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There will be people that will think that I've had this journey easy.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

But it's consumed all of my life.

Come on, Gem. Come on.

Waking up at half four, stable, gym, PT sessions.

It's been really intense.

When you are galloping a racehorse, you just need experience.

It was the first time that I was properly going for it.

My gallop was really good.

It's probably the best piece of work that I've done and the horse was amazing.

But when you're riding a living thing, they can do exactly what they want.

- Oh, shit. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Your heart just sinks.

Your heart just sinks.

Haven't looked at this for a long time.

Let's see Louise there.

She's always been punching above her weight, hasn't she?

Yeah, she was cute.

- Here you are, Dad. - Yeah.

Looks like you're happy with me down at Arsenal.

Miserable bollocks.

There's another school one. That's a few years later.

And that's Louise slightly getting better.

I was just starting to think about it at that point.

- She's done so well, hasn't she? - Oh.

He's always been family minded.

I'd say in the early years, it was more looking after the family than himself

because as far as he was concerned,

he didn't, he didn't need anything, I suppose.

He lived at home until he was about 22 or something.

- Karen, Mum and Dad. - Yeah.

So he hardly spent any money.

He wasn't interested, really.

He just wanted to play football.

He wanted everybody to have their own house.

Not that he was flashy, it was just accepted that one move we'd all move.

So Mum and Dad are in the corner

and then my brother Andy.

And then this one came available, so that's my brother Terry,

and then my youngest sister, Leslie, and then my oldest sister, Karen.

So this is our street.

And of course, I ran out of brothers and sisters and mum and dad.

So…

You've got right at the end, some guy called Dave.

I always knew I'd look after my mum and dad and my family

if I ever made it into money.

That's, that's how I was brought up.

Manor House Stables.

That's taken nearly all of my money.

I've taken far too much risk,

which Louise reminds me about all the time.

But it's what I live for.

And in the last year, Gemma has started getting into it as well.

You've had a long enough lie in. It's half eight.

It's time to wake up now.

What's news?

I've not been able to get him up for the last half an hour.

- What? Has he been asleep? - Yeah.

He's got a piece of straw coming right out of his knob.

Nice.

Michael has an odd sense of humour.

That's what you call a boom that. Do you like getting it at full length?

It's usually innuendo.

It's definitely more bushier on the left side, isn't it?

We want the bush this side, do we?

- Yes, Michael. - What?

I know what you're trying to do.

He loves a good dad joke.

They're awful.

- Did you watch Wimbledon? - Of course.

What about the British player that got into the semis?

I wake up with a Tim Henman every morning.

An unexpected semi.

When I'm busy, it sometimes is not very helpful.

- Shall I go and pull it out? - No. Just don't interfere.

I need to concentrate as well, so you need to go.

Okay. Sorry.

After eight months of hard graft,

the Magnolia Cup at Goodwood is almost here.

It all comes down to a 5.5 furlong race,

which is just over a kilometre against 11 other riders.

This race is a flag start.

That means when the flag goes down, we're off.

So the position on the start line is vital.

Now it's about picking the right horse that will get me over the finish line.

D-Day is approaching.

We've got Ran Amok, but he's quite a hard ride.

I love He's A Gentleman, but I'm just not sure he's got the speed for it.

She's riding The Flying Seagull now, and we'll see how she gets on.

Have we been given instruction?

Turn and burn. Ready to go fast this morning.

Shh.

Oh, Franny.

Come on, Gem, just let that go a little bit quicker.

You looked okay.

You stayed in control.

How was that?

It was ridiculous. She didn't even wait for me.

I know. Yeah.

I'm galloping Ran Amok next.

I'm interested to see what he's like.

- Keep your eye on me, okay? - All right.

Wait on the reins!

You're a long way to go, kid, long way to go.

She's looking good, isn't she?

She's getting very good now.

How's that?

Good. But he felt like he had a lot of engine.

You'll have to stop letting her win.

She thinks she's unbeatable now.

I didn't let her win. She did beat me.

I got beat twice.

The key now we need to get her onto a racecourse.

She's, she can do this.

She's, she's getting pretty good at this

and it'd be good to get her on the back of He's A Gentleman as well.

It's not just Gemma that's got a big summer.

Jessica's in her first international show jumping competition,

and she's gonna stay away from home for the first time as well.

This is my little home for the week.

I'm in at Bolesworth, my crib.

This is my bed.

I've got a beautiful shower.

I can't really have a hair shower or anything

because we've not got that much water.

