Jockey

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Episode 444: Tappy chats with Tyler Schiller

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Episode 444: Tappy chats with Tyler Schiller

Tyler Schiller was always destined to make it to the ranks of Sydney’s top jockeys. After a flying start in the Riverina he was fortunate to gain a start in Sydney with Mark Newnham.

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Episode 443: Tappy chats with Robyn Freeman

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Episode 443: Tappy chats with Robyn Freeman

I’ve long admired Robyn Freeman’s dedication to the craft she loves. She’s one of few female riders still active from the dedicated group who were flying the flag in the 1990’s. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 441: Tappy chats with Hilton Cope

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Episode 441: Tappy chats with Hilton Cope

It was the mid 1970’s and Hilton was on a flight from Dublin to Sydney after completing a three year stint with Irish trainer John Oxx. He turned to wife Marilyn and calmly announced that his riding days were over. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 440: Tappy chats with John Powell

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Episode 440: Tappy chats with John Powell

John Powell was at a loose end when he returned to Australia in 2021 after calling time on his long riding career in Singapore. It wasn’t long before Racing NSW enlisted his services as a mentor for northern NSW jockeys. (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 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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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 402: Tappy chats with Kevin Langby

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Episode 402: Tappy chats with Kevin Langby

I’ve had several requests for a podcast with Kevin Langby. Rather than try to explain he was on the show two years ago, let’s put him on again. Nothing’s changed. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 401: Tappy chats with Anna Roper

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Episode 401: Tappy chats with Anna Roper

She’s disappointed, frustrated and very bored. Anna Roper still can’t believe a freak accident at Muswellbrook in November has halted an amazing trot that brought her 56 wins in seven months. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)