Horse Racing

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Episode 331: Tappy chats with Ben Looker

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Episode 331: Tappy chats with Ben Looker

Great to catch up with a 31 year old jockey who’s nudging 1000 career wins. Ben was sitting in his car at the Armidale racecourse when we tracked him down for this interview. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 330: Tappy chats with Gayna Williams

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Episode 330: Tappy chats with Gayna Williams

Great to catch up with a doyen of western districts racing! Gayna recalls the thrill of her first training win with Scarlet Vixen at Orange in 1985. She paid $1400 for the filly at an Inglis sale. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 329: Tappy chats with Allan Gainey - remembering Hyperion Thoroughbreds

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Episode 329: Tappy chats with Allan Gainey - remembering Hyperion Thoroughbreds

Great to chat with a man who co-founded Hyperion Thoroughbreds, one of the very earliest racehorse syndication companies in Australia. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 328: Tappy chats with Alan "Jock" Gollogly

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Episode 328: Tappy chats with Alan "Jock" Gollogly

Delighted to catch up with a bloke who boasts a racing pedigree to match that of any thoroughbred blueblood. Alan Gollogly is the son of the former successful Queensland jockey of the same name, and the grandson of Fred Best who won 17 Brisbane trainer’s premierships. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 327: Flashback 'Dual Choice' - old race calls bring back memories of a great mare!

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Episode 327: Flashback 'Dual Choice' - old race calls bring back memories of a great mare!

Thanks to a devoted Melbourne racing historian we were able to access fifty year old recordings of race wins by Dual Choice. Listening to the calls I was reminded of the talents of this flying daughter of Showdown. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 326: Tappy chats with Keagan Latham

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Episode 326: Tappy chats with Keagan Latham

Keagan is counting down the minutes to a specialist appointment on November 10th when he hopes to gain a clearance to ride again. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 325: Tappy chats with Kylie Gavenlock

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Episode 325: Tappy chats with Kylie Gavenlock

Kylie Gavenlock’s early life revolved around her devotion to horses and her love for the NSW Central Coast. Now at age 57 Kylie is still based at Gosford and is in her fourth decade as a professional trainer. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 324: Tappy chats with Brendan Ward

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Episode 324: Tappy chats with Brendan Ward

TAB punters who fancy a flutter on NSW southern meetings are familiar with the riding of Brendan Ward. The Victorian born jockey had 700 winners on his CV when he moved to Canberra twenty years ago. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 323: Tappy chats with Russell Leonard - The voice of Central Queensland racing

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Episode 323: Tappy chats with Russell Leonard - The voice of Central Queensland racing

I’ll never forget the day Sky Channel boss Graham McNeice told me he was bringing a young race caller from Queensland to join the Sky team. Russell Leonard was only seventeen. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 322: Tappy chats with Harry Coffey

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Episode 322: Tappy chats with Harry Coffey

It’s a delight to introduce a young man whose serious health problems haven’t diminished his resolve to become a serious professional jockey. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 318: Tappy chats with Rod Northam

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Episode 318: Tappy chats with Rod Northam

Great to catch up with respected Scone trainer Rod Northam who’s hoping a slot holder might come along for his Kosciuszko hopeful Spiranac. Rod has high praise for the Scone training precinct. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 317: Tappy chats with Paul Ambrosoli

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Episode 317: Tappy chats with Paul Ambrosoli

Twenty five years ago I described Paul Ambrosoli as the best greyhound commentator in the world. To date nobody has taken me to task. I’m delighted to welcome him to the podcast. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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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)