A Tale of Sweetbriars Welcome to the yard! Come and meet the girls... Cate, Tabby and Violet and their beautiful horses. Leaving The City is the first book in the new Sweetbriars Equestrian book series, which is receiving wonderful reviews. It's a great book for young readers and readers that love animals and horses. About Leaving The City Will Cate ever settle into living in the countryside? Cate is uprooted from life as she has known it. Along with her family and her gorgeous palomino show horse Odette, she moves to a charming farm deep in the English countryside. Cate is torn. Upon moving to horse heaven, she had to leave behind her best friend Beth and her beloved horse-riding instructor Bridget. On the other hand, she has fallen in love with Sweetbriars, the farm her family has bought to make their dreams come true. Setting up an equestrian centre at Sweetbriars is fun to Cate, but settling into a new school and having a stern Pony Club riding instructor that teaches dressage is less so. At school, Cate makes friends with Violet, who is confident and wacky, and through Pony Club she gets to know Tabby, who is sweet and popular. The girls’ lives will be intertwined in ways they could never have imagined thanks to their shared passion for horses and Cate’s determination to make Sweetbriars a success.