When new girl Sarah Witney arrives at Horseland, Chloe and Zoey are eager to meet a fellow wealthy girl. However, Sarah just wants to make friends with the nice people and the horses of Horseland, and so does her horse, Scarlet. The rest of the gang judge Sarah before they meet her because she's rich, after which Sarah decides that maybe she just doesn't belong at Horseland. Eventually, the others decide to give her a chance and everyone becomes good friends.
lma Rodriguez thinks she is too good to practice for the upcoming Huntingfield Downs horse show, because she feels she is the 'best' jumper at Horseland. However, the course is changed at the last minute and Horseland doesn't do so well in the show. In the end, Alma learns a lesson about the importance of trying her as well as the importance of practicing. Eventually, Chloe Stilton wins the show for Horseland because she actually practiced the routine.
When the new girl, Sarah Witney arrives at Horseland, Chloe and Zoey are eager to meet a fellow wealthy girl. However, Sarah just wants to make friends with the nice people (and horses) of Horseland, and so does her horse, Scarlet. The rest of the gang judge Sarah before they meet her because she's rich, after which Sarah decides that maybe she just doesn't belong at Horseland. Eventually, the others decide to give her a chance and everyone becomes good friends.
Fed up with Zoey shirking her responsibility of cleaning out Pepper's stable, Alma decides to trick her by saying a bracelet Zoey lost is in the stable and she'll have to clean it in order to find it. Later, on a hike, Alma spies a wolf, but nobody believes her because of the way she lied to trick Zoey earlier. Alma returns to the spot she saw to wolf to get proof, but Button is scared away by the wolf, leaving Alma to fend off the wolf by herself.
Sarah, Alma, Molly, and Zoey are assigned to doing musical kur for an upcoming competition, but Calypso struggles with learning the routine. Worried they will mess up during the competition and embarrass her and Pepper, Zoey attempts to get Molly to drop out by convincing her that Sarah and Alma plan to drop her from the routine anyway. Unfortunately, Molly takes it as a sign nobody wants her around Horseland anymore and plans to leave the ranch forever. Then Sarah and Alma find out what Zoey did, and even though the show is about to start, they go find her, compete in the show (in which Calypso finally learns the routine), and teach Zoey a lesson.
After Pepper is injured during a competition, Zoey turns her back on her and starts avoiding her after hearing about a horse having to be put down after it is injured. Pepper becomes depressed and unmotivated to get better and ride again when Zoey stops coming by to see her, which only adds to Zoey's fears about losing her. Zoey then gets a new horse to ride, because she thought Pepper was goig to die. It's up to the rest of the Horseland gang to reunite both Zoey and Pepper before the two give up on each other, and their lives at Horseland, for good.
Chloe lies to everyone about jumping over a parallel oxer so she can impress Bailey. Her fib succeeds in impressing him, but it soon escalates to the point where reporters come to Horseland for a meet to watch her make the jump, since it is rare that such a young rider can perform it. Chloe decides to practice the jump the night before the competition, but Chili sprains his leg during the process. The next day at the meet, Chloe must either come clean with her lie, or attempt another jump and endanger the lives of both her and Chili.
The Junior Nationals are coming up and the theme of the competition is western riding. Horseland must pick one rider to represent them and the gang begins to compete to see which one of them will go to the nationals. Everything is going smoothly until they find out that a famous rock star they all like will be a judge at the competition. Soon, they all begin to turn on each other and start letting the chance to meet their favorite singer take priority over their friendship. Unless they find a way to fix it, the competition may end up costing them their friendship.
The girls are given the task of learning lateral dressage and Sarah is especially determined to learn it. Rather than take it slow, she pushes Scarlet and herself to the maximum and ends up spraining Scarlet's leg during practice one day. Convinced that Scarlet is unable to learn it, Sarah decides to give up her determination; but when her and her friends are stranded in the middle of a river during a fierce thunderstorm, Sarah realizes that her determination may be the only thing that can save them.
