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National Velvet Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
The Raffle
Sun, Sep 18, 196030 mins
Velvet sets up a raffle to save a horse named The Pie from being slaughtered. So she rides the Pie in the junior steeplechase competition and wins riding bareback.
Episode 2
The Breaking
Sun, Sep 25, 196030 mins
King is being broken to the saddle but Velvet wants to break him without using the whip like the professional trainer do.
Episode 3
Chip
Sun, Oct 2, 196030 mins
Chip, a troubled kid from the city, has been mistreating King but Velvet want's to help him.
Episode 4
A Matter of Pride
Sun, Oct 9, 196030 mins
Marilyn Winters' wants to buy King so her father tries purchase him from the Brown's but Herbert won't sell him. So Marilyn trick Velvet into showing King at the club knowing that because Velvet isn't a member she cannot ride him in the show, only Marilyn can.
Episode 5
Edwina's Escapade
Sun, Oct 16, 196030 mins
Velvet sister Edwina has an army-bound boyfriend who she's sneaking out of the house to have a last visit with him.
Episode 6
The Drought
Sun, Oct 23, 196030 mins
A drought causes the well to go dry, then the water well pump stops working from no rain. Velvet even offers to sell King.
Episode 7
The Canary
Sun, Oct 30, 196030 mins
Velvet's sister Edwina canary dies while in Donald care and he's suffering from guilt.
Episode 8
Mi's Girl
Sun, Nov 6, 196030 mins
Mrs. Sinclair's pretty niece comes over for visit where Mi becomes smitten with her and Velvet becomes very jealous.
Episode 9
Anniversary
Sun, Nov 13, 196030 mins
Mr. Brown need's a new generator but he just can't afford it because he's already pledged the last $100 in his savings for getting his wife a new coat for their anniversary, so Velvet tries to raise the money.
Episode 10
Crisis
Sun, Nov 20, 196030 mins
Mr. Brown's truck breaks down so he hooks King up to pull a cart which Velvet blames' for King's subsequent injury.
Episode 11
Barbecue
Sun, Nov 27, 196030 mins
The Brown Family is going to have a BBQ and Edwina invites Teddy and his father who is the principal of their High School. Edwina wants everything to be perfect so Mi gets Teddy's father to relax with Herbert's Elderberry Wine. Teddy even starts helping the Brown's with the milking.
Episode 12
The Milkman
Sun, Dec 4, 196030 mins
Malcome Porter who drives the milk wagon with his horse Whitey gets laid off from the dairy and has to find a place to retire his old horse. Velvet volunteers to keep the horse on the farm but Whitey does not want to retire yet.
Episode 13
Donald's Friend
Sun, Dec 11, 196030 mins
Donald has no one to play with so he creates an imaginary a friend and calls him Willy. Donald decides to leaves and takes King with him, then hides him. Soon a new boy who's named is Willy shows up.
Episode 14
The Big Shot
Sun, Dec 18, 196030 mins
Edwina falls for a big-talking college boy, who seems to be good at everything. This really annoys' Velvet and Teddy.
Episode 15
The Quarrel
Sun, Dec 25, 196030 mins
Edwina comes home and tells the family that her friend Holly Baker's father is building a new Quarter Horse ranch.
Episode 16
The Prize
Sun, Jan 1, 196130 mins
At the County Fair Martha wins the Blue Ribbon for her jam, soon a salesman comes to the farm to buy her receipe and sell it nationwide. Herbert gets upset because they will make lots of money and won't need the farm anymore.
Episode 17
Star Wish
Sun, Jan 8, 196130 mins
Velvet decides to enter King in an upcoming steeplechase competition but Mi's advice against it.
Episode 18
Teddy's Exam
Sun, Jan 15, 196130 mins
Because Edwina forgets to get the books that Teddy needs for an upcoming exam, he does not take her to the dance.
Episode 19
The Colt
Sun, Jan 22, 196130 mins
Velvet has found out that King has sired a colt with another family's mare who are moving away and they want to find him a good home for the colt. Mi and Velvet take the colt back to the farm but King does not want him around.
Episode 20
The Calf
Sun, Jan 29, 196130 mins
Velvet's little brother Donald finds a stray calf on the Brown farm and wants to raise it as a pet instead of selling it.
Episode 21
Grudge Match
Sun, Feb 5, 196130 mins
Marilyn is having a jumping race with Velvet but when her groom tells Mi that the beautiful white horse she's riding better jumper than King he tries calls off the race. Velvet decides she wants to race anyway just to win.
Episode 22
The Fire
Sun, Feb 12, 196130 mins
With a brush fire getting too close to the Brown farm Herbert and Mi have to go and try and put it out, but in a panic King escapes from his paddock. Then a wolf runs into the barn to escape from the fire.
Episode 23
The Sissy
Sun, Feb 19, 196130 mins
John Oliver Hadley and his over protective mother, Helen move in next door to the Brown Farm. John rides King without permission then falls off and his mother tries to get the horse put to sleep for being mean.
Episode 24
Grandpa
Sun, Feb 26, 196130 mins
Velvet's Grandpa comes over for a family visit and after seeing her riding King suggests that they should ride in the up coming Grand National steeplechase competition.
Episode 25
Epidemic
Sun, Mar 5, 196130 mins
The Brown's neighbor tries to cover the fact that their cows are sick with Foot and Mouth disease that Mi claims they have.
Episode 26
The Beauty Contest
Sun, Mar 12, 196130 mins
Edwina and Velvet are overjoyed when a forthcoming beauty contest causes the sisters to become involved together in the activities.
Episode 27
The Swindle
Sun, Mar 19, 196130 mins
Two men come to the Brown Farm claiming King is really Highland Star, a horse that was stolen from Randolph Stables and they have papers to prove it.
Episode 28
The Circuit
Sun, Mar 26, 196130 mins
Mi's former employer, Wilbur Gray, comes to the Brown Farm wanting to lease King from Velvet to compete on the Racing Circuit and even offers Mi the job of taking care of the horse.
Episode 29
The Riding Mistress
Sun, Apr 9, 196130 mins
To earn money for new jumping saddle Velvet get's job teaching a spoiled rich kid named Bradley Walton III how to ride.
Episode 30
Grandpa Returns
Sun, Apr 16, 196130 mins
Velvet's Grandfather returns to the Brown Farm believing there's oil on the property that he starts drilling for it all over the place.
Episode 31
The Bridegroom
Sun, Apr 23, 196130 mins
Mi's adult cousin Leona who he has never seen shows up from Ireland to marry him because an old family arrangement by his Father.
Episode 32
The Efficiency Expert
Sun, Apr 30, 196130 mins
Production Engineer, Harrison Willobee, who is also an Efficiency Expert from the Winters Dairy is sent to the Brown's Farm to see if they are handling their milking business properly.