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never given too easily
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you
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oh
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there they go
don't look grand
i hate the hunt why because of the fox
of course
look that shadow
esther smith's new horse he's beautiful
doesn't he go
he bought him for steeple chasing
hurrying shadow's going to take off the
cups in the county
not like that he won't
you all right the brute i'll have his
expensive hideoff
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i'll teach you what
come on come on
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don't come back here
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oh no i'll never catch the hunch
they went uh that way
don't just stand there grinning go and
catch him
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he's been playing up all morning what
that horse needs is a good fashion
come on
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this morning
that's the squire's daughter you threw
in the muck
was you know
what do you think
but he seems to be fighting the bit all
the time you can tell by his head
he's beautiful not so beautiful if he
won't do what he's told
it's no good daddy he just does what he
wants to do when he wants to do it look
try using your hands less you see he's
not accepting the bit now use your legs
and not your hands
you got it come on girl try it again go
on
that horse cost me a lot of money
there's no good if isabelle can't ride
it
look at that
she's certainly not happy on him well
she should be happy she's my daughter
damn it
look colonel why don't you take the
horse and knock some sense into it
but i don't know about knocking well you
know what i mean get into shape
where will you take it well i'd like to
of course he's a fine animal but i have
about as much as i can handle to tell
you the truth i'm rather crowded out
with horses at the moment oh do take
shadow uncle well that's all very well
my girl but we could take him there's an
empty store next to germany and i'll
school him you will oh she could do it
all right but you're working all hours
as it is well i'll get up early five
o'clock
oh all right
we'll try for a month oh thank you you
won't regret it
it's a crack of dawn for you shadow
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i'm very proud of you and tomorrow we'll
try proper jumps with me on your back
hey old shadow would you like that
oh you're not good to me
if anybody ever tells you you're not as
pretty as dora
don't believe him
we'll store a plan anyway i'll put a
crack every morning i said all shadow in
it
oh that's what it's called yeah you want
to get some flesh on you keep the cold
out you want to get a bit off olaf
that's muscle that is boxer's muscle
book yeah
come on then
uh watch it
come on playing with fire right there go
on god i had the fingers
hey queensberry rules
you all right slug
cheers
yeah god bless
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oh help
morning slagger
morning slugger she says moaning slugger
still the middle of the night in it no
time for any young lady to be about
ain't respectable early to rise only
yeah i know makes a man alfie wealthy
and dead
oh slagger
you shouldn't have got up i can't have
you gallivanting about without something
warm inside you
you want to have a cup of tea thank you
slacker
how long is it going on boronia what
training shadow yeah
not long
not long at all as a matter of fact
i've got an idea
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now here's something i want to show you
it's called a bitless bridle a hackamore
see it's got no nasty steel bit to pull
it to your poor mouth
now this bottom strap it'll press on
your nose so that when i pull it you'll
know what i want you to do
all right
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good morning
can you help
did i wake you sorry i was trying to be
quiet sorry yes thanks can you get the
saddle yeah
i think it's going with shadow
touchwood not bad
you've been very mysterious
well
it's sort of our secret isn't it shadow
seems like it
do you want to see a couple of shafts
come and see him jump
all right then
isabelle was yanking his head about too
much i don't mean really cruel just
heavy-handed
typical of that hunk crowd oh you just
got a down on them dora it's not that
it's just all part of their
oh i don't know up guard's an atom
mentality
and shadow's got a soft mouth
extra soft some horses are like that
our shadow doing
softly softly catchy shadow
let's see how we go
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where you've been
right behind you
you want to put pedals on that thing go
faster
i've got this dodgy gearbox can i get a
new one
oh yeah
yeah and get a new bike while you're at
it
trying can't afford it can i
cost money pick up a new one for 30 quid
yeah
hello
blender's 30 quid
do what you heard
you've got plenty of money i haven't you
know besides find stuff for a thing like
that
it's cruelty to money
i wish i was in my bed it's the best
time is this for a burn up there's no
traffic on the road of course not anyone
with any sense is still in bed it was
great back there i was doing 90 coming
around scraggs ben
i'll pull the other leg mate that's 19.
yeah 90.
