Gabi Adam

Born in Germany where she still lives. Gabi loved both ponies and writing from an early age and now writes the popular Diablo horse series which is published by Stabenfeld/Pony Club in German and English language. Diablo is the imaginary horse of Gabi's dreams! She now owns a small tinker mare but sadly has had to give up riding due to health reasons.

She has also written a spiritual book and a number of short stories.

For more information on the author please see the interview with her on the Stabenfeldt/Pony website



Diablo Series:
Quite long-running teen pony series about Ricki and her pony Diablo. A mixture of adventure and traditional pony stories.

At the moment, apart from the first few and the last, I am unsure of the reading order, and not 100% sure of the publishing dates of all the books either, so this is only a very rough estimate of the reading order of the series. All have been published in both English and German language.

PONYMAD SERIES RATING: 3 HORSESHOES
Read review of series

1) DIABLO MY DREAM HORSE
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2002)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki is supposed to be concentrating on doing better at school, but her mind is other things - a beautiful horse called Diablo who is being mistreated by his owners at the stables. Ricki is determined to help the horse but when she is banned from going to the stables by her parents, she finds herself disobeying them and getting herself into terrible trouble in order to save Diablo.
PONYMAD RATING: 4 HORSESHOES

2) DIABLO TO THE RESCUE
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2002)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki cannot believe that her dreams have come true and Diablo is really hers! But there are still troubles in store when someone at the stables starts targetting Diablo and Ricki.
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

3) A NEW HOME FOR DIABLO
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2004)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and her family have moved to a farm where Diablo and all his horsy friends can live together. But disaster strikes when all the horses and ponies disappear!
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

4) WORRIED ABOUT DIABLO
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2004)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and Diablo are in trouble once more!

5) LAST CHANCE FOR GOLDEN STAR
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and her friends are spending a long weekend away at a fabulous horse stud. But when a mare and foal are in danger it is up to Ricki and Diablo to save them.

6) DIABLO'S DOUBLE
aka DEM DOPPLEGANGER AUF DER SPUR
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and her friends return to the stud farm owned by their new friend Gwendolyn's grandma. Ricki is amazed to find that the stud's top stallion Garibaldi looks exactly like her Diablo!  But trouble is in store when the local horse's are threatened by a madman who has been attacking them. And Diablo's resemblance to Garibaldi puts him in terrible danger...
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

DIABLO - A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki has been looking forward to her fourteenth birthday, but the day does not go as planned to say the least. In fact it could be her worst birthday ever!

HERO OF THE NIGHT
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki's friend Kevin is out riding when a storm breaks and his horse bolts. When both horse and rider disappear Ricki is determined to find them.
PONYMAD RATING: 2 HORSESHOES

DIABLO - FREED FROM FEAR
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and her friends must help another pal get over her fear of horses.

DIABLO - THE SECRET OF ECHO LAKE
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2005/6?)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: A message in a bottle found in a local lake leads to adventure for Ricki and her friends.

DIABLO - THE BEQUEST
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2006)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki discovers a neglected pony at a desolate farm.

DIABLO - RACE AGAINST TIME
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2006)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: When their friend Maggie ends up in hospital after falling from her horse, Rick and co must race against time to stop Maggie's father getting the horse put down.

DIABLO - TEST OF COURAGE
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2007?)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki and friends spend the winter vacation at a horse ranch.

DIABLO - THE NEW GIRL
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY/USA] 2008?)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Beth is upset at leaving her old home and horse behind to move to a new place. There however she meets Ricki and her friends and things look up - until the stables are threatened by a developer wanting to buy the land, a developer who just happens to be Beth's dad!

DIABLO - DAYS OF DARKNESS
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY] 2008)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Ricki suffers a terrible fate after a fall from Diablo

TROUBLE AT MERCY RANCH
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY] 2009?)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Could the boy Beth has a crush on really be a troublemaker?

DIABLO - IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY] 2009)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Money is tight at Carlotta's ranch for abused horses and she even has to sell some of the horses! Can Ricki and her friends help?

GOODBYE DIABLO
(PONY CLUB/STABENFELDT [GERMANY] 2010)
German and English language USA editions.
SUMMARY: Last in series. Diablo's former owner was sent to prison for abusing him and attacking Ricki. Now he is out and wants revenge on Ricki and Jake. His nefarious plans includes kidnapping Diablo.

Collector's Info:
All first published in German and then English by Stabenfeldt. Although most titles are fairly easy to find in the USA, they are a bit harder to get hold of elsewhere.