Lucky's second autumn living back on the fronter.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lucky and the Doomed Delivery"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Fearless Fillies"
Chocolate

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## Relationships

### Friends

* Ramona
* Lucky
* Krumholt

## Behind the scenes

### Season appearances

Riding Academy

**Chocolate** is a horse at Rosemead Valley Racetrack who appears in both parts 1 and 2 of Lucky and The Race to the Finish. Lou's employee Ramona takes care of her for Krumholt.

## **Appearance**

Brown horse with a white blaze, pink muzzle, white spots, white hind, and chestnut mane.
Lucky and La Voltereta Feroz

**"Lucky and La Voltereta Feroz"** is the twenty-seventh episode of *Spirit Riding Free* and the premiere episode of the fifth season.

## Plot synopsis

Lucky and Spirit arrive at El Circo Dos Grillos. Lucky still believes that she is being ignored as part of the Prescott family, which is why Aunt Cora moved out of the house, and her dad was choosing Miss Flores first, instead of her.

Fito, Estrella, and Solana are happy to see Lucky, but ask why Lucky has followed them. Lucky tells them about her father's surprise engagement to Miss Flores, and asks if she can join the circus. Fito agrees, but says he must send a letter to Mr. Prescott in case he worries.

Meanwhile, Pru and Abigail walked over to the Prescott House to see Lucky. The adults are busy chatting and haven't noticed Lucky's disappearance. The two girls figure out Lucky ran away to the circus, and decide to follow her. After they leave, Jim receives the letter sent by Fito, and thinks about sorting things out immediately with a talk. But Aunt Cora prefers if Lucky was given some time alone.

Lucky, meanwhile, starts settling life in the circus, but has trouble adjusting to it, and gets in the employees' ways. Annoyed, Fito gives Lucky multiple chances. One day, Lucky's boots get soaked, though she is preforming tonight. Solana offers hers, though they are a little too small for Lucky.

When Pru and Abigail arrive at the circus, Lucky explains to them why she left Miradero. Her friends then try to convince Lucky to return home, but Lucky refuses.

That night, Lucky begins when doing a *voltereta feroz* but falls off her horse. Shocked, Fito believes Lucky isn't ready for the circus, but Lucky suddenly feels confident in herself. She takes off the small boots, and does the stunt successfully. Everyone cheers, but that is just the beginning of the show...

## Notes & trivia

* A *voltereta feroz* is literally a "fierce somersault". Solana explains that for the stunt to be *feroz*, it must be done while the horse is galloping very fast.
* Lucky performed a *voltereta feroz* or similar stunt in her first appearance in El Circo Dos Grillos in Miradero in "Lucky and Her New Family Part 2".
* Anachronism: Fito pointed to his wrist as a way of telling Lucky to hurry up with her chores. However, Fito would have been unlikely to use such a gesture during the time period in which the show takes place, since men did not commonly wear wristwatches until the 20th century.
* The black boots Solana gives Lucky to wear are identical to the boots Lucky wore when she first rode Spirit, before Lucky's dad gave her Milagro's boots.
* The pages of Milagro's notebook are ordered differently in this episode than they are in the previous episode, "Lucky and Her New Family Part 2". In the previous episode, the page two pages after the one illustrating the Ring of Fire stunt is this one illustrating a circus ring, whereas in this episode, the page two pages after the one illustrating the Ring of Fire is this one illustrating *La Voltereta Feroz*.

## Links

* Spirit and Lucky's First Circus Act on YouTube
Mountain lion

*For the antagonist from the film, see Puma.*
The **mountain lion** is a minor antagonist in *Spirit Riding Free*.

## History

This large cat attacked Spirit's herd on Punta Libre, injuring the foal Governor and killing his mother. Aunt Cora and the PAL became aware of the presence of the mountain lion in the area when they noticed scratch marks left on a tree trunk; Pru's father later brought the injured Governor back to the barn, and told Aunt Cora that with all the activity from the railroad, the mountain lion would move on from the vicinity soon. The mountain lion subsequently injured Spirit during a nighttime electrical storm and threatened Lucky's life, before being scared off by shotgun blasts delivered into the air by Aunt Cora riding upon Señor Carrots.
Friends Forever

**"Friends Forever"** is a song written by "Riding Free" songwriter Kari Kimmel, performed by PALs voice actors Amber Frank (Lucky), Bailey Gambertoglio (Abigail), and Sydney Park (Pru), and released as a single by Back Lot Music on November 7, 2017 (ten days before the release of Season 3 of *Spirit Riding Free* to Netflix). A music video for the song was produced in the form of an Internet-exclusive animated short called "Rainy Day".

