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  • "Moggie," said Lady Landale, panting and pressing her hands upon her side as if in the endeavour to control the beating of her heart,

    The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

  • Moggie collected and shortened the reins, the horse grateful for the control.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Amazed by his luck he prudently 'forgot' the reason for his (now voided) assault on Moggie.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Moggie didn't know, of course, about the manager at Stemmer Peabody.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Moggie the cat, second generation Irish, agile in body, clever in mind, a honey trap for good-looking women and quite likely a future ambassador for the sport.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Vernon had chosen the top bend on the course for his attack because the curve of the rail and the horses bunched end-on behind him there would hide his swift move on Moggie.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • 'I see,' Moggie said with calm, and indeed he did see.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Moggie 'the cat' Reilly, like many other jockeys, kept fit by regular running, and many, also, left their cars outside the pubs at night rather than be done for drink-driving, so no one paid any attention when Moggie jogged to The Stag, plucked his keys from their magnetic box and drove himself home.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Moggie had ridden most of the race without his feet in the stirrups (as Tim Brookshaw once did in the Grand National).

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • If Moggie took a bribe she had finished with him, she thought.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

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