Horse Racing

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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 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 423: Tappy chats with Steve Vardy

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Episode 423: Tappy chats with Steve Vardy

In a way it’s a pity this podcast was recorded ten days before Crafty Eagle’s brilliant win in Saturday’s Midway. I’m sure syndicator Steve Vardy would have been very excited by the dominance of the win. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 422: Tappy chats with Craig Rixon

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Episode 422: Tappy chats with Craig Rixon

Craig Rixon was one of those jockeys who flew under the radar for most of his twenty year career. He concentrated largely on provincial and country tracks, but lacked nothing against the top riders whenever he came to town. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 421: Tappy chats with Tracey Bartley

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Episode 421: Tappy chats with Tracey Bartley

Tracey is still punishing himself over a momentary lapse of concentration which could have cost him his life. The former jockey and multiple Gr 1 winning trainer committed the sin many horse people are guilty of when trying to cut corners. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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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 418: Tappy chats with Cejay Graham

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Episode 418: Tappy chats with Cejay Graham

This is a breezy chat with a little lady who has endeared herself to many in just six years as a professional jockey. She’s based at Port Macquarie and is a regular at most meetings in the region. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 417: Tappy chats with Paul Jarman

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Episode 417: Tappy chats with Paul Jarman

When we wound up our podcast with Stan Aitken last September he suggested we should consider talking to his great mate and former fellow Melbourne jockey Paul Jarman. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episdoe 416: Tappy chats with Lee and Cherie Curtis

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Episdoe 416: Tappy chats with Lee and Cherie Curtis

Lee Curtis has been training racehorses in Sydney since the mid 90’s when he was based at Canterbury. He was forced to relocate to Rosehill at the end of the decade. Cherie joined his staff twenty years ago… (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 415: Tappy chats with Craig Carmody

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Episode 415: Tappy chats with Craig Carmody

In looking for a horseman who has a close connection with the Queen Elizabeth Stakes we plucked from the archives, a podcast with Craig Carmody. (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 412: Tappy chats with Jo McKinnon

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Episode 412: Tappy chats with Jo McKinnon

The fate of retired racehorses has never been under more scrutiny, and Jo McKinnon couldn’t be happier. The respected media contributor recently launched her own website designed…. (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 408: Tappy chats with Dennis Firth

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Episode 408: Tappy chats with Dennis Firth

When Harry Troy sang the praises of Dennis Firth in a podcast last year, I made it my business to track down the former 16 time western districts premiership winner. (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 406: Tappy chats with Paul St Vincent

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Episode 406: Tappy chats with Paul St Vincent

I enjoy reminiscing with bush horsemen, especially one who’s been around for a while. We catch up with Paul St Vincent who took a long time to retire but his stables are finally empty. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 405: Tappy chats with Jason Warren

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Episode 405: Tappy chats with Jason Warren

To Victoria we go for this week’s podcast with talented trainer Jason Warren who’s based on the Mornington Peninsula. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)