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Hello, and a very warm welcome to this week's

selection of summer dispatches from the farmyard.

Thank you so much for all your lovely messages on social media.

We love that you're enjoying finding out about life on the farm.

On tonight's programme, Rob and Dave take a walk on the wild side

as they help rescue an injured animal.

We're just about to follow the police car.

We'll be the wrong way on the motorway. Fine.

Vet Matt Smith goes out on a limb with his latest diagnosis.

You can just see there, see how it's, like, dangling away?

It feels like he's fractured the long bone.

And we're back with Jon Bon Pony to find out

if his short stay in isolation has helped him get his mojo back.

Welcome to This Week On The Farm.

As always it is our great pleasure to say hello to farmer Rob

and farmer Dave from Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire.

Boys, you're rapidly becoming the Morecambe and Wise of British

farming. Have you had a busy week since last we spoke?

I've had a really busy week. I've finished shearing all the sheep

so I'm absolutely delighted about that.

Oh, well, congratulations on the new arrival,

but talking of baby goats, I believe you had a bit of an unusual

pairing recently and you filmed it for us - let's take a look.

GOAT SQUEALS

Anxious moments there, Rob, seeing you creep round the back of Emma.

That tiny goat, so vulnerable - it could have gone horribly wrong at

any time, couldn't it? But how's the little fellow getting on now, Dave?

Oh, he's great, he was on his playground this morning with

all the other kids, having the time of his life.

Never mind the goat. What about Emma?

Is she missing her adopted kid?

I think Emma's all right, she's got a little calf now, Dougal,

and they're loving the sunshine.

I mean, it does seem like quite an unusual relationship to have

been struck up, but I guess they're not that rare, are they,

on the farm?

HE LAUGHS

Well, boys, thank you very much indeed.

Now, of course regular viewers will be used to seeing Rob and Dave

looking after all creatures great and small on their 200 acre farm,

but as you might expect, caring for a thousand animals does take

an awful lot of planning and organisation.

But as they discovered recently,

there are some things that quite frankly you just can't prepare for.

This is a new one. We've been asked just to bob down to the M1

by the police, and they've got an injured deer.

Estimates suggest as many as 74,000 deer are killed on the highways

and byways of England and Scotland every year.

Late spring and early summer are the deadliest times,

as adult deer try to cross roads with their young.

And in South Yorkshire,

Rob and Dave's mission of mercy could already be in jeopardy.

The motorway traffic is backing up for miles, so a special escort

has been laid on to speed them to the scene of the accident.

We're just about to follow the police car up the wrong way

on the motorway.

And when they arrive, to fully focus on the job in hand, it's a case of

"cameras off"...

...until the injured deer is safely back at the farm.

He's come round reasonably well, he's better than we expected.

Vet Matt has given them some advice

and an injection to help the stricken animal.

A good dose of Metacam

and that will relieve all the pain he's feeling. just hope he has

a really, really comfortable night

and that he's still with us in the morning.

Right, fingers crossed.

The lads leave the young buck overnight, with fresh hay and water.

Next morning, Matt arrives to see how the patient is recovering.

Let's have a look.

Hey, look at that.

I mean, we've got a few scratches on the face, but I think we've been

one very, very lucky deer there.

We're thrilled with how he's looking today.

We're thinking maybe Rocky for a name, Matt.

Oh, I like it, definitely.

He looks like he's had a few socks to the face, doesn't he?

Do you think he needs any more treatment, or?

You know, Rob, in all honesty, I think we'll stress him out

too much to try and get any further drugs into him and the only thing we

can give him is an anti-inflammatory,

but the injection that we got into him yesterday will hopefully

still be in his system and the best thing

we can do for this chap is just let him back out and see how he gets on.

Our improvised wildlife rescue team take Rocky to a quiet

part of the farm.

They choose a spot close to woodland where they hope he'll be able

to take shelter and continue his rehabilitation.

Is he still out for the count, or ready to make a break for it?

Come on, lad. I'll go and encourage him.

Come on. Here he comes, Matt. Come on. Come on, chief.

Ha-ha!

Look at that, looking like a thoroughbred.

See you again, pal. Well, I think that went really well, didn't it?

I'm really pleased with that.

What could have been better than that, Rob?

Perfect moment to finish.

Well, thankfully a happy ending from a situation that could have turned

out quite differently. Somebody who is aware of the potentially

devastating effects of that kind of event is PC Sam Clifford, who

joins us now from South Yorkshire roads policing team. Hi, Sam.