## Lyrics

You're right there when I need you most

You got my back and I got yours

I won't ever let, let you go

You're never gonna be alone

If you fall I'll pick you up

I'm right here no matter what

I won't ever let, let you go

You're never gonna be alone

As long as I am with you

Everything's gonna be all right

Everything's gonna be just fine

As long as I am with you

Everything's gonna be all right

Everything's gonna be just fine

We're friends forever, friends forever, friends forever, yeah

Friends forever, friends forever, friends forever

As long as I am with you

Everything's gonna be all right

Everything's gonna be just fine

As long as I am with you

Everything's gonna be all right

Everything's gonna be just fine

Friends forever, friends forever, friends forever, yeah!

Friends forever, friends forever, friends forever

## Links

* "Friends Forever" on Amazon
* "Friends Forever" on iTunes
* "Rainy Day" on YouTube
Maricela's bike

Maricela got a new bike first in the episode, "Lucky and the Two-Wheeled Terror" and also rode her bike in a couple of episodes in Pony Tales. She rode the bike with her horse Mystery and also in lots of seasons in the original show. She started following the PALs a lot, by riding her bike alongside them. The PALs show no interest to her bike, but Maricela often interrupts them, and follows them along.

The bike is purple with black tyres, a cream coloured basket patterned with flowers, and a black seat with a silver bell she loves to ring.
Equuleus

**Equuleus** was a horse belonging to Milagro Navarro, Lucky's mother. Milagro escaped her small village on Equuleus, eluding Don Trujillo's henchmen, and Milagro rode Equuleus in El Circo Dos Grillos, performing tricks on the horse. The horse was a loyal companion to Milagro. A photograph of Milagro and Equuleus remains in the Prescott House.
Lucky and the Dressage Sabotage

The PAL and Rose's clique

**"Lucky and the Dressage Sabotage"** is the forty-eighth episode of *Spirit Riding Free* and the second episode of the eighth season. The official air date is April 5, 2019.

## Plot synopsis

When Pru takes a bad fall in a competition, Lucky suspects sabotage, and sets out to help her friend find the culprit.

## Plot

The episode begins when Pru invites Lucky and Abigail to the Farmbrook Arena. There, many folks (like Charlie and Amelia) know who Pru is, and she tells her friends she's a rodeo star. However, she is doing dressage this year.

After watching Sue finish her set, the PAL come across Pru's rival, Rose Pendleton. The Pendleton family runs the Ramada in Buffalo Hills. At the same time, the PAL come across Rose's friends Eliza and the twins Jo and Caroline. Rude remarks are given to Pru and her horse, Chica Linda, who was ridden to the arena as part of her warm-up. But Rose is still surprised Pru is taking dressage. Her friend--Eliza--shakes jumping jacks as a good luck ritual.

One by one, the girls do their performances in the arena. Pru does okay the first time, but the second time Chica Linda is in pain.

Lucky finds that there was a mark on Chica Linda, and suspects that someone purposely wanted Pru to lose. She suspects Rose to be the culprit, but gets locked in her stable.

That very evening, Pru braids Chica Linda's mane, and gets to wear a present given by Lucky, which was given by James Prescott Sr. But just in line to preform, Pru spots that Rose's horse, Duke was in pain. She and China Linda interfere to help Rose.

Lucky manages to get out of the locked stable, and arrives on time to see Pru and Chica Linda save Rose's life. They find the same mark on Duke and his sale that was for Pru and Chica Linda. Lucky finds jacks on the ground (spiky metal pieces) and remembered seeing Rose's friend Eliza using them.

Eliza admits she is the one who sabotaged both Pru and Rose's acts, just so she could win. She gets disqualified, and the judges think of disqualifying Pru for interference in Rose's performance, but they give her and Rose another shot. Pru manages to get the 4th place trophy. Rose also becomes their friend and joins them for ice cream.
PALM

PALM stands for Pru, Abigail, Lucky, and Maricela. Maricela first suggested this name in the episode ""Lucky and the two-wheeled Terror" where Maricela gets a new bike and follows the PAL everywhere. They get a bit annoyed with her at first, and then Maricela rides her bike and follows the PAL, and greets them by saying, "Hello, PALM" and then her own theme song of '"Riding Free'. She continues saying the PALM in a couple of other episodes in season 5, 6, 7 and 8, and tries to befriend them, but rarely catches their attention.

