40 Fun Facts About Canterwood Crest

Which boy has an on-off romance with Sasha Silver and is her boyfriend when her Canterwood Crest story ends?

Jacob Schwartz is afraid of horses, an awkward trait at a school famous for its riders, and for a while he dates Sasha's best friend Callie instead.

Which chestnut gelding does Sasha Silver bring with her to Canterwood Crest Academy in the first book?

Charm is a Belgian and Thoroughbred cross that Sasha bought three years before changing schools. He was so green at first that he often bucked her off.

What name is given to Heather Fox's clique of popular riders, who resent Sasha Silver's arrival at Canterwood Crest?

The Trio see the newcomer as a threat to their social status, yet their leader slowly thaws and ends up liking her.

Which firm but fair instructor heads the stables and coaches Sasha Silver at Canterwood Crest Academy?

Mr. Conner once ordered Sasha and her fiercest rival to muck out stalls together at 7am, after their feud nearly caused a collision during practice.

In City Secrets, Sasha Silver leaves Canterwood Crest for fall break and stays with Heather Fox in which city?

New York was meant to be a trip with her roommate, but a huge fight right before the break left Sasha relying on her former archnemesis instead.

Which book, drafted by Jessica Burkhart at 19, opens the Canterwood Crest series with Sasha Silver's arrival?

Take the Reins was sold in 2007 as the first of four books, and the series eventually grew to 20.

In the first Canterwood Crest book, which squad is Sasha Silver determined to make by the end of her first semester?

The advanced team has only five places for each grade, and only riders already on the intermediate team may test for them.

Lauren Towers's birthday falls on which holiday, marked at Canterwood Crest with a first-ever masquerade ball?

Halloween is also her favorite holiday, and at the ball a special someone waits behind a mask to surprise her.

What does Sasha Silver's horse do on arrival at Canterwood Crest Academy that leaves Heather Fox on the ground?

He bolts and runs loose, knocking a cone into the path of his future rival, who rears and dumps the school's queen bee in the sand.

Which maker of collectible model horses has released figures of several horses from the Canterwood Crest books?

Breyer has released models of several of the series' horses, and the author counts more than 1.6 million copies of her books in print.

Exchange student Carina Johansson, who shakes up Canterwood Crest in the book Famous, comes from which country?

Sweden is her home country, and she arrives determined to show the whole school how its riders perform in the arena.

Canterwood Crest Academy, the elite riding school of Jessica Burkhart's books, stands in which US state?

Connecticut is home turf for Sasha Silver, who grew up in one of its small towns before winning her place at the school.

Which coat color does Sunstruck, the horse ridden by Alison Robb at Canterwood Crest, have?

Palomino Sunstruck is a fiery, highly strung gelding, but his quiet rider knows just how to handle him.

Which young gray mare do Lauren Towers's parents buy for her move to Canterwood Crest Academy?

Whisper was the one horse left to try that day, after the gelding lined up alongside her went lame.

The publisher describes Canterwood Crest as The Ashleys meets which classic horse-riding book series?

The Saddle Club was also one of the author's own favorite series growing up, part of what inspired her to write horse books herself.

Which dark chestnut Thoroughbred does Heather Fox ride as Sasha Silver's fiercest rival at Canterwood Crest?

Aristocrat is described as every bit as catty and snobby as his rider, shooting other horses dirty looks whenever he gets the chance.

Which Canterwood Crest rider is expelled for running an anonymous gossip site about Sasha Silver's circle?

Julia Myer started it out of jealousy after missing a place on the national youth squad, and it cost her both her friends and her school.

Jasmine King frames two Canterwood Crest riders for which offense, getting them thrown off their riding team?

Cheating on a test was the charge, a history exam to be exact, and it cost the pair their chance to try out for the national youth squad.

In Chasing Blue, what does Sasha Silver learn her Canterwood Crest archnemesis Heather Fox will be all semester?

Her riding partner then starts spending a little too much time with Sasha's almost-boyfriend, which puts the pairing under real strain.

Which drama-loving roommate becomes Lauren Towers's instant best friend when she arrives at Canterwood Crest?