But it's fine.

We've rented this out just for Bolesworth.

Do you think you could persuade your dad to buy one?

No, I don't think so.

He wanted me to stay in our horse box.

"Ah, just put a mattress down. You'll be fine." I'm like…

Not a lot of room.

This is where your dad wanted you to put a mattress.

Yeah.

Yeah, he said, "You'll be fine".

I'm not gonna lie. He's a little bit annoying.

- You all right? - Good to see you.

- Very well. Very well. You? - Yeah, good. Thank you.

- All right, helmet? - Good oh.

It's on camera as well, that.

A young lady who's had some excellent results over the winter.

Jessica Owen.

Right then, helmet.

It's the quickest round without knocking a pole over.

Here we go.

Oh, she flicked it. It's all right.

- Didn't fall, did it? - No she literally skimmed it.

She's ragging it now, she's flying now.

Ugh, God.

One, one more. One more, last one.

Yes!

Could it be a new leader?

Could be a new leader.

36.35. Not quite, as it's…

She's second.

…too slow for Jessica Owen.

But my word, that was quick.

Jump every one, don't ya? Ah.

- She was so good. - Well done! Good girl!

Thank you.

She went clear which was the main objective,

but she gave it a bloody good go as well.

And in second place, Jessica Owen.

My long term dream would be to be an international show jumper.

To get there,

it's been subtly put to me that it's about time we get Jessica another horse.

You need another horse.

Don't you start.

What type of horse does she need? Like a youngster.

- I think she needs a six. - Smaller one.

- Yes. A little petite. - Seven-year-old something.

- And what do you pay for them? - Hundred grand.

- A hundred. - 150.

Here you are, she can ride this one.

The size of that. Jesus Christ.

If I had more hours in the day, I'd work them.

I can't do any more work.

Right. I've got to Manor House now

and try to fund the next horse.

This is the bit that people don't see,

how much these staff love their horses.

Come on. Is that what you're doing? Putting your ears back and letting me win.

Mm. Mm.

Weirdo.

Don't do that, my mate.

Horses at Manor House eat money.

We've got five horses to sell now.

We're probably sitting on about 500 grand that we could do with plugging.

It's not great, but I've still got time.

Here. This one's for sale, and it costs about, I can't remember, 30 grand?

Forty grand?

The last few are always the hardest to sell.

Every business to get to the top needs to take pain along the way.

I've sold three horses in the last three or four weeks,

and I've got a couple of irons in fires.

I met someone yesterday.

And he gave me his card, and somebody says he definitely wants a horse and--

- Still wearing the same clothes? - Who?

You.

No, I've just put the card in my jeans this morning, you tool.

So again, another lead.

We'll see if that comes anything.

I change my underpants every day, unlike you, mate.

Sure. Whatever.

The accountants will always bollock me.

Black and white, I know. Okay, idiot.

But I can take a massive risk, and if I lose a million quid this year,

I just have to work harder personally and shovel my own money into it.

I've just got to pay the penalty.

Get out earning money and plug that gap.

Hello, I'm Michael Owen.

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My name is Michael Owen, and I'm from England.

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Hello, I'm Michael Owen.

The Far East is a big market for me.

Congratulations and be prosperous.

I do not have days off.

It's no sleep.

I'm working all the way round the clock.

I've got nothing left in my locker.

I'm saying there's no violin here.

We are doing the summer range of our Peacocks clothing range.

I've got brands all over the place…

I trust the OlyLife Galaxy G-one smart eye massager,

And they want a pound of flesh.

Thank you for letting me share all this with you today.

And then I'll go straight into Heathrow and go straight to the studios.

I work for the Premier League in the World Feed.

No one in the UK sees it, but everybody else.

"Michael, you don't do any telly any more." Don't I?

Just not on your screen, mate.

Probably come off air at half 11 at night.

I'll get home at about half three in the morning.

My alarm will go off.

And I'll be on the side of the gallop at seven.

And that's a day off in my eyes.

I slept in my bed about two nights in June and July.

I want to see Gemma. I want to see my kids.

I miss my kids growing up.

And if things go tits up, I want to be at home.

I wanted to try and do a few racecourse gallops

before Magnolia Cup.

But Ran Amok and The Flying Seagull were not race-ready for next week.

So I was on a horse that it was her first time out.

She is only young.

It did go really, really well.

Michael and I, and Hugo were watching from the stand.

I was filming.

Go on, Gemma!

Gemma is an incredibly talented horse woman.

