Horse Racing

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Episode 316: Tappy chats with Anthony Cavallo

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Episode 316: Tappy chats with Anthony Cavallo

Great to catch up with a little bloke of Italian descent who began his career with the late Ray Guy at Rosehill 35 years ago. Five years ago he was still living in Sydney and travelling to the western districts most weeks. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 315: Tappy chats with Noel Mayfield-Smith

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Episode 315: Tappy chats with Noel Mayfield-Smith

Great to catch up with trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith who recently pulled up stakes and relocated from Hawkesbury to sunny Coffs Harbour. He explains why he settled on the north coast. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 314: Michael Wrona - Aussie caller enters his fourth decade in the USA

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Episode 314: Michael Wrona - Aussie caller enters his fourth decade in the USA

Michael was in the broadcast box at Los Alamitos when we caught up with him recently. We begin by talking about his Aussie accent, unchanged after more than thirty years in the USA. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 313: Tappy chats with Brett Bellamy

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Episode 313: Tappy chats with Brett Bellamy

Great to catch up with Coffs Harbour trainer Brett Bellamy who grew up among the Hawkesbury race crowd but moved to the north coast with his family as a 17 year old. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 311: Tappy chats with Peter Robl

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Episode 311: Tappy chats with Peter Robl

Peter recalls the freakish accident in 2014 that brought his successful riding career to an end. The jockey wisely heeded the advice of neurosurgeons regarding his future. He quickly got a new career up and running. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 310: Tappy chats with Gary Willetts

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Episode 310: Tappy chats with Gary Willetts

Great to catch up with one of the elite jockeys of the 70’s and 80’s. Gary admits he didn’t want to come to Australia in 1974 when offered the ride on Battle Heights. He says the NZ jockeys premiership was his priority. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 309: Tappy chats with Peter Sinclair

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Episode 309: Tappy chats with Peter Sinclair

Great to catch up with one of country racing’s most popular trainers. Peter talks of the early starts necessary to get his horses worked before reporting for duty as a Telstra technician. (CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 308: Tappy chats with Danny Frahm

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Episode 308: Tappy chats with Danny Frahm

It’s a big welcome to 75 year old Danny Frahm who was 64 years old when a race fall at Armidale ended his remarkable career. He reflects on his longevity in the saddle and marvels at how well he’s come out of several serious accidents. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 307: Tappy chats with Kody Nestor

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Episode 307: Tappy chats with Kody Nestor

A pleasure to introduce 31 year old Kody Nestor whose riding career was halted by increasing weight in 2017. His rise in the training ranks has been beyond his expectations. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 306: Tappy chats with John Sargent

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Episode 306: Tappy chats with John Sargent

Great to catch up with expatriate Kiwi trainer John Sargent who joined the Randwick training ranks seven years ago. John begins by reviewing the Goulburn win by All Things in a famous set of colours. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 305: Tappy chats with Jye McNeil

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Episode 305: Tappy chats with Jye McNeil

Great to catch up with the mild mannered young jockey who burst onto racing’s big stage with his all the way win on Twilight Payment in the Melbourne Cup last year. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 304: Tappy chats with Corey Brown

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Episode 304: Tappy chats with Corey Brown

The champion jockey is still coming to terms with the fact that he’ll never ride again. Corey was happy to talk to us about the announcement of his retirement and the nightmare he’s lived through in the two years since his life changing accident at Eagle Farm. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS).

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Episode 303: Tappy chats with Peter Staples

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Episode 303: Tappy chats with Peter Staples

It’s always nice to welcome a Tasmanian guest! This week we talk to journalist and commentator Peter Staples whose promotion of Tasmanian racing is unwavering. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 302: Tappy chats with Gordon Spinks

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Episode 302: Tappy chats with Gordon Spinks

We present again a 2019 chat with Gordon Spinks, a high profile jockey of the 1960’s and 70’s. Gordon talks of the heart attack he suffered while driving from Longreach to Brisbane in 2019. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 301: Tappy chats with Deane Lester

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Episode 301: Tappy chats with Deane Lester

With apologies for a voice recovering from laryngitis, I’m delighted to welcome Deane Lester to the podcast. The highly respected form guru and broadcaster reveals how he deals with the demands of ten radio commitments a week. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 300: Tappy chats with Robert Thompson OAM

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Episode 300: Tappy chats with Robert Thompson OAM

To mark our 300th podcast episode we present a chat with record breaking jockey Robert Thompson who sits on 4447 Australian winners as this interview is posted. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 299: Tappy chats with Neville Begg

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Episode 299: Tappy chats with Neville Begg

We get ongoing requests from regulars with podcast suggestions. Sometimes our correspondents are unaware their choice has already featured. One name to keep coming up, is that of Neville Begg. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 296: Tappy chats with Paul Cave

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Episode 296: Tappy chats with Paul Cave

The genial Warwick Farm trainer is currently getting over multiple strokes which followed surgery for ongoing heart arrhythmia. The lanky Irishman is slowly getting back into the routine at his Mulgoa property and was happy to talk to us. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)