Good, thank you, Sam.

Just talk us through the disruption that that caused.

I mean, certainly from my experience living out

here in the countryside it's not uncommon for friends

and family to sadly have hit deer in the past.

How rare is it to find this kind of thing happening on a motorway?

Now obviously it's a terrifying event if you see yourself

confronted by a deer, particularly at night in the headlights. You've

got half a tonne of animal there

which is spooked, it's unpredictable. What should you do

if you're confronted with a situation like this?

Well, in this instance the roads were moving again, you got people

moving safely, but I'm sure you're pleased to know, Sam,

that that animal, well, as far as we know, it went to a woodland

somewhere nearby, that it skipped off happily over the horizon,

so happy smiles all round, I hope.

Sam, thank you so much for your time. I know you're a very busy chap

so we appreciate it and please pass on our thanks to your colleagues.

Right, still to come - Orchid the shire horse goes on a holiday with

her son Will, where pampering is part of the service.

And there's a case of confusion in the cow shed.

I've been thinking it's Mary from the dairy

that's given birth to this calf, and it's not.

So join us in a few minutes for more from This Week On The Farm.

Welcome back to This Week On The Farm. Now, last week we saw Orchid

the awkward shire horse having her feet trimmed by Dan the blacksmith.

When we caught up with Rob and Dave afterwards,

Orchid was nowhere to be seen and in fact Dave was

pretty coy about her whereabouts. Well, if you've been wondering

where on Earth you hide a one-tonne shire horse, let's find out.

Shire horse Orchid is going on a summer holiday

to another farm - the stud farm.

And Rob and Dave are hoping she'll return pregnant with a baby

sister or brother for Will.

This young colt is just two months old

so he's going with his mum on this mini-break.

Come on, flower.

It's a big moment for them both, but neither will be going anywhere

if Will refuses to go in the trailer.

Aren't we going to miss you, hey? Come on.

Good lad, good boy.

Steady, steady, steady.

The brothers and farmer Ruth have spent a lot of time

familiarising Will with different environments.

And now it's the moment of truth.

Good lad.

Don't let him duck under.

You be good, we'll drive steady.

Will had a minor aberration, but that is understandable.

It went well, didn't it, Dave?

Is your name Mystic Dave?

Right, off we go, Dave.

No need for a crystal-ball for the next part. This vacation voyage

heads straight up the M1 to York...

...to introduce Orchid and Will to Bill Bedford

and his stable of award-winning shire horse stallions.

There's just one thing I need you to promise me.

It depends what that is.

He loves a back scratch about half past three.

THEY LAUGH So do I!

Will might need some extra TLC,

but Orchid has made a good first impression.

The mare's a nice type of mare. A good broody type.

One thing she does like is her food.

She eats like a horse.

Right lads we'll get them settled in, yeah? And I'll try not to cry.

Now, you be good, eh?

As they settle into their new accommodation,

Bill shows Rob and Dave the first of three contestants -

all potential mates for Orchid.

The first suitor is a familiar face.

David, this is Macbeth, or Big Mac is his stable name.

We used him last year on Ruby. You did.

What do you think to using him again on Orchid?

Yeah.

Hopeful horse number two is Charlie. This one is Bill's favourite

and the one he thinks would be right for Orchid.

He's the perfect shire.

He's too good for a plough, Rob. A beer dray.

Sweet dreams!

THEY LAUGH

Yeah, well, this is Charlie. He's the best in the country, by the way.

That's some accolade, but Dave still wants to see the final contender.

Takes some suiting does this lad!

Last up is a handsome grey shire called Double Trouble.

Double Trouble is a belter, yeah. He's done us proud over the years.

I really love the colour, Rob.

Similar to me, isn't it?

THEY LAUGH

Double Trouble for me.

No, but I like the name,

he's looking good for his age. I think Double Trouble.

So Double Trouble is the chosen one and he's introduced to Orchid

for the first time on a shire horse blind date.

Yeah, I think it's a nice colour. Grey, there's not

a lot of grey shires in the country, so let's try and get one.

Hopefully Orchid will return pregnant after her holiday romance,

but it could be a while before she and Will are back on the farm.

HORSE NEIGHS

Well, the mystery is finally solved. Now we know where Orchid is.

It must be odd though not having her on the farm at the moment.

