Set in small frontier town of Miradero, a 12-year-old girl named Fortuna "Lucky" Esperanza Navarro Prescott, who had recently relocated from the city, encounters a wild kiger mustang named Spirit. The horse is caught by wranglers and brought to be "broken" in Miradero. Lucky immediately bonds with the stallion, and frees him. Lucky also meets two other girls, Prudence "Pru" Granger and Abigail Stone, who both own horses, Chica Linda, a talented and proud palomino, and Boomerang, a friendly and goofy pinto horse, respectively. They embark on everyday adventures across the land.
Cast
Amber Frank as Fortuna "Lucky" Esperanza Navarro Prescott. She is a very brave, kind, headstrong girl, and does not like the rules. She serves as the main protagonist.
Sydney Park as Prudence "Pru" Granger. She is often the brains of the team, knowing something about everything, and is brave, like Lucky, and is nice at heart.
Bailey Gambertoglio as Abigail Stone. She is the least rebellious, and is often portrayed as sweet and funny, but naive. She can still be smart and is courageous, like her friends.
Darcy Rose Byrnes as Maricela
Nolan North as Jim Prescott/James Prescott Sr.
Kari Wahlgren as Aunt Cora Prescott/Polly Prescott
The first season premiered on May 5, 2017. The second season premiered on September 8, 2017. The third season premiered on November 17, 2017. The fourth season premiered on March 16, 2018. The fifth season premiered on May 11, 2018. The sixth season premiered on August 17, 2018. The seventh season premiered on November 9, 2018. The eighth season premiered on April 5, 2019. The ninth season is scheduled to premiere in late 2020.
Crew
The voice director for the first three episodes was Ginny McSwain; Katie McWane took over as voice director subsequent to that.
Episodes
Christmas Special
On December 6, 2019, a 45-minute special Christmas-episode named Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas was released on Netflix.
Spinoff Series
Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales
The series premiered on August 9, 2019 on Netflix. The second season was released on October 18, 2019.
A number of webisodes and music videos have been released exclusively on the DreamWorksTV YouTube channel during the course of the series.
Home media
Spirit Riding Free: Season 1–4, containing all of the episodes from seasons 1–4, was released on DVD on June 5, 2018 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. On September 24, 2019, Universal released Spirit Riding Free: Season 5–8, containing all of the episodes from seasons 5–8 on DVD. The series is also scheduled for DVD releases in the UK, France, Italy, and Germany.
Film adaptation
On October 7, 2019, DreamWorks Animation announced that a feature film based on the series was in development. Scheduled for a theatrical release on May 14, 2021, it will be produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by Universal Pictures. The film will be directed by Elaine Bogan and co-directed by Ennio Torresan in their feature directorial debuts, and written by the creator of the series, Aury Wallington, and produced by Karen Foster. The film will be produced on a lower budget and be made by a different animation studio outside of DreamWorks, similar to .
Video game
5 December 2019 was released game for Android and iOS - Spirit Riding Free Trick Challenge.
