A Country Practice Dark Horses: Part 1 (1981–1993) Online
- Original Title :
- Dark Horses: Part 1
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Drama / Romance
- Year :
- 1981–1993
- Directror :
- Peter Maxwell
- Cast :
- Shane Porteous,Lorrae Desmond,Brian Wenzel
- Writer :
- Graeme Koetsveld
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 6.2/10
After receiving a bang on the head, Bob mysteriously develops clairvoyant powers. A young woman returns from a holiday cruise to find that she is pregnant. Cookie tries to take advantage of Bob's powers. Cathy is bitten by a deadly snake and ends up in hospital, leaving Matt and Michael to cope with the farm. Alex treats a patient with a rare tropical disease and ends up reuniting a young couple in the process.
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Shane Porteous | - | Dr. Terence Elliott |
 | Lorrae Desmond | - | Shirley Dean Gilroy |
| Brian Wenzel | - | Sergeant Frank Gilroy |
 | Di Smith | - | Dr. Alex 'Fraser' Elliott (as Diane Smith) |
| John Tarrant | - | Matt Tyler |
 | Kate Raison | - | Cathy Hayden |
 | Josephine Mitchell | - | Jo 'Loveday' Langley |
 | Brett Climo | - | Michael Langley |
| Joyce Jacobs | - | Esme Watson |
| Gordon Piper | - | Bob Hatfield |
| Syd Heylen | - | Vernon 'Cookie' Locke |
| Joan Sydney | - | Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shirley Cameron | - | Dulcie Hepburn |
| Jamie Oxenbould | - | Johnny Patterson |
| Michelle Pettigrove | - | Mary O' Connor |
Michelle Pettigrove makes her ACP debut. She will become a regular in 1991 playing nurse Kate Bryant.