Series synopsis
On The Track Or Off, also known as 勇往直前 is a drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on April 9, 2001. It ended on June 1, 2001. It was created by Sum-Wai Wong. It stars Steven Ma Chun-Wai, Ada Choi Siu-Fan, Bonnie Chiu Hok-Yee and Frankie Lam.
Gan Yuan, Lu Yingtong, and Xu Yaodong are childhood friends and playmates. After graduating from high school,Gan Yuan, who was interested in horse racing, became a trainer by chance, while Xu Yaodong and Lu Yingtong continued their studies. An accident caused Lu Yingtong’s home to undergo a sudden change. Lu Yingtong, who cannot afford the tuition, is about to lose the opportunity to complete her studies. At this juncture, Xu Yaodong, who has always liked Lu Yingtong, stepped forward, gave up hi ...
Premise
Gan Yuan, Lu Yingtong, and Xu Yaodong are childhood friends and playmates. After graduating from high school,Gan Yuan, who was interested in horse racing, became a trainer by chance, while Xu Yaodong and Lu Yingtong continued their studies. An accident caused Lu Yingtong’s home to undergo a sudden change. Lu Yingtong, who cannot afford the tuition, is about to lose the opportunity to complete her studies. At this juncture, Xu Yaodong, who has always liked Lu Yingtong, stepped forward, gave up his studies and went to society to help Lu Yingtong fulfill his dream. After that, Lu Yingtong came to the newspaper office to work. But because of a conflict with his boss, he was transferred to the Ma Jing version that no one cares about. Encouraged by Gan Yuan, Lu Yingtong gradually discovered the breadth and depth of equestrianism and eventually became a female horse critic with her own efforts.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 40 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 40 | April 9, 2001 | June 1, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 YUEN is a big fan of horses. He is going to buy some paint for his father WAH and even on his way, he tries watching the horse races. As he hurries back, he runs into a girl named YEE and drops his pot of paint, which in turn makes WAH unable to recover the balance due. While WAH is discussing with YUEN how to explain to his wife LAN their failure to recover the balance due, LAN discovers that WAH has been gambling on the horses. The couple soon get into a severe quarrel. YUEN and his friend DONG together with TUNG are invited to Milano Restaurant, where DONG’s brother NAM is working as a chef, to comment on a trial menu. TUNG grumbles about her supervisor MING all through the dinner and YUEN just suggests writing a story of his favourite horse ‘Little Elephant’. YUEN and TUNG even sneak into the stable to steal a look. YUEN sees a stable worker beat Little Elephant and he soon flies into a fury…… |
April 9, 2001 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 YEE works in a comic company, though she is not willing to. She stays there all for her sister TUNG’s sake. YUEN has applied to be a stable worker. WAH knows for sure that LAN is going to object to it and thus persuades YUEN to give up. With the help of DONG, TUNG has successfully transferred to the Horse Racing Section. MING points out that she could not have done this without DONG, which irks TUNG. TUNG’s youngest sister YAN slips away from home to chill out but gets hurt at the end. As commanded by TUNG, YAN cannot go out until she has finished the HKCEE examination. YUEN meets YEE again after the interview. He calls her ‘Miss Ill-luck’ while she addresses him as ‘Mr. Stupid’. TUNG gets a bit down when she knows that the Horse Racing Section is just a team of old men. She feels even more disappointed as she finds that MING is quite closed to her present supervisor CHIU…… |
April 10, 2001 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 YUEN comes to know that YEE is TUNG’s sister. They start to quarrel as soon as they meet. DONG reveals that he may get promoted but TUNG is not at all optimistic about that since he is not a degree holder. DONG is soon full of disappointment. YUEN and CANDY have been assigned to the same stable for practical training. Both of them are late on their first working day and are blamed by SAM, the number-two supervisor of the stable. YUEN comes to know that the guy who beat Little Elephant is actually SAM’s nephew and he therefore can foresee he himself is going to suffer under SAM’s supervision. All of YEE’s colleagues say their boss WAI is fond of YEE. CHIU asks TUNG to take some photos of horse training and TUNG has to turn to YUEN for help. TUNG’s efforts are very much appreciated by the editor TONG while YUEN is blamed by SAM. Luckily, CHI the horse trainer is there trying to defend YUEN…… |
April 11, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 9, 2001 |
| Last aired | June 1, 2001 |
| Status | Ended |