Episode #1: The Company of Animals

Before Robbie ever rode for a living, he had a short lived career as a greyhound handler after being given a timid dog who gained his trust in a short amount of time. In the meantime, his brother Rodney embarked on his own riding career. Somewhere amongst the velocity, the thrill and the expedition of Rodney’s newfound profession, Robbie caught the bug. In the first episode of Under Starters' Orders, meet the people that paved the way for Robbie to embark on his short-lived riding career and his entry into horse racing: his parents, Bob and Carol Scarlett, his brother Rodney, his friends Phil "Philby" Mohr and Michael Kent, and his father-in-law, Gary Ellis.