Khloe Kinsella is a self-confessed drama queen who dreams of seeing her own name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Which boy bonds with Lauren Towers over horses and becomes her boyfriend at Canterwood Crest Academy?

Drew Adams rides a calm-natured blood bay gelding called Polo, and he shares a place on the intermediate team with her.

Which flea-bitten gray school mare does Eric Rodriguez ride at Canterwood Crest because he owns no horse?

Luna carries him up from the intermediate group to the level above, even though he only transferred in the middle of the year.

Which small town is home to both Sasha Silver and Lauren Towers before they leave for Canterwood Crest Academy?

Union has just one stable, where the same instructor trained both girls and urged each of them to apply to the academy.

Canterwood Crest's Lauren Towers was a champion in which riding discipline before a bad fall stopped her competing?

Dressage made her a two-time junior champion, a past she hid from her new Canterwood friends until a DVD gave it away after just one week.

Which Canterwood Crest Super Special hands the story from Sasha Silver to new narrator Lauren Towers?

Chosen follows Lauren as she waits to hear whether the academy will accept her, after twelve books told by Sasha Silver.

In Home for Christmas, the final Canterwood Crest book, rival riders unite to help heal which animals?

Retired racehorses put Sasha Silver, Lauren Towers and all their friends and frenemies somewhere they never expected to be: on the same side.

Which major publisher signed Jessica Burkhart to a four-book deal that launched the Canterwood Crest series?

Simon & Schuster published the books under its Aladdin imprint, with editions later appearing in French, Spanish, Russian and Polish.

Jessica Burkhart, creator of Canterwood Crest and a former rider herself, was born in which US state?

Tennessee is where she was born, in the Nashville area, and as a girl she cleaned tack and mucked stalls in exchange for lessons.

In the Canterwood Crest books, the letter E in the coveted national squad YENT stands for which word?

Equestrian completes the Youth Equestrian National Team, a squad so coveted that the fifth book asks whether Sasha Silver can snag a spot.

In Behind the Bit, which prestigious midwinter event accepts Sasha Silver and her Canterwood Crest teammates?

A horse clinic fills their midwinter break, and scouts for the national youth squad watch the demonstration that ends it.

Jessica Burkhart drafted the first Canterwood Crest book during which annual challenge for aspiring authors?

National Novel Writing Month challenged writers to draft a 50,000-word novel in November, and hers caught an agent's attention within months.

What happens to Canterwood Crest's Lauren Towers at the Red Oak Trials?

Her horse refuses a jump near the end of a cross-country round that had been going perfectly, and she sails over the fence without him.

How does Sasha Silver get proof that Jasmine King framed two fellow Canterwood Crest riders?

A camera left recording in the arena caught her admitting the set-up, and the tape cleared both girls and got her expelled.

Callie Harper's gelding Black Jack in Canterwood Crest is a Morab, a cross between which two horse breeds?

Morgan and Arabian blood makes a Morab, and the head instructor rates this sweet-tempered one and his rider among the school's best pairs.

Why does Eric Rodriguez break up with Sasha Silver in Canterwood Crest's Little White Lies?

He sees a rival kiss her and wrongly believes she started it, a turning point in the love triangle that runs through Sasha's books.

Into which Canterwood Crest dorm does Sasha Silver move when she becomes Brit Chan's new roommate?

Orchard Hall became her home after she fell out with her first roommate, and it put her under the same roof as her former rivals.

Which TV cooking show does Paige Parker, Sasha Silver's Canterwood Crest roommate, land the job of hosting?

Teen Cuisine airs on a food network for kids, and its young host regularly bakes treats for Sasha to try.

At which worn-down hometown stable did Sasha Silver train under instructor Kim before Canterwood Crest Academy?

Briar Creek Stables keeps its riders' trophies on a shelf in the office, and the tallest one belongs to Sasha.

Which annual Valentine's dance at Canterwood Crest Academy assigns dance partners through a matching game?

The Sweetheart Soirée began, the story goes, when ninth graders at the then all-girls school crashed a Valentine's party thrown for the staff.

Which later series brings back Canterwood Crest's Sasha Silver as a famous grown-up rider?

Saddlehill Academy has its young riders applying for a winter clinic that Sasha runs, and heroine Abby St. Clair calls her an idol.