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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

102: The Manchester Cowboy

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K 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.

Transcript

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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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