Since Maricela joined Palomino Bluffs, the PAL have unofficially included her into their group, even though she joins them on their adventures occasionally.
Pablo

**Pablo** is a lanky cowboy and ranch hand for Mr. Granger. Along with Rusty, he worked the mustang drive from Miradero to Rancho Conejo the year that the PAL went on the drive, and also looked after the ramada when Mr. Granger was out of town on business (though Rusty duly gave credit to Pru for looking after the Arabian mares Mr. Granger had bought for resale to a buyer).

On the mustang drive, Pablo and Rusty were initially annoyed by Abigail's talkativeness and her saccharine make-believe stories about the horses on the drive. The cowboys decided to indulge Abigail so as not to make her feel bad.

Pablo's first language is Spanish.

Pablo enjoys playing the banjo at night while out on the range.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lucky and the Rough Ride"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Arabian Nightmares"
Mr. Winthrop

**Mr. Winthrop** is the proprietor of the General Store and ice cream shop in Miradero.

## History

Winthrop ran a jelly bean guessing booth at the town Fiesta, offering guesses as to the number of jelly beans in a jar for a nickel a guess. He waited the entire day for Abigail's guess, which was wrong, but made her the winner of the jelly beans as the only guesser for the day. While waiting for her guess, he missed his infant son's first words ("Where's Daddy?").

Winthrop entered the church bake-off, but was bested by Abigail and her Stone Pie.

The year before Lucky relocated to Miradero, Winthrop injured his back when he tripped on jelly beans. When he threw his back out again putting up a sign advertising ice cream, Winthrop permitted Lucky, who was still 12 years old at the time, to run the store for a week until he could recover. At the end of her term, Lucky gave Winthrop a hug, fixing his back.

Winthrop did not employ Lucky the following summer.

Winthrop has a mother who lives outside of Miradero and who wears dentures. Winthrop was sent news that she received new teeth by telegram in Lucky's third spring living back in Miradero.

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and the Cowboy Next Door"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Pie P.I."
3. ↑ "Lucky and the Impatient Patient"
4. ↑ *Spirit Riding Free: Lucky's Diary*, page 17
5. ↑ "Lucky and the Cousin Caper"
Milagro Navarro

Milagro as a teenager

**Milagro Prescott** (née **Navarro**) is Lucky Prescott's late mother. She was a charreada performing horse-riding stunts in El Circo Dos Grillos when she met and married Jim Prescott. Milagro died before her daughter Lucky was old enough to get to know her, but how she died has never been explained, although it was hinted that she possibly died of an illness. In Spirit Untamed, it implied Milagro died from a trick riding accident.

## History

Milagro was born and raised in the small Mexican village of San Jorge. She became beloved by everyone for her beauty, high spirits, and kind heart, but these charms attracted the unwanted attention of San Jorge's wealthiest man, Don Trujillo, who was determined to have Milagro's hand in marriage on her sixteenth birthday. Milagro, unwilling to marry someone she didn’t love and wanting more out of life outside of her town, escaped San Jorge with her horse Equuleus. Pursued across the frontier by two of Don Trujillo's henchmen, Milagro hid herself in a performance of El Circo Dos Grillos, performing stunts with Equuleus in the show, and afterward was taken in by the circus's ringmaster Fito and his wife Estrella. Milagro joined the circus full-time and eventually became its star performer, even being featured on the circus's posters, standing (*la volada*) atop a brown horse and wearing her trademark riding boots.

Sometime after this, Milagro met Jim Prescott after a performance in the town of Winslow, where he had driven cattle to auction while working as a cowboy for a Western ranch called The Corral and had been mesmerized by her beauty and talent, thus resulting in their romantic relationship, which developed into marriage when they reached adulthood.

Milagro died when Lucky was two years old.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lucky and Her New Family"
2. ↑ "Lucky and the Unbreakable Spirit"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins*

## Trivia

* Even though Don Trujillo wanted to marry Milagro, he is depicted as much older than her.
* It was never specified how Milagro died, although some clues have hinted towards a possible illness. However, in the film (despite separate from series canon), she is depicted as having died in an accident. AI got with Lucky commenting she died way before she was supposed to, this could allude to her series divergent dying in a similar accident.
* Lucky is said to have resembled Milagro in both personality and appearance, which is true as they both value their freedom and their horses.
Lucky and the Price of Freedom

Lucky fooling Grayson with her disguise

**"Lucky and the Price of Freedom"** is the thirteenth episode of *Spirit Riding Free*.

## Plot

The Tarrell Circuit horse race comes to Miradero, but Mr. Granger, who has been placed in charge of designing the course, won't let the PAL sign up because the race forbids girls. Lucky disguises herself as a man to enter and prove that women are good at riding horses.