It is, I'm not missing her food bills,

but she is a massive character and we're all missing her at the moment.

But let's face it,

going on a blind date with your son in tow might strike some people

as a little bit odd. Why did Will have to go with her?

And I'm sure he's having a lovely holiday too.

Shire horses though are now an endangered species, aren't they?

Yeah, they really are.

We're doing out level best to promote the breed. I think there's

only about 1,500 registered mares in the country

so they are extremely rare.

Well, I can certainly vouch for them as riding horses.

They are absolutely terrific. But boys,

we're all dying to know - have you had any news yet?

Sorry no news at the moment,

but we've just got Lottie back from the stud and she's expecting

to the national champion and we couldn't be more thrilled with that.

Aw, congratulations, Lottie, and fingers crossed for Orchid. I'm sure

there'll be a little baby brother or sister for Will sometime soon.

Now though, from horses to cows, and staying with all things maternal.

For the past few days Rob's been keeping a keen eye

on the cows in the farm's makeshift maternity ward.

This morning he's found Mary, the brown jersey cow, fussing over

what he thought was her new born calf.

But all is not what it seems.

If Mary doesn't leave this calf alone, its actual mother

might reject it, so Rob's called Dave to help sort this out.

Mary still thinks it's her calf, so the brothers have to work

together to get the mum and her newborn away from her.

Let the heifer and calf through and I'll try and block Mary off.

Go on flower, off you go. Go on.

Go on. MOOING

There you go.

I think we want it in this smaller pen, Rob.

And preferably a little bit further away from Mary to be fair to her,

because at the end of the day she thinks it's her calf.

Mary's still in a muddle and maybe it's contagious,

because now it's Dave's turn to be confused.

Yeah.

He's got it.

The bull takes a first drink from mum,

but heavily pregnant Mary still feels like she's missing out.

The next day, it's Dave's turn to take the early shift

and he finds a new face on the farm.

Great news this morning.

Mary from the dairy has had a little bull calf.

It's only just been born. It hasn't actually stood up yet. Now she's had

it all by herself, no complications, so I'm really relieved that she's

got her own now and she can bond with it and calm down really,

because pinching other people's calves

isn't the best thing, is it, Mary?

Well, so nice to see a happy ending there

and congratulations to Mary from the dairy on the birth of her baby calf.

Now, then, not that many years ago the fields around Cannon Hall

would have been full of one of the great British birds of prey,

the kestrel.

They were so common in fact, they motivated local author

Barry Hines to pen a literary classic.

A Kestrel For A Knave explored the very special relationship

between man and bird, and it went on to inspire a classic British film.

Rob and Dave have been counting the days...

I'm glad to be taking these down.

...until they can reopen the farm to visitors.

Chris' birds of prey are now regular visitors to the farm, but there was

a time when these majestic animals were part of the landscape here.

It only feels like yesterday when we had kestrels hovering around.

They actually used to nest in the pond up there as well.

And when you talk kestrels this close to Barnsley,

there's a film that immediately springs to mind.

The main character in the film is Billy Casper, a teenager

who finds purpose when he tames and trains a kestrel, showing how

nature can have a positive impact, even on those you'd least expect.

Rob and Dave's friend Chris Johnson also found a bond with

birds of prey at a similar age.

This is Oslo. So Oslo was my first ever bird

so he's a male Harris hawk.

I was just over 13.

Yeah, a young age.

Chris is going to let the brothers have a try at falconry

and Dave's keen to get the gear. Do I get a...

Yeah, I've got a glove and stuff here, so we'll...

Let's get kitted up then.

Sounds good. Gloved up and ready to go.

I'm feeling very nervous, because he's a big bird,

he's got sharp talons.

So, if we get a nice piece of chicken there,

turn your shoulder to him, point your hand straight out,

and just tap your glove and he should come across when he's ready.

OZ?

Ooh, I like that. I've nailed it!

HE WHISTLES Oz.

I'm really loving this. Falconry is something I've never tried,

but a great thing to do.

Oz was very easy. He's used to flying to lots of people, so.

Dave and Oslo are developing a bond... There you go.

...and, like the film,

this story has a plot twist thankfully not as tragic. Come on.

I think Oslo's fed up. It's a falconry term.

When he's had enough to eat, he just doesn't fly.

So, er, one more go. Come on.

THEY LAUGH

Let's see you have a go.

