''Ride'' is a

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created by Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch that aired in Canada on

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and in the United States on

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. In Canada, the series premiered on September 5, 2016, and ended on October 6, 2016. In the United States, the series premiered on January 30, 2017, and ended on February 24, 2017. The series stars Kendra Leigh Timmins,

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, Jonny Gray,

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, Manuel Pacific, Rameet Rauli, Mike Shara, and

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Premise

The series centers on Kit Bridges, an American teenager, who is a new classmate in the equestrian boarding school Covington Academy in England. She befriends a horse named TK.

Cast

* Kendra Leigh Timmins as Kit Bridges *

as Elaine *

as Will *

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as Josh *

as Sally * Manuel Pacific as Nav * Rameet Rauli as Anya * Mike Shara as Rudy Bridges *

as Lady Covington

Production

The series was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment in Canada in collaboration with Buccaneer Media in the United Kingdom. ''Ride'' was filmed in

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and in

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. The series was greenlit for a season of 20 episodes. Nickelodeon picked up the series for broadcast in the United States.

Broadcast and release

On August 11, 2016, a full episode was released exclusively on YTV's online platforms ahead of the series premiere. The series premiered on

in Canada on September 5, 2016. New episodes aired in Canada for the rest of that week. The series premiered on

in the United States on January 30, 2017.

U.S. ratings

Episodes

References

External links

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