Race Horse Trainer

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Episode 499: Tappy chats with Lee Freedman

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Episode 499: Tappy chats with Lee Freedman

The story of the Freedman era is one of racing’s all time best - four enthusiastic young brothers who made an amazing journey from the family stud farm at Yass to the establishment of a Victorian based training powerhouse. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 498: Tappy chats with Frank Cleary

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Episode 498: Tappy chats with Frank Cleary

A hat trick of recent country wins by improving gelding My Last Hooray rekindled memories of Frank Cleary’s glory days in Australian racing. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 472: Tappy chats with Scott Singleton

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Episode 472: Tappy chats with Scott Singleton

Five years ago Scott Singleton found that he was spending much more time on the road to country race meetings than he was at city and provincial meetings. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 470: Tappy chats with Karen Owen

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Episode 470: Tappy chats with Karen Owen

The Karen Owen story had potential podcast written all over it from the moment I interviewed her after a recent Randwick win with Fay’s Angels. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 466: Tappy chats with Ron Stubbs

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Episode 466: Tappy chats with Ron Stubbs

Always a pleasure to catch up with the bush trainers. Our podcast guest this week is Albury’s Ron Stubbs whose reputation precedes him. (CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 465: Tappy chats with Angela Davies

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Episode 465: Tappy chats with Angela Davies

The Gosford racing precinct has never had a better ambassador than Angela Davies. The amiable trainer was born and reared in a cottage opposite the racecourse float entrance and hasn’t strayed far since. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 446: Tappy chats with Betty Lane Holland OAM

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Episode 446: Tappy chats with Betty Lane Holland OAM

The Australian Turf Club moved swiftly to honour Betty Lane Holland following the passing of the trailblazing horse trainer on October 22nd at the remarkable age of 97.

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Episode 442: Tappy chats with Robert Price

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Episode 442: Tappy chats with Robert Price

For the first few years of their training partnership Robert and Luke Price worked individually - Robert at Turpentine Park, a spelling and pre-training property at Cambewarra while Luke was based at the partnership’s Kembla stables. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 437: Tappy chats with John Wallace

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Episode 437: Tappy chats with John Wallace

It was great to catch up with John Wallace recently for the first time in several years. The veteran trainer has a great passion for the racing game, and it shows in his all too rare interviews. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 434: Tappy chats with Leon Macdonald

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Episode 434: Tappy chats with Leon Macdonald

Everybody wanted a piece of champion trainer Leon Macdonald when he saddled his final runners at Morphettville on July 29th, and we were on the list. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 427: Tappy chats with Ethan Ensby

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Episode 427: Tappy chats with Ethan Ensby

Always nice to catch up with one of the many young hopefuls trying to establish themselves in the training ranks. The hours are long and the disappointments are many. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 424: Tappy chats with Todd Smart

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Episode 424: Tappy chats with Todd Smart

Great to catch up with an ever enthusiastic Todd Smart who’s based at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park with his fifteen horse team.

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Episode 420: Tappy chats with Connie Greig

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Episode 420: Tappy chats with Connie Greig

Great to catch up with a lady who’s more than making up for her late start in racing. Connie dabbled with show horses during the decade in which she worked as Bakery Manager at Woolworths Emu Plains. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 419: Tappy chats with Paul Shailer

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Episode 419: Tappy chats with Paul Shailer

This is an interesting chat with a 43 year old from Foxton on New Zealand’s north island who’s been around thoroughbreds all his life. He started life as an apprentice jockey under the tutelage of Kevin Gray. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 414: Tappy chats with Cody Morgan

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Episode 414: Tappy chats with Cody Morgan

It would have been a massive shock to his family had Cody Morgan not pursued a career with horses. With a mum and dad who were wizards in the saddle and a brother who could ride a rampaging rhinoceros… (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 413: Tappy chats with Luke Pepper

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Episode 413: Tappy chats with Luke Pepper

Luke Pepper joins the ranks of smaller trainers who only need the right horse to showcase their talents. Until Opal Ridge came along Luke had been achieving consistent results with average horses. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 395: Tappy chats with Grant Williams

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Episode 395: Tappy chats with Grant Williams

It was around 2008 when Grant Williams started to tinker with the odd thoroughbred. Prior to that he’d enjoyed a distinguished 20 year career in harness racing as a trainer and driver. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 384: Tappy chats with Matt Dunn

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Episode 384: Tappy chats with Matt Dunn

After a wonderfully successful decade training from his Murwillumbah base, Matt Dunn surprised a few people when he elected to open a metropolitan stable. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 376: Tappy chats with Norm Gardner

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Episode 376: Tappy chats with Norm Gardner

Great to catch up with a horseman whose name appears regularly among winning trainers at Southern Districts meetings, and occasionally in the city. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 371: Tappy chats with Kim Waugh

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Episode 371: Tappy chats with Kim Waugh

It’s a pity we didn’t get to talk to Kim about her stunning Rosehill double with French Bonnet and Kingsheir on Saturday. This interview was recorded the previous day shortly after she’d arrived home from the Gosford trials. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)