It was just one of those things.

She'd crossed the finishing line.

The horse saw where to go back to the stables and just went for it.

It was the type of fall that can maim you for life.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is she off?

She smashed into the rails and hit the deck.

It's like, well, she's broken something.

She's out of the race.

It's kind of all a bit of a blur.

I've got bruises all up my knee.

My ankle.

Burns, cuts, bruises,

blood coming out of her ear, blood coming out of her mouth.

And my neck is pretty battered and all, like, behind my ears.

Whiplash. And virtually everything you could have without breaking a bone.

As soon as I got up, I knew that I could walk.

I knew that I would, I'd still do the race.

She's tough as nails.

And she was riding the next day.

Michael, how are you feeling?

All right.

Better than Louise.

A little bit apprehensive.

Franny's warming up.

I can't even bloody move.

No, don't, don't aggravate anything.

Just, you just have to accept you're gonna be a bit stiff today,

Franny, what was your take on the fall?

Nobody would have sat that at the end.

I don't care who you are.

And it happened so quick.

I'm just so pleased that it didn't do more damage than what it did.

Mind you, she's a warrior.

From what I've seen of her.

I wouldn't like to meet her down a dark alley on a Saturday night

because I think she'd give you a clump.

There he is.

Here's your horse, Gem.

Louise, shall we go?

Right. Good luck.

Hi, buddy.

From day one, I always wanted her to ride He's A Gentleman.

Thank you.

He's not a sprinter, he is a longer distance horse.

But it will be a nicer ride for her.

It will be definitely nicer for me, as a parent, to watch.

Hi, mate. Thanks.

Here they come.

You okay, mate?

Ready.

Just warming them up.

- How you feeling, Louise? - Sick.

Have a little turn around… Get yourself set.

Just try and enjoy it, mate.

Honestly, what the hell are we doing?

What the hell are we doing?

Oh, God! Come on.

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

Please, please, please go well.

Come on, mate!

Oh, [bleep]. They're going some pace.

Now she's into the straight.

Come on, mate, bring him up.

Bring him up, Gem.

That's it, mate.

Right. This is where she came off last time.

- All right, be careful. This is it. - This is, this is it.

Be careful.

I can't see a thing.

Shall we run down?

Are you okay, mate?

- All good. - Well done, champ.

There they are! There they are! There they are!

She's all right. She's all right.

Thank God for that.

Heart-stopping.

- Bloody hell, Michael. - Where's your fitness?

What? Happy?

I'm happy, yeah.

Franny's horse was flying.

- What is it? Phantom Watch. - Phantom Watch.

Well, that's not a good sign for He's a Gent, though.

I'm not 100% in terms of how I feel, but we've still got five days

until the race, so I'd like to think that,

I can feel a bit better by then.

He's a Gent carried me around nicely, but the other horses were flying.

What that means if He's a Gent is still the best option,

or Phantom Watch is the last minute swap, I don't know.

Are you thinking of riding Phantom Watch now?

- Yeah. - Oh, for God's sake.

It seemed like he had more engine.

He did. He did.

Obviously, that might just be because you're better.

No.

He's A Gentleman is a legend.

But he can only go to the well so many times.

It'll be worth your consideration.

Yeah.

I'm just checking the ground, mate.

To see if there's anywhere stronger than the other.

I'm just staying ahead of the game, boys, I'm staying ahead of the game.

Welcome to another sunny day at the Goodwood Festival.

We've got an action-packed day of racing ahead.

But all eyes will be on the Magnolia Cup.

So, we've changed horses last minute to Phantom Watch.

He did look quicker, didn't he?

I guess she had to roll the dice.

Yeah, but she's not in the best physical form,

and she'll never use it as an excuse or anything like that.

No, but. But I couldn't believe the bruising all over her body

from that fall the other day.

Her ankle is black and blue.

Her neck. She can hardly move it.

As long as she comes back safe and sound.

- We're quite nervous at the minute. - As long as she comes back in one piece,

I'll be happy.

All right, let's go.

This is what we signed up for.

It's Pedro Pascal leading them in.

Get a good start.

- But remember, enjoy it and breathe. - Okay.

Good luck, kid.

The thought of completing the race and that being it is a weird feeling.

It's a scary feeling. It's a sad feeling.

It's good that I know that someone else is going through worse than me.

Like, Louise is literally shitting herself.

I have a whole new purpose.

It's consumed pretty much all of my life.

We're gonna watch you in the stand.

