Jockey

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Episode 468: Tappy chats with Larry Cassidy

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Episode 468: Tappy chats with Larry Cassidy

Larry Cassidy’s sheer consistency as a professional jockey has brought him a strong fan base over almost four decades in the saddle. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 464: Tappy chats with Dominic Tourneur

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Episode 464: Tappy chats with Dominic Tourneur

I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Dominic Tourneur but I’m aware of his prominence among Adelaide jockeys and his success rate over a long period of years.  (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 458: Tappy chats with Shaun Guymer

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Episode 458: Tappy chats with Shaun Guymer

Shaun Guymer made the decision a few seasons back to follow in the footsteps of Sydney based jockeys like Grant Buckley and Jeff Penza who’ve enjoyed fruitful careers away from the metropolitan area. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 457: Tappy chats with Kyle Wilson-Taylor

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Episode 457: Tappy chats with Kyle Wilson-Taylor

The brilliant young Brisbane jockey is under suspension as this podcast is posted. He’s not happy about this one or the many that have preceded it in his short career so far. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 451: Tappy chats with Hugh Bowman

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Episode 451: Tappy chats with Hugh Bowman

Hugh Bowman wasn’t where I expected him to be when we finally pinned him down for this interview. When I spoke to him a few days earlier he was still in Hong Kong undergoing physiotherapy… (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 438: Tappy chats with Michael Travers

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Episode 438: Tappy chats with Michael Travers

Michael Travers joined an exclusive club in 2021 when he became one of a handful of NSW jockeys to acquire a dual trainer/jockey’s licence. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 435: Tappy chats with Brock Ryan

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Episode 435: Tappy chats with Brock Ryan

Great to catch up with a young jockey who’s endured the lion’s share of bad luck but keeps bouncing back into the winner’s circle. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 433: Tappy chats with Ethan Brown

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Episode 433: Tappy chats with Ethan Brown

The Australian racing industry continues to come to terms with the death of Dean Holland in a race fall at Donald in April. Ethan Brown, Jamie Kah, Craig Williams, and Blaike McDougall were all sidelined with serious injuries on either side of the Donald tragedy. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 432: Tappy chats with Stephen Traecey

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Episode 432: Tappy chats with Stephen Traecey

Stephen Traecey recently told family and friends he’s unlikely to ride in races again, but most didn’t believe him. The remarkable 67 year old last rode in a race at Coffs Harbour in June. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 431: Tappy chats with Jon Grisedale

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Episode 431: Tappy chats with Jon Grisedale

It’s only two and a half years since we last spoke with Jon Grisedale but much water has flowed under the bridge since, and he’s approaching a special birthday. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 430: Tappy chats with Michael Cahill

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Episode 430: Tappy chats with Michael Cahill

Michael Cahill had his first race ride on Red Affro at an obscure race meeting at Gooloogong in 1979. The horse ran second but Michael says he was beaten by pilot error. Since then he’s ridden with great skill to land a stunning total of 2600 winners in 4 jurisdictions. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 425: Tappy chats with Belinda Hodder

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Episode 425: Tappy chats with Belinda Hodder

The popular north coast jockey knew something was wrong the moment she hit the ground in the early part of a Port Macquarie track gallop in April. She’d been back in the saddle for just three weeks following a lengthy break for the birth of her first baby. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 409: Tappy chats with Robbie Fradd

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Episode 409: Tappy chats with Robbie Fradd

Understandably Robbie Fradd is going through a tough period of adjustment as he comes to terms with the reality of an enforced retirement. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 407: Tappy chats with Christian Reith

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Episode 407: Tappy chats with Christian Reith

Christian Reith was riding winners everywhere when a Newcastle race fall in April of last year left him with vertebrae fractures. Only a week earlier he’d ridden a winning treble at Goulburn. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 397: Tappy chats with Nick Heywood

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Episode 397: Tappy chats with Nick Heywood

If there’s a single positive about Nick Heywood’s current injury layoff, it’s the fact that we were able to pin him down for an interview. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 394: Tappy chats with Ashley Morgan

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Episode 394: Tappy chats with Ashley Morgan

We’re delighted to present a podcast with a young Welshman who took NSW racing by the seat of its pants last season and turned it upside down. Ashley Morgan arrived in a strange country unheralded and unsung in 2018. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 390: Tappy chats with Nick Souquet

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Episode 390: Tappy chats with Nick Souquet

Punters and racing fans who follow southern districts racing are familiar with the name of Nick Souquet. The veteran jockey has been a fixture down south for all of his thirty years in the saddle. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 387: Tappy chats with Stan Aitken

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Episode 387: Tappy chats with Stan Aitken

Nineteen years have passed since Stan Aitken called time on his successful riding career. The multiple Gr 1 winning jockey continued to work in the racing industry as a groundsman for the Ballarat Race Club until his retirement a few years ago. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)