Sylvia Scott White

British author. As far as I know only wrote these two traditional pony stories which are both about the same characters. Both are lively entertaining reads, although the second book is a little more original in plot than the first.

Moat Farm series:

1) TEN WEEK STABLES
(LUTTERWORTH 1960)
ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE BOWE
EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition
SUMMARY: Sarah has left school and her father wants her to decide on a career, but of course she only wants to work with horses. He goes away on business for ten weeks and tells her that she must have made up her mind when he gets back. Sarah, along with her friend Ginette decide to run a stables in that time to prove to her father that working with horses can be successful. They find Moat Farm, which they rent from an eccentric artist in exchange for house-keeping for him and with their own ponies and some friends' they manage to make a success of their venture. But will it be enough to persuade Sarah's father?
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

2) PONY PAGEANT
(LUTTERWORTH 1965)
Reprinted  in paperback in the Crown Ponies paperback series.
EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition, Crown Ponies paperback.
SUMMARY: Sarah and Ginette are still running their stables and agree to take part in a local pageant. But then their artist landlord Mark invites a young actress named Beulah who is starring in the pageant to stay. Beaulah hates the ponies and dislikes the girls. It seems possible that she will marry Mark and have them turned out of their beloved stables - what will the girls do then?
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

Collectors info:
Published as part of the Crown Pony series. Pony Pageant was also reprinted as a Crown paperback, but I don't think the other book was. Pony Pageant is by far the easiest to find and cheapest of the pair, especially outside of the UK.