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- Title
- Star Runner - First Episode
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Dramas on and off the racetrack are the focus of this Canadian/Kiwi co-production. Carol West (played by Alison Bruce, from Golden Boy and movie Magik and Rose) is a tough, experienced stable owner who is dead set on winning the Pan Pacific Cup with her standout horse, Star Runner. In this first episode, Carol gives young drifter Josh (Andrew Thurtell) a job at her stables. Despite clashing with gruff Jack (Martyn Sanderson), Josh impresses his boss on the track. Meanwhile a mysterious busine...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1990
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/star-runner-episode-one-1990
- Related subjects
- horse-racing / trotting / race track / pan pacific cup / tea rooms / beach / sand / tussock / training / driver / stables / mucking out / stable hand / purse / theft / army / canada / truck / horse float / money / race / kumeu / franklin trotting club / bed and board / petrol station / betting / feed / sandfly / auckland airport / pool / millionaire / fire / whiskey / breakfast / alarm clock / caravan / backpack / shadow roll / buggy / harness racing / camera / photographs / private investigator / quaifier / desk / business / horse racing / tea room / stable / soldier / secret / race stand / pacer / galloper / don hayes / franklin / canadian airlines / kumeu river wines / auckland trotting club / kumeu trotting club
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