Thoroughbred: 'Horses don't like salads'

Title:
Thoroughbred: 'Horses don't like salads'
NFSA ID
7574
Year
1936
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Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, a ‘scientific’ diet. Two of his mother’s stable hands, Grafter (Les Warton) and Sleepy (George Lloyd), are sceptical of the new ‘rough salad’ diet. Summary by Paul Byrnes.