Harris hawk Oslo goes for a rest on his perch,

while it's time for Rob to knock Dave off his.

This is Tiffin. So he's our little kestreL He's ten years old.

Kestrels generally live between about four to eight years old.

Yeah, so, he's...unreliable, shall we say?

THEY LAUGH

Good luck, Rob.

Turn your hand that way. That's it. Perfect, pop the food on top.

Yeah, that's fine.

Good lad.

Kestrels are beautiful birds. They've got lovely colours.

It's a real treat to see one up close.

Kes - what a great film. I loved that when I was younger

but I imagine it's even more poignant for you two

because it was filmed so close to where you are.

That's right. Being a Barnsley lad, you know, back in the day,

it was all about Kes. I even had a pet pigeon called Kes

so it did affect us in a big way.

But it's a film full of absolutely fabulous quotes.

One of my favourites is that moment when Billy's talking his teacher,

to Farthing, and Farthing's describing a bird in flight

and he says it's a if they're flying in a pocket of silence.

I mean, the poetry in there is just fantastic.

But the bond the film explores is a very special

and beautiful relationship.

Is it one that as farmers you ever take for granted with your animals?

Aw, well, thank you, guys. Right, still to come on

tonight's programme, vet Matt Smith treats a goat with a fractured leg.

And making hay while the sun shines.

Rob and Dave are racing to beat the weather. Well, Dave is anyway.

So join us again in a few minutes' time.

Welcome back to This Week On The Farm,

your rural round-up for the summer months.

Very shortly we'll head back to Barnsley and catch up with Rob

and Dave at their farm, but first, before lockdown,

Matt the vet was called out on a very important mission.

Matt's on his way to the West Yorkshire village of Emley

to see a goat with only three working legs.

This afternoon, we're off to see Boris.

Boris is a goat who, according to his owner, has got a floppy leg

so we're going to investigate.

Owner Sarah found poor old Boris stuck in the mud,

and it doesn't take Matt long to deliver his diagnosis.

You can just see there, see how it's like dangling away. Yeah.

It feels like he's fractured the long bone.

When did you say you think he did it?

Some time yesterday, late afternoon.

I'll have a cast on him for two weeks.

If we can set it, it should heal up OK. Brilliant. Thank you.

Sometimes these fracture cases, for whatever reason,

they don't heal, and if, say, in two weeks' time, if it hasn't healed,

we'll need to look at getting an X-ray

and find out what's going on in there.

Matt's decided to put Boris's fractured leg into a cast.

But to do that, he needs his patient to stay as still as possible.

We've given Boris some sedative now just to calm him down, so he'll let

us clean up that muddy leg so we can prepare it well to put that cast on.

Matt cleans up the leg

and gives Boris an injection that will help to ease any pain

when he comes around, and then it's on with the first bandage.

So this first layer is just a layer to keep him comfortable.

The next layer of his dressing is actually made of fibre glass.

As soon as I put it in the water it starts reacting.

Unlike traditional plaster casts, it sets in less than ten minutes.

But Matt still has to make sure Boris remains still.

While that sets, I'm holding his leg in the right position

because if say he drops his leg again or

he has a bit of a thrash around, as that's setting, we don't

want his leg to set wonky,

so I'm just hoping that he keeps his leg still.

Just like this, nicely lined up between the knee and the foot

while this sets and we'll be onto a winner.

And when it's dry, there's one final flourish to add.

This is the last layer.

Even though it's set as solid as a rock, there's still little

areas which could still get caught and which could damage the surface

of the cast so this really cool chicken layer is to protect it

and make him feel that he's included with his pals, the chickens,

which I think are going to come and visit him on a regular basis.

Looking a proper bobby-dazzler in his special bandage, Boris starts

to come round, but he's going to be confined to barracks for a while.

We'll start him off in keeping him in here for two weeks.

I'll come back and have a look at that cast. I'll take it off

and put another cast on. Yeah. He'll be in another two weeks.

So after four weeks then,

we'll take the cast off and see what's going on.

If everything's looking in the right direction and it's healed up nicely

by four weeks, we might be able to just let him out

and see how we get on.

Oh, you're going to sleep now, Boris, aren't you? Look at that. Aw!

A month later, and Matt's back to see his patient.

It's the second return visit and hopefully the last -

if the cast can come off and stay off.

Good lad, Boris, eh?

He's been doing well with it the past few weeks, yeah?

Yeah, yeah - he puts it down. Right, let's get this pot off you.