Molly invites her friends from the city to watch her perform at an upcoming competition and to meet her friends at Horseland. However, she is afraid that they won't like each other due to the fact her city friends are all about goofing off and having fun while her friends at Horseland are dedicated and serious about work. When her city friends become lost on their way to the competition, Molly drops out of the competition in order to find them, with the help of her friends at Horseland. .
Bailey is picked to be lead rider for an upcoming show that Horseland is performing. Everything runs smoothly until Bailey yells at Alma for constantly messing up and continues to bark orders at everyone like a dictator. When a storm hits, the kids quit for the night, but Alma continues to practice so she won't upset Bailey. Unfortunately, the storm spooks Button which causes her to run off with Alma in tow. Bailey and Sarah must now work together to go find her, and Bailey has to figure out how to lead a scared Alma and Button back to Horseland without scaring them any further.
Sarah's blind cousin, Mary, comes to Horseland for a visit. Sarah is busy training a new horse so she lets Mary take care of and ride Scarlet while she is visiting. Bailey, Molly, and Alma are concerned with leaving her by herself, so they constantly follow her around offering to do everything for her. However, when the four of them get lost on a new trail at night, they soon begin to understand that Mary is not as helpless as they think she is.
When Alma discovers that her pen pal, Alexander, is going to visit Horseland, she's worried that she won't be good enough for him. Chloe and Zoey attempt to help her prepare to impress him, but their plan backfires. The two end up making amends and becoming friends at the end of the episode, after a landslide endangers Alexander.
When a new boy, Jesse, comes for an extended visit to Horseland, Bailey is overjoyed to have a boy his own age to hang out with. When he starts neglecting his friendship with Alma, Molly, and Sarah, though, tension grows. Chloe and Zoey, always jealous of his relationship with the other girls, go out of their way to ensure that much of his time is spent with Jesse. When Horseland is chartered for the Birthday party of the annoying Ethan Simon, though, the friends must get back together to organize the party.
The Horseland gang is excited to go on the Twilight Trek, an annual outdoor campout during the course of which horses and riders are expected to bond. Calypso has a saddle sore, however, that prevents her from being ridden. Chloe, who is also unable to go due to a cold, offers to let Molly ride Chili instead. The two initially don't get along, but become friends after a close encounter with a bear.
A once-wild horse named Puma comes to Horseland, and talks of his life in the wild. This makes Aztec also want to run away and be free. He sneaks away at night, but comes to find out that life away from civilization is a lot harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Bailey is distraught with worry for his beloved horse. Eventually, the two are reunited, and Aztec decides that he prefers life at Horseland. Meanwhile Sarah is at Stand Hope riding school but later decides to stay with her friends.
Over the course of a winter, the beloved barn cat of Horseland, Mosey, is becoming very old and sick. Seen through flashbacks, the tale unfolds of his increasing illness and eventual death. All the riders, animals, and horses, especially Sarah, are heartbroken by his loss, and have trouble coming to terms with it.
The Horseland gang goes on a trip to France for a riding exhibition. Sarah's father encourages her to befriend the daughter of one of his friends, an Indian girl named Simbala. Both girls worry that the other won't like them, and a few mishaps seem to confirm this. When the pair falls into an underground cave, though, they discover that they are more alike than they are different.
Alma,Chloe and Zoey strike a deal: Alma will be more competitive during an upcoming show jumping competition if Chloe and Zoey will be nice. When Alma has to face a rude super-competitive rider from Horseland's bitter rival, Stanhope Academy, though, she's not sure that being untrue to herself is such a good thing.
When a new boy, Chase, visits Sarah at Horseland, the other riders think that he's her boyfriend. They soon discover, though, that Chase is Sarah's cousin. He helps them prepare for an upcoming dressage show, but refuses to read direction. Chloe and Zoey think that he is illiterate, but it is revealed that he is, instead, dyslexic, as is Will.