When the race begins, Jim, Cora, and Miss Flores recognize Lucky as the "mustachioed stranger". Lucky starts the race behind, and Grayson, riding Xerxes, is much ahead. They go through the forest, take Taylor's Trail, and Lucky and Grayson end neck-and-neck by the finish. Lucky and Spirit cross the finish line before Grayson and his horse Xerxes. However, she is disqualified, and the trophy is given to Grayson. Lucky says that she only joined to show that girls were as fast as guys.

During a celebration picnic, Grayson offers to buy Spirit, then takes him from Lucky when she rebuffs his offer and insists that Spirit is a wild horse. Jim tries to buy Spirit back for $1,000, then offers $2,000, but Grayson refuses to sell to the Prescotts. Al suggests that they leave, but Lucky refuses to leave Spirit. After warning Grayson that it wasn't over, Jim carries his daughter away from Spirit and they go home.

Grayson later sends Spirit away by train to the auction house. Lucky chases after Spirit, but the train gets away, leaving Lucky wondering if she will ever see Spirit again.

## Notes & trivia

* Grayson's men are the same *mesteñeros* who roped Spirit for Mr. Granger in "Lucky and the Unbreakable Spirit".
* This is the first season finale to end on a cliffhanger.
* Julian is mentioned.
* This is the seventh time Lucky has risked her life.
* This is the second time Lucky and Spirit go on Taylor's Trail.
* Continuity: At the end of the race, Spirit and Xerxes run by the same buildings on Miradero's Main Street many times.
* Movies References Allusion: 1954 British Animated Film, Animal Farm when benjamin the donkey chase after boxer in van.

## Links

* The Tarrell Circuit on YouTube
* The Mustachioed Stranger on YouTube
Miradero

**Miradero** is a small town on the American frontier, and the principal setting of the events of *Spirit Riding Free* and Spirit Untamed, which is the home of Al and Fannie Granger, Snips, Turo, Jim and Kate Prescott, Polly and Cora, Pablo, Rose and George Stone, Rusty, Winthrop, Althea, Mary Pat, Bianca, Sheriff, Mayor Gutierrez, Juliana Gutierrez, Frank, Eduardo, Becky, Tambourine, Senor Carrots, Junipero.

## Background

Among other structures and settings, Miradero comprises a main street, a one-room Schoolhouse, Mr. Granger's Barn and its two round horse pens and square Ramada, a Church, a Bank, two bakeries, a café, a Saloon, a Town Hall, a Town Square with a Fountain, a General Store, a blacksmith shop, a Cemetery, a jail, an Inn, a barber shop, the Prescott House, Stone House, Granger House and Gutierrez House. Just outside of town stands a train depot for the JP & Sons Railroad. The Grayson ranch is located some miles outside of town.

Perhaps anachronistically, Miradero is shown to have modern amenities like electric lighting (without any visible electric power distribution lines), indoor plumbing, and refrigeration, although these did not become commonplace, even in many cities, until after the concept of the "frontier" had vanished from the American vernacular around 1890.

After Lucky, Pru, Abigail and Maricela left Miradero to study in the Palomino Fault, everything changed in their hometown and many events miss them.

## Permanent inhabitants of Miradero

* Snips Stone
* Turo
* Mary Pat
* Bianca
* Al Granger
* Fannie Granger
* George Stone
* Rose Stone
* Tambourine
* Jim Prescott
* Kate Prescott
* Polly Prescott
* Cora Prescott
* Althea Bradley
* Mayor Gutierrez
* Juliana Gutierrez
* Winthrop
* Junipero
* Senor Carrots
* Sagebrush
* Sorrel
* Clancy
* Pablo
* Rusty
* Sheriff
* Eduardo
* Juan
* Frank
* Becky

## Location

The precise location of Miradero is left vague. However, it is known that:

* The town is located in a state (as opposed to a territory that has not yet joined the Union);
* The town is within one or two days' horseback ride from the Pacific coast;
* Given the prominence of the Spanish language in and around Miradero, the town is more south than north.

These three facts together all but rule out any location other than southern or middle California.