With Sarah's husband Terry holding Boris still,

Matt carefully cuts into the cast.

It's been four long weeks since poor Boris's leg was put in plaster,

and now it's the moment of truth.

There's no abnormal movement, there's no pain.

That bone is really quite, really quite strong there.

I can feel the repair all the way down here

and I think he'll be fine without his cast now.

He should be back to playing out in no time

and hopefully he doesn't have any more accidents.

Everything looks good to Matt, but how does it feel to Boris?

Oh, wow! Oh, he's fine on it, isn't he?

He'll enjoy having a bit more freedom,

albeit not as much as he wants at this point in time,

but we can get him back to jumping up and down in a few weeks.

Well, I'm delighted to say that Boris's owner Terry joins us

now from the West Yorkshire village of Emley.

Terry how is Boris getting on? Has he recovered?

Yeah, as always Matt's done a fantastic job.

Boris has made 100% recovery and he's back to enjoying being

a goat and enjoying summer out in the fields.

And how did Boris end up on your smallholding?

He's not your only animal, is he?

We've got three horses, nine chickens, a cockerel,

two dogs and a cat. I'd always thought that because of

their characters pygmy goats would make a great addition.

Now I know they can be entertaining, I know they can be mischievous,

but I believe they're quite helpful in the garden?

Erm, I wouldn't say helpful. A couple of times they've escaped

and they've got into the back garden

and they've eaten all the bedding plants,

eaten the rose bushes. We put a couple of...

"only last week we put a couple of toy scarecrows up

and in no time they'd demolished the trousers,

pulled the trousers off the scarecrow and eaten them.

They're most likely more work than all the animals put together.

Don't say that, Terry, because I'm desperate for a couple of pygmy goats.

I just think they seem fun and full of character and that's

what you want from your animals, isn't it, a bit of entertainment?

Yeah, they are, they are full of character. They'll climb on

everything, climb under everything. We made, er, in the spring we made

a playground for them out of tyres and scaffolding poles

and what have you, and they totally ignored it.

They'd rather jump over your car.

Thank you so much for your time, Terry. Please give our love to Boris.

Now it's the time of year

when you might notice what look like tightly wrapped black bin bags

in the corners of some farmers' fields. Well, if you've ever

wondered what they are, wonder no more -

because Rob and Dave are about to reveal all

as they get stuck into a quintessential summer job.

Today, Rob and Dave are mowing the grass,

but not the lawn in the back garden.

No - they've got 50 acres of grass to turn into haylage

that'll be bagged up and stored, and fed to their hungry animals

over the long winter months.

With so much ground to cover, it's an epic task and a lawnmower

simply won't do. They need to go big.

They need to go bigger than big.

This is the kind of machine I drove when I had the harvest job

when I was 18.

I know, so...

I'll give it a go.

This mega-mower is a contractor's machine

but Dave can't resist getting behind the wheel.

Boys and their toys, eh?

Are you working hard, Rob?

I'm keeping an eye on you.

So, while Dave does the cutting,

Rob is the self-appointed head of quality control.

Making good hay is vital.

When we open a bale in February, it needs to smell of the sunshine.

A little bit shaky at one point.

Other than that, it's a really nice machine.

Dave's been rolling back the years on the big tractor

but has he actually had to do anything behind the wheel?

It was really good.

It's all automatic, you don't really have to do much.

There's nice air conditioning, but I didn't have me tunes on.

Maybe next time.

Look, if you want air con,

you might have to do your tractor test again, Rob.

THEY LAUGH

That's it for the day.

Now, they have to watch the weather and let the cut grass dry out

for as long as possible.

And, four clays later, it's on to the next part of the process.

The last few days have been glorious.

It's been perfect hay-making weather,

and we've got a crop now that can be baled today,

and it's probably going to be the best hay we've ever made.

Yes, Rob, looks...delicious!

But this task needs to be wrapped up before the weather turns.

To speed things up, friendly neighbour Philip

is here to help out with his hay tedder.

It's like a spinning rake that gets the cut grass into long, neat rows -

a far cry from how this job used to be done.

Back in the day, Rob, when we were clearing this field

with small bales, right?

Nobody went to the gym.

This was your gym. Right?

You know, we had ripped muscles.

Well, those days might have gone, but, you know,

back in the day.

Now, the rows can be turned into bails.

Time for Dave to get back to work.

