Amy is thrust into the limelight when she performs a “miracle” on a traumatized horse and a video clip of the event is posted online.

From Stephen Hunt of the Calgary Herald:

• Horse Play
  “Gossip Girl has New York City’s Upper East Side. Degrassi has between-class high-school drama. The Hills has L.A. Heartland, the CBC’s hit made-in-Alberta drama, has horses. Spartan. Copper. Harley. Red. Sugarfoot. Pegasus. They have become characters on the show alongside the humans — Amy, Ty, Lou, Tim, Scott, Jack and Mallory — who populate it.” Read more.

From Ian Johnston of Metro:

• Heartland heartthrob dishes on his fan mail
  “Playing hunky stable boy Ty on CBC’s horsy drama Heartland has added a new element to Graham Wardle’s career — fan mail. And it’s not just the usual preteen girls crushing on the young actor.” Read more.

From Lisa Wilton of Sun Media:

• ‘Heartland’ pumps up love story
  “It’s going to be a season of changes for the characters on the family drama Heartland, according to the show’s head writer and executive producer, Heather Conkie.” Read more.

From a media release:

FAMILY DRAMA HEARTLAND RETURNS SUNDAY, OCT. 5 4 ON CBC-TV

Amy has always known she has a gift with horses – and carrying her mother’s legacy on the Heartland Ranch is something special that only those close to her truly understand. But in the dramatic opening of season three, Amy rescues a trapped horse and her powerful abilities are captured on video, causing an online sensation for the world to see. HEARTLAND returns to CBC Television on Sunday, Oct. 5 4 at 7 p.m. for 18 new one-hour episodes, as Amy learns to deal with the internet frenzy and her newfound fame as a miraculous horse whisperer.

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