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and the Pie P.I."
2. ↑ "Lucky and La Voltereta Feroz"
I Will Always Return

## Music information

### Composer

Robert John Lange
Hans Zimmer
Bryan Adams

### Producer

Pat Leonard
Bryan Adams

## Release information

### Released

May 4, 2002

"**I Will Always Return**" is a song from *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*.

## Lyrics

I hear the wind call your name

It calls me back home again

The sparks of the fire, a flame that still burns

Oh it's to you I'll always return

Yeah...

I still feel your breath on my skin

I hear your voice deep within

The sound of my lover, a feeling so strong

Oh it's to you I'll always belong

Now I know it's true

My every road leads to you

And in the hour of darkness, darling

Your light gets me through

Wanna swim in your river

Be warm by your sun

Bathe in your waters

'Cause you are the one!

I can't stand the distance

I can't dream alone

I can't wait to see you

Yes I'm on my way home

I'm on my way...

I hear the wind call your name

The sound that leads me home again

The sparks of the fire, a flame that still burns

Oh, it's to you, I will always return

Wanna swim in your river

Be warm by your sun

Bathe in your waters

'Cause you are the one!

I can't stand the distance

I can't dream alone

I can't wait to see you

Yes I'm on my way home

Oh, I hear the wind call your name

The sound that leads me home again

The sparks of the fire, a flame that still burns

Yeah, I'm on way

I will always return

Yes, I will

Always return

I've seen every sunset and with all that I've learned

It's to you I will always, always return
Mrs. Hungerford

## Ginger Hungerford

**Mrs. Ginger Hungerford** is the founder and herd leader for the Frontier Fillies organization. Among other duties, she travels the frontier awarding official herd status to groups of young girls eager to join the Fillies, by handing out official herd badges. She stopped in Miradero, only between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm (between trains), expecting to receive a presentation (and pie) from Abigail and her friends, but the PAL were waylaid by Snips and a dust storm. Despite Abigail's lack of presentation, Mrs. Hungerford was impressed with the girls' ability to survive the dust storm and awarded them an official Frontier Fillies herd.

## Name

"Mrs. Hungerford" was the pen name of Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, a late 19th century Irish novelist of popular light romantic fiction, and coiner of the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in that idiom's modern form, in her 1878 novel *Molly Bawn*.

Mrs. Hungerford's first name, Ginger, is not given in the show, but was revealed in the companion book *Spirit Riding Free: Abigail's Diary*. In the book, she is referred to not as *Mrs.* Hungerford but as *Ms.*, contradicting the show.

## Behind the scenes

Mrs. Hungerford is voiced by Julie Brown.
Al Granger

**Al Granger** is a horse wrangler and horse purveyor in Miradero and father of Pru. He is Jim Prescott and George Stone's best friend in Miradero. Mr. Granger owns the Barn where Tambourine, Junipero, Señor Carrots are boarded, as well as the nearby Ramada, which he and his hired hands use for breaking and showing horses for sale.

Al lives with his wife Fannie in Miradero.

Mr. Granger is a stickler for keeping his barn orderly and in repair, and is demanding of Pru, assigning her responsibility at the edges of her capacity, and sometimes placing blame on her even when it is not deserved.

Mr. Granger is married to the town veterinarian. His family lives in a ranch house build with logs from Carver's Woods. He is a talented fiddle player. His rival horse wrangler is Harlan Grayson.

## Quotes

* "*I told you a million times, you are responsible for this girl! And because you weren't watching out for her* (Lucky)*, my fence is now a gate*!" (Blaming Pru for the broken fence.)
* "*My beautiful barn*!" [on seeing the hayloft collapse in "Lucky and the Golden Opportunity"]
* "*What the Sam Hill is going on*?" [in exclusive clip, "Rainy Day"]
* "*What are you sorry about, my own daughter! A stampede! You are one of the finest riders I've known. I'm proud of you Pru*." (After Pru and Abigail prevent a stampede of horses from running away.)

## Behind the scenes

Mr. Granger is voiced by Jonathan Craig Williams.

## References

1. ↑ "Lucky and the Risky Rescue"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lucky and the Treacherous Trail"
3. ↑ "Lucky and the Golden Opportunity"
4. ↑ "Lucky and the Arabian Nightmares"
5. ↑ "Lucky and the New Governor"
6. ↑ "Lucky and the Rough Ride"
7. ↑ *Spirit Riding Free: Lucky and the Mustangs of Miradero*
8. ↑ "Lucky and Her New Family Part 1"
9. ↑ "Lucky and the Price of Freedom"