i reached down the hill
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hello
hang on bad i'm broken down
oh you rotten bike you what are you hey
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hey
you've got a steeple chaser there
he's pretty good isn't he pretty good
he's great
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now that's interesting
thanks slugger you ever thought of doing
him scrambled
scrambled he says what's wrong with
fried every day look anyone who don't
like my cooking can do his own
anyway fried eggs
breakfast
ah that's all right slugging me on mate
me i'm so starving i gotta eat an horse
between two mattresses oh
wrong but you can always have a roller
i used to train on that raw eggs and
start
yeah sucks can i borrow the truck after
breakfast before i want to pick up my
bike
comps out on me where is it however by
nine acres in an edge
that's where the truck will finish up if
you drive it
here someone might pinch it oh somehow
do me to drive the truck yeah we don't
take all day there's work to be done
what about shadow then what about him
he's jumping well this morning how do
you know well i saw didn't i
why what is it national secret jump like
a champion didn't he yeah
who's she up to dora
not as far as i know if that always
jumps like that it's valuable worth
thousands
well he is worth thousands and he
certainly is a jumper i was supposed to
be but not everyone knows he is
i'll craft the old doranos
and craft the old steve
and now uh
clever old ron hey
hey listen steve
why don't we buy him
shadow yeah he's worth thousands not if
he can't jump
he can jump can't he oh yeah but nobody
knows that except us i thought i'd say
look the squire said if he wasn't cured
he'd set her for what he'd forget right
yeah so if we describe they're going to
say uh
400 quid we could do the squire a favor
take shadow off his hands yeah and then
what
we'll sell him of course as a jumper
make a few bob you can make a few
bob-robin banks only troubles it's
against the law let's get it up shall we
just a thought
it's a winner
do you think so
yep
or winnie's 400 quid
i knew just the chap
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we couldn't sell it
that'd be crazy
but there might be a way there might be
a way
you reckon you could borrow the horse
for a couple of hours easy yeah we might
be in the moment
now listen
i've got to see her jumping of course
okay uh tomorrow morning five o'clock
o'clock
oh long she better be good that's
one all
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yeah
might be able to make a lot of money
think sir
now you two are gonna have to put some
bets on for me
i'm not allowed to bet on the courses
against the rules so
i'll give you a couple hundred quid you
put a bet on here a bit on there along
the course couple hundred i'm not
messing about you know do this job right
about bars for this afternoon that gap
line would be a couple of thousand two
thousand
on the course
mr aston smith's groom
mr aston smith's asked me to come out
this afternoon pick up shadow
ah we'll be sending over our sparks
we're entering shadow for 4 30 race at
point point
you're still there it's just uh one of
the a*s is playing up
so it feels afternoon about 3 30 sir
racer thank you very much sir bye
rio sir
but why does he want shadow back to
enter him for the 4 30. i told you but
he's nowhere near ready yet but they
could ruin everything
cheer up look i'll ask the colonel if we
can go to the races just to watch eh i
don't want to go
not now
oh dora
shadow does belong to old esteem smith
you know it is his horse
he's not ready he's dora he'll have that
girl pulling on his mouth again
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well the hot rod got us here yeah i
thought you said it was busted
got it fixed didn't i where do you get
30 quid from oh i uh
i've done this fella a favor oh we some
favor
should i go down the paddock and watch
them settle up no that's all right mate
i've i've got to do this fella another
favor see you later
yeah
the executive would like to thank mrs
wensley and sun for their generosity in
sponsoring the main race of the
afternoon the wednesday cup the
wednesday cup is the third race on the
program this afternoon
hello steve
in the interest of the public it is
aren't you riding this afternoon no i
just rode over we haven't got anything
that can really jump but against this
field
how's shadow oh he's fine
your father's coming over about three
o'clock to pick him up time for the 4
30. but daddy's in london
your groom phoned who berkshire i
suppose so
he phoned this morning but berkshire has
been with me all morning exercising the
horses
anyhow if daddy was ending shadow he'd
have told me
are you sure
i'm sure
that's funny
steve steve
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where shadow what's happened
gone they came and took him about half
an hour ago
something going on at that point to
point
i think shadow's been stolen
but why
there's only one way to find out in
there
here are the runners and riders for the
next race first number five
please come out let's run it takes me
new gearbox in it
that's what i said 20 to win shadow
is it my fault of this
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orders
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we're
is
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kids k*ll the two leaders as i look back
and see mr striker having another go
with shadow but he's having quite a job
there to get shattered to go into this
fence and his fish hunters are still the
leaders we go back with the leaders from
nature's gifted to a street then comes
to the conquest and shadows still having
nothing to do with this whatsoever as
the others have gone right away
and the leading three of them followed
by tudor conquest income cream caramel
as i look back the last one
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so one woman asked you got there dora
you can't tell shadow you have to ask
softly softly catchy shadow
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is
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dreams
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01x04 - Shadow
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.
Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.