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I haven't got the book yet. Wild guess 235.
Or 555.
Just cos I like those numbers :)
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October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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I think I managed to dodge the donkeys, but a couple might have slipped in. #HowManyHorses
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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But there can only be one winner! Congratulations to @Sean_prentice of Instagram, who submitted a guess of 188 horses! That is within 4 nags of the
correct number of horses in This Slavery (184) and the signed & illustrated copy is yours, Sean - DM us your address, you are a #HowManyHorses champion
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Three people have guessed within 25 horses of the correct number, and one of you is the closest: on Instagram @clairejspear, @Sean_prentice and on Bluesky @mrwent.bsky.social #HowManyHorses
Jip the collie weeing on the gateposts of a grand house, with Rachel watching
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Before we announce the winner of #HowManyHorses, we need to honour some wonderful runners and riders…
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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You have until midnight tonight (Saturday) to submit a number and be in with a chance to win the only copy with four EXTRA horses! #HowManyHorses
The front cover of This Slavery graphic novel A hand-illustrated title page, with four more horses and a congratulatory message, signed by Scarlett (Sophie will sign it before we post it to the winner)
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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If we look at #HowManyHorses guesses we can see that TikTok users tend to estimate low (126 and below) and Instagram users go high (everything 300+ came from there)

Read into this what you will - it’s only a measure of what other people have suggested and there is only one right answer...
A policeman on a horse in a dark cobbled street
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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As of 9 this morning we had loads entries across BlueSky, TikTok and Instagram. Here you can see a wide distribution of #HowManyHorses suggestions ranging from 29 to 1065. Next slide please…
A distribution graph that looks like Matterhorn
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Final day of voting for our #HowManyHorses giveaway!
There’s still time to enter your estimate and WIN a signed & illustrated copy of This Slavery. Follow us, share & tell us #HowManyHorses you think Scarlett drew - the closest guess submitted by midnight tonight wins!
A child plays with a toy horse, repeating words she’s heard adults use: “Stand over, Dobbin! Pull, yer lazy buddy thing or I’ll punch thy guts in’”
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Have you sent in your guess yet? Tell us #HowManyHorses there are in This Slavery graphic novel to WIN this signed & illustrated copy! Just follow us, share & submit your estimate - the closest guess wins!
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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I know we’ve been counting horses all week for #HowManyHorses, but let’s
take a moment to appreciate the *real* main character of This Slavery - the scene stealer Jip, the collie-cross
A busy kitchen scene. Hester is spoon feeding Grandma in the foreground, closely monitored by Jip the dog. In the background, Jack and Rachel are reading Marx at the table Jack says “Rachel, I was coming to find you, I —“ Jip greets him enthusiastically Rachel is outside the grand gates of Barstock’s house. Jip is pissing on the gatepost Jip is having his toes dried by Mother, who’s telling him to hold still
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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You have until this Saturday to guess #HowManyHorses there are in This Slavery graphic novel to WIN a signed & illustrated copy! Just follow us, share & give us a number - the closest guess wins!
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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If you are trying to work out #HowManyHorses there might be in This Slavery,
you may remember we played this game years ago, with The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The answer for that book was 87 - but this time could there be more?
A scene from The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel showing Bert the apprentice taking a delivery from a horse-driven dray A book cover: on a bottle green background a man is painting an ornate sign which reads Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, graphic novel by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard. A young lad sits by his feet and is passing him a cup of tea in a tin mug. An older man in a painty bowler hat is reading a comic.
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Guess #HowManyHorses in This Slavery graphic novel to WIN a signed & illustrated copy! Just follow us, share & tell us how many horses you think Scarlett might have squeezed into 368 pages of the book - the closest guess
wins!
A scene from This Slavery graphic novel, showing a drunk man staggering up a cobbled street at night, towards a mounted policeman A crowd of workers spill out of a mill at the end of a working day. A man is up a ladder lighting the streetlights. One of the workers seems to be a little horse
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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And there are three magpies on the back cover (one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl…) and look at his little toes on the barcode #HowManyHorses
A photo of the back cover of This Slavery graphic novel
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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There’s a cock, a pheasant, an owl and a parrot #HowManyHorses
A close up of the Cock Inn 🐓 A close up of a stuffed pheasant in a glass box An owl which forms part of a William Morris fever dream Back yards, where a parrot sits in a cage (and a cat is gazing at pigeons in the next yard)
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Six of them are crows, but five out of those six exist only to be baked in a pie…
#HowManyHorses
Hester’s Martin and her Mother cooking in the kitchen, and discussing the progress of the strike. On the table is a ceramic pie crow Mrs Martin delivers a handsome pie to the dinner table, the pie crow is poking out. Barstock is concerned about information leaking about the strike
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Sixteen of them are sparrows (one poor little mite is skeletal)
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A sparrow on the washing line in the sunset The skeleton of a sparrow on the washing line (spooky)
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Can you believe we counted 441 birds in This Slavery? To be fair 343 of them are wallpaper based - from William Morris’s Strawberry Thief #HowManyHorses
A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, showing Stephen sitting up in bed asking “And what about you?” Behind him you can see the bonkers wallpaper in question, with birdies on it
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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We’ve been playing a silly game on here and on Instagram & TikTok -
#HowManyHorses are there in This Slavery graphic novel? You can WIN a signed & illustrated copy! Just follow us, share & tell us how many you think she dared to draw. ✍️
Here are some stats on the number of birds she drew…
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Lots of the horses in This Slavery have jobs, but only one has a name and rank. This is Dobson, the trusty steed of Sergeant O’Neil #HowManyHorses
A scene from This Slavery graphic novel: a demonstration being broken up, in the background a mounted police officer is ordering a female speaker to leave a makeshift platform. The crowd shout FREE SPEECH! A panel from the same scene, in which the officer shouts “This meeting cannot go on” from his horseback position, while the female speaker looks determined and her dog growls and snarls from beneath the table upon which she stands to address the crowd A scene from This Slavery, showing a dark and lonely street hosting some police aggression a la Orgreave. A picketer is about to be smashed around the head with a passing truncheon, wielded by a mounted policeman In a rare moment of humility, O’Neil and Dobson look at what they’ve done, and wonder if they’ve gone too far…
October 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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If you are looking through This Slavery to assess #HowManyHorses while enjoying a Friday night chippy tea, you might notice the extraordinary amount of tea-swilling that goes on in this book. There are an epic 124 teacups to enjoy…
A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, showing Jip the dog sniffing a paper wrapped parcel of chip shop chips in a woman’s arms A scene from This Slavery in which Mother offers her girls a cup of tea and tries to cheer them up A mug of tea being put down with a CLUNK and spilling all over
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Guess #HowManyHorses in This Slavery graphic novel to WIN a signed & illustrated copy!

Just follow us, share & tell us how many horses you reckon Scarlett drew in the book - the closest guess wins!
A panel from This Slavery graphic novel showing a woman walking alone up a quiet road in the moonlight. There is a tiny horse outside a nearby farmhouse Another panel from This Slavery: a bird’s eye view of an impending riot! Mounted police gather in the shadow of the mill chimney, while around the terraced street corner, striking workers are amassing with signs and banners
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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If you want to get the number right for #HowManyHorses you absolutely mustn’t leave out this horse in a painting on Barstock’s wall - it’s probably a reproduction Stubbs, don’t you think?
A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, in which our hero barges into the boss’ fancy house and gapes at the art. Among other paintings, you can see the rear end of a horse in a gold frame
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM