102: The Manchester Cowboy
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
4.9 • 40.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
This famous aspiring jockey just wanted to hear the roar of the crowd - but this was not the crowd he was expecting.
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| 0:00.0 | So, will it be skiing? |
| 0:03.0 | Or Christmas markets on a city break? |
| 0:06.0 | Skiing? Or a city break? |
| 0:09.0 | Some problems are good problems to have. |
| 0:12.0 | Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way |
| 0:17.0 | and package holidays from £159 per person. |
| 0:21.0 | Get the king at EasyJet.com. |
| 0:24.0 | Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights, |
| 0:28.0 | restrictions and season C's apply. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the way I heard it. |
| 0:38.0 | David's daydreams weren't so different from the daydreams of any other aspiring jockey. |
| 0:43.0 | He dreamed of speed, he dreamed of winning, |
| 0:46.0 | he dreamed of rounding the clubhouse turn as a sold-out crowd leapt to its feet |
| 0:51.0 | and roared with unbridled enthusiasm. |
| 0:54.0 | But on February 9th, 1964, as David stood in the wings of the Ed Sullivan Theatre, |
| 1:01.0 | the handsome 19-year-old finally realized that old Basil might have been right all along. |
| 1:07.0 | He recalled their first exchange four years earlier. |
| 1:11.0 | Good day, Mr. Foster. My name is David and I'm going to be the best jockey you ever trained. |
| 1:17.0 | Put me on a horse and I'll show you what I can do. |
| 1:20.0 | Basil Foster considered the skinny kid standing before him and handed him a shovel. |
| 1:25.0 | Show me what you can do with this, said Basil. |
| 1:28.0 | My stalls are filled with horse crap that won't pick itself up. |
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