HE LAUGHS

As he stacks the bales, Rob shelters from the sun and watches on.

Then it's back over to Philip to make sure the haylage

is protected until it's needed.

You can probably see,

the weather is gorgeous here in the Welsh borders,

and there is the drone of a mower out there, cutting,

as you were, Dave, just a couple of fields away.

You can't underestimate, I guess,

just how important a spell of good weather really is

for making hay.

Oh, I can remember the stress of watching my dad

watch the weather forecast, because a little bit of rain

can ruin what you bring in,

which has a knock-on effect all year.

Just talk us through the difference, though, between haylage and hay.

But, Dave, I was very envious of you getting your hands on that machine.

It looked absolutely fantastic,

but clearly very different to what life was like

when you were younger, on the farm at this time of year.

Yeah, definitely.

On our little farm, the tractors were small,

the tackle were small, the turners.

It took us probably eight or nine days to get the hay in.

We were driving round the field with the trailers,

throwing the little bales on.

It was actually a lot of fun, and a lot of happy memories, Rob.

Well, boys, well done on getting your harvest in.

Clearly making the very best of the summer weather.

Now, still to come tonight, farm favourite Jon Bon Pony is back

and out of isolation, but is he ready to rumble?

We'll find out in just a few minutes,

when we return for more from This Week On The Farm.

Welcome back to This Week On The Farm.

Last week, we saw Jon Bon Pony,

the amazing rock star Shetland, confined to isolation

in the hope that a little bit of time on his own -

let's put this politely and say

might reignite his interest in the ladies.

Let's see what happened next.

Jon Bon Pony, the lethargic lothario,

has been giving love a bad name.

PONY SNORTS

He's been so disinterested in the ladies,

Rob and Dave have been keeping him isolated for a while

in the hope that absence will make the heart, and other areas,

grow fonder.

That's the stick. Next, the carrot.

I've got to say, Jon Bon has perked up.

LAUGHING: Yeah.

If Jon Bon's going to go out in a blaze of glory,

maybe a touch of the rock star treatment will help.

He's been rolling around, Rob.

Jon Bon wants to look the part so he can play the part.

What do you think, Rob?

It looks good, doesn't it?

What a load of rubbish!

THEY LAUGH

Suitably pampered, this performer is back on the road,

and, until the end, big fan Rob will keep the faith.

Jon Bon waits in the wings, with a little vocal warm up.

PONY WHINNIES

We've got down to the barn.

He's shouting out, but...

PONY WHINNIES ..is he all talk?

We'll find out in a minute. Come on, Jon Bon.

Hoping for a bit of the x-factor,

Dave selects a young mare to join Jon Bon on stage.

Calm it down.

Calm it down.

So, this is Priscilla.

I think she were playing a little bit hard to get.

But we've got her now, and let's see if they're a match made in heaven.

Shall we just like...?

That's a good sign. She's showing herself to him.

Question is, is he going to show himself to her?

Rob, what's happening?

After a positive start,

Jon Bon... It looks like he's,

he's sung his last song.

Rob and Dave had been hoping for a little bit of rock and roll.

Instead, they've been left with the blues.

That's absolutely disastrous.

We've got a mare here, Priscilla, who's up for the cup.

The time is right,

and Jon Bon's turned his back on her.

So, time's up,

and it's out to pasture for this once-prolific pony.

He's all mane and flash, but there's nothing there.

There's no... He's all talk.

PONY WHINNIES

Well, I am absolutely gutted.

Poor old Jon Bon.

After all the help you gave him - the isolation, the bachelor pad.

And to be fair, lads, it did look fairly promising

when he saw those mares, didn't it?

But it wasn't to be. So, what happens now?

Stop paying him compliments now just because you've embarrassed him

on national telly.

What will you do, though, because you do want foals next year?

We could do with quite a few foals, really.

We're going up to Scotland. We've found a stallion up there.

And, hopefully, Jon Bon and the new stallion are going to get on

like a house on fire.

Wil they get on, though, or will there be rivalry?

Because you're, you know, literally bringing a new stud onto the block,

aren't you?

Well, guys, best of luck with it.

Commiserations for poor old Jon Bon,

but you know what, mate?

You'll always be a little star to us.

PONY WHINNIES

Oh! Thank you, Jon Bon. Absolutely on cue there.

You see? You took the words right out of his mouth -

a total little star. Thank you, Jon Bon.

That's it for today.

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