“Horses are unpredictable; you never know what they’re going to do,” says Amber. Spartan, portrayed by Stormy in real life, is a favorite to Heartland fans. The show features many horses, as Amy Fleming, Amber’s character, is a “horse whisperer.” Many of the episodes include guest horses, as different clients bring their troubled horses to Amy for rehabilitation. Tim brings Spartan back to Heartland after Amy is taken to hospital. Sugarfoot (Little Chief, owned by Leo Coss and Margaret Thiessen) is an inspiration to Graham. Look for season six of Heartland, premiering on CBC Television on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. (7:30 p.m. in Newfoundland). Beautiful, majestic, calm, inquisitive… and a star.” That is how Amber Marshall, star of CBC’s Heartland, describes Spartan, one of her equine co-stars. (Taking Chances) When Amy is talking to Tim she mentions Spartan has a tendency to drift left so she's been using ground poles to help straighten him. The series also airs in the United States on the Up TV network and the Light TV digital broadcast network. Working with horses is not a new experience for Leila Basen, one of the writers for Heartland. But they still managed to show a short chat between the two. Beautiful, majestic, calm, inquisitive… and a star.” That is how Amber Marshall, star of CBC’s Heartland, describes Spartan, one of her equine co-stars.Heartland is a family show set in the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, which is currently filming its sixth season. Of all the horses in the show, it seems Graham Wardle, who plays Ty Borden, has chosen Sugarfoot, the white mini, as his favourite. He’s been on the series since the beginning when Amy and her mom, Marion, rescued him. Heartland fans! Directed by Chris Potter. Rather she respected Spartan and therefore respected the bond that they have. With 160 horses used exclusively for film, John’s herd includes “cast horses” (bombproof horses for actors to ride) and trained stunt horses, when bucking, rearing or falling are called for. When not writing for her business Blossom Editing, she enjoys reading sci-fi/fantasy and watching Heartland. “You have somebody inside the trailer with an umbrella or an air hose underneath the trailer to make the horse spook back. As Amy searches her soul for the right path to take, Ty and Scott prepare for the possibility of major surgery on the horse. Heartland airs in Canada on CBC at 7 pm (7:30 pm in Newfoundland) on Sundays. Enjoy this look back behind-the-scenes of the Heartland Season 7 finale!About Heartland: Heartland is a family drama on CBC TV about a family dealing with the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch in the stunning the foothills of Alberta.Connect With Heartland:Facebook: http://bit.ly/HeartlandOnFacebookTwitter: http://bit.ly/HeartlandOnTwitterOfficial Instagram: http://bit.ly/HeartlandOnInstagramGeorgie's Instagram: http://bit.ly/GeorgieOnInstagramYouTube: http://bit.ly/HeartlandOnYoutube “A lot of the stories are loosely based on things that happened to me or things that happened to people I know.”. With Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Graham Wardle, Chris Potter. FROM SPARTAN TO SUGARFOOT. On Heartland season 13 episode 7 Ty was visiting his mom with Lyndy. Training horses for Heartland is more involved than other shows. Scott discovers that Spartan has a broken leg and Amy is forced to make the toughest decision of her life. Amy resorts to desperate measures when her horse Spartan is mysteriously stolen and reappears legally sold to Wes, the man who set fire to the Heartland barn. Carol Hansson lives in Prince George, B.C., with her husband, two horses and two rabbits. “When he pulls Mrs. Bell’s cart and when he runs, he doesn’t think of himself as a little horse, he’s like, ‘I am a horse!’”, As Graham did not have very much in the way of horsemanship skills when he started Heartland (“I was about two weeks ahead of my character,” he says, when he first began), he finds that after five seasons with the show, “I definitely have a good understanding and enough experience to feel comfortable and enjoy hanging out with them.”, Amber Marshall has plenty of horse experience to draw on for her character. As Amy deals with many problem horses, these horses have to react the way the script calls for (such as spooking when being loaded into a trailer). Heartland season 7 episode guide on TV.com. Most of the horses used in the show are owned by John Scott, head wrangler and well known in the movie industry. After lunch, they head to the arena to jump and Tim goads Lou into jumping him. Jack tries to figure out what happened during Tim's trip that spurred his mid-life crisis. She has been riding since a very young age and during the off-season, she team ropes and works with Cash, her buckskin Quarter horse, who she has had since he was a weanling, When asked about who gives the horses training cues on set, Amber says: “Horses are very instinctual, they’ll feed off body language… they’re going to want to follow the wrangler [if the wrangler was giving the cues], and then you’d have to have someone right in the shot with you. She has had horses her whole life, as her father purchased her first horse at the age of five. “There’s been times when we’ll be in an emotional intimate scene and the horse will start trying to chew on the boom above us or flip off my cowboy hat or something that’s not expected.”, Leila says that in this upcoming season, “Amy begins to use her equine skills and her insights into horses to have insight into people around her.”. Rocky and Stormy, both Quarter horses, play Spartan, Amber’s main mount on the show. Heartland is a family show set in the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, which is currently filming its sixth season. Heartland Season 13, Episode 10 airs this weekend. He’s been on the series since the beginning when Amy and her mom, Marion, rescued him. “I get to use all my years of knowledge and personal experience… for my writing,” she commented. Season five’s finale, with Amber’s performance on Spartan and Zephyr, actually includes two horses that double Spartan; Zyada, a six-year-old Quarter horse, and Sunny, a 10-year-old registered Paint, both owned by Niki Flundra, stunt rider for Heartland. Enjoy this look back behind-the-scenes of the Heartland Season 7 finale! “He thinks he’s a big horse…” says Graham. It was also great to see the short conversation Amy and Ty had over video chat. In the end Jack and Tim come through and get Spartan back, Ty is put back on probation, and Amy is grounded until further notice. It’s tougher to make them not do what’s right and then you’ve got to correct them later on.”. “It’s always adverse horse training,” says John. Here's a first look. The show became the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in Canadian television history when it surpassed the 124 episodes of Street Legal on October 19, 2014. Heartland fans! 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