It's not what I imagined.

It's better than I imagined.

So, yeah, it's not about just going there and having a nice experience.

I'll give it, obviously, everything that I've got.

How good does she look?

She's fine. She's fine. She's fine.

Like, I'm so excited.

Like, everyone's, like so nervous, but I find this so good.

I'm well excited.

Here are the riders then, waiting for the flag to come down.

Oh no, Gemma Owen seems to be boxed in here at the start.

Shit, she's right at the back.

Bad start.

Gemma Owen a long way back in last place.

She's on the rail.

Come on, Gemma!

Come on, Phantom!

Come on.

Two furlongs to run here at Goodwood.

Gemma Owen is beginning to pick up.

Coming through a bit.

But she's about eighth. Making ground as well.

Gemma Owen's coming through the pack here.

Come on, come on, boy!

She's picked off one, now two.

Into fourth place, and she's staying on strongly.

Fourth.

Gemma Owen, she's made up a mile of ground

from 12th to fourth in the Magnolia Cup.

Good effort there.

If you had said, she'll come home safe and in the winner's enclosure.

Then you've got to be reasonably happy.

She came fourth, but just the start.

- She'll be fuming, won't she? - Yeah.

Here she comes.

Beyond gutted.

- Like, I got so boxed in at the start. - It's all right.

It's one of those things.

Considering how much ground you made up.

If you'd jumped on terms, you'd have won.

You've done well, mate. Well done.

You did really well.

I think if I'd had a better start, then it would have been a different result.

But I'm happy with overall how it went.

She won't want to let that go. She's too competitive.

She's too much like my dad.

Thank you.

Will you do it again?

Yeah, 'cause I need to bloody win.

I'm just gonna get my amateur licence.

Looks like there's gonna be another race.

If you get your amateur riders licence,

does that mean your dad will get his dream of you becoming a jockey?

It kills me to admit it because Dad said, "You'll do the race,

you'll enjoy the training, and then you'll want to become a jockey."

And I was like, "No, Dad, no, I won't."

"Let me just get this race done and, and that's it."

The longer time is going on, the more sense I'm seeing

in what he said a few months ago.

I guess our relationship has blossomed.

I've enjoyed spending more time with her and, and seeing that she's enjoying it.

And it genuinely feels like more of a family business.

Yeah, I don't know how I feel.

You should be happy.

Like, obviously not.

I know you're gutted, but…

You did so well to like to,

have a start like that and finish where you did.

Yeah.

Well done.

Right. What happens now?

Go and get changed.

Let's have a nice afternoon.

Yeah.

You need your family all the time.

In the happy moments,

I want it to be with my family.

In the sad moments, I need it to be with my family.

And that's the difference, I think.

Oh, I can smell the barbie.

- I love the smell. - Ooh, it smells nice.

Any luck selling them horses?

Well, I don't know yet, but I've landed on a big potential.

There's a guy that potentially wants all five.

- Oh, wow. - Yeah.

If we can get that across the line, then it will have been a good year.

And we can start planning on next year

because sale season starts literally in about a month.

So, we're thinking of buying again soon.

And, we haven't even sold the rest.

But if we can nail this, then we're laughing.

Michael's always deeply involved in Manor House Stables,

but I think we've all spent more time at Manor House Stables recently.

Obviously, with Gemma riding out there

and James, sort of having a bit more of an interest.

You could say it's kind of brought

the family closer together, which is a really nice thing.

- You're not gonna cry, are you? - Nope.

No crying today.

They're all coming.

Just in time. What are you drinking?

What's next for the horse racing?

It's become a bit of my routine now,

so the thought of not doing it and not going up to the stables

and not being a part of it, like I have been

for the last few months is kind of a bit sad.

They want me to get my amateur licence.

That's what they want me to do.

I should be able to do it.

Having a beautiful wife, four healthy, happy kids.

And then my business, it's also my hobby, it's my passion.

I couldn't write a script that was better.

Thank you so much.

- Can I give you a hug? - Yeah.

This is a strong family.

I always say to them, no matter what happens,

you always know that if the worst comes to the worst,

home is your sanctuary.

Can you smell burning?

We're on fire!

Shit, shit, shit!

Have we turned the gas off?

Way to go out with a bang, didn't you?

Well done! Well done!

He's saved us all!

Makes good telly if nothing else.

They look all right.

To be fair, that's how I like my steak.

Ugh. He's like a dog.

Has my mouth got all black round it?

Has it?

Has it?