A Horse Shoe-in

A Horse Shoe-in is the 20th Season 9 episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It is also Starlight Glimmer's last episode of the series, the next-to-last newly listed episode in the script tracker, and was written by the show's last new writer, Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim. This episode was released outside of North America on July 19, 2019, then premiered on September 14.

This episode last aired on Discovery Family on June 3, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.

Synopsis[]

Starlight decides to hire a Vice Headmare in preparation to take over the School of Friendship from Twilight. But she soon realizes that hiring the right pony for the job is going to be a lot harder than she thought.

Production timeline[]

March 21, 2018	Began development on this date, listed as #920 (where Pinkie Pie's Dessert once stood). Premise written by Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim.
April 2, 2018	Outline written. Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack are written in one scene each.
April 27, 2018	First draft of the script written. The rest of the Mane Six are written in, each with no dialogue.
May 14, 2018	Second draft of the script written. Applejack is written out, while Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity each get one line of dialogue.
May 22–25, 2018	Final draft written. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity's lines are all removed from the script, leaving them all without dialogue again.
June 8, 2018	Script locked polish.
June 20, 2018	Voice recording in session.
October 3, 2018	Animatic submitted for review.
February 26, 2019	Client cut submitted for review.
April 4, 2019	Musical score added.
April 25, 2019	Final revisions made for the episode.