Stallworthy

Jim blinked his white eyelashes rapidly, al\vays a sign of disturbance, and Stallworthy said, 'But it's not true, is it?

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They did, however, follow up on the references I'd given them: my tutor at the university and Stallworthy himself.

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Over a good dinner in the hotel dining-room I told my father about the two Stallworthy horses.

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As usual, it was the speed that seduced me and fulfilled, and the fact that we finished third was enough to make my day worthwhile, though Stallworthy, who had incidentally also trained the winner, announced to me several times, 'I told you so.

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Stallworthy didn't aim for Cheltenham, Sandown or Aintree.

Penalty Francis, Dick 1997

Spencer Stallworthy and to immerse my brain in the racing press.

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The Stallworthy chestnut was in a good mood and let me know it by standing still patiently through the stirrup-leather lengthening and the pause while Jim sorted out a helmet in the tack-room, insisting that I wear it even though it was a size too small.

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Stallworthy gave me a bed for the night and a horse to ride in the early morning, and I left after breakfast and drove along the familiar country roads back to the university.

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Stallworthy, although he watched the gallops most mornings, won his races with pen and entry forms, totting up times and weights and statistical orobabilities.

Penalty Francis, Dick 1997

Grumbling at great length about owners vwho knew nothing at all about racing and should leave all decisions to their trainer, Stallworthy complainingly sent the chestnut to carry his s-lb penalty at NewTton Abbot.

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