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he. ‘But you’re going the wrong way,’ I said. ‘They run it this way,’ he said, walking further away, in the wrong direction.
“My gut reaction was panic. ‘I can’t do it this way. Toofie can’t do it this way...can he? Has Toofie ever done it this way?’ I babbled, trying to catch up. But he did it and very well.”
Oatlands
The interviewer perceives a certain wistfulness as the two time leading lady rider nears the end of her recollections. Mixed emotions seem to surface as she describes the last race on the circuit, Oatlands.
“That’s difficult for me for several reasons. Nine weeks in a row is grueling, on horses and riders. To have the riders’ titles decided in your own court may seem like an advantage. In football maybe, but when the home court is one of the roughest to play on, it’s a bit more difficult.
“Save the worst for last and all that. One thing that makes Oatlands difficult is that the fences change height, many being straingt up and down, and airy . The worst ones are out of sight of the spectators and the picnickers. That’s when it feels a
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