Sky Racing

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Episode 396: Tappy chats with Glenn Munsie

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Episode 396: Tappy chats with Glenn Munsie

Sky Racing presenters do a great job in trying to identify winners for the army of punters who subscribe to the service around Australia. One of them is affable Glenn Munsie who is a regular on Sky Thoroughbred Central programmes. (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 394: Tappy chats with Ashley Morgan

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Episode 394: Tappy chats with Ashley Morgan

We’re delighted to present a podcast with a young Welshman who took NSW racing by the seat of its pants last season and turned it upside down. Ashley Morgan arrived in a strange country unheralded and unsung in 2018. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 393: Tappy chats with Jamie Walter

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Episode 393: Tappy chats with Jamie Walter

We catch up with the founder and CEO of the respected racehorse syndication company Proven Thoroughbreds. This interview was recorded before Private Eye’s unplaced effort in the Champions Mile. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 392: Tappy chats with Larry Olsen

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Episode 392: Tappy chats with Larry Olsen

Who better to join us at Melbourne Cup time than former jockey Larry Olsen who joined the chosen few when he won the 1987 Cup on Kensei. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 391: Tappy chats with Brad Widdup

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Episode 391: Tappy chats with Brad Widdup

After 24 years in the employ of other trainers, Brad Widdup was coaxed into training in his own right as recently as 2017. Two years later he endured a setback that would have discouraged most horsemen in the same position. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 390: Tappy chats with Nick Souquet

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Episode 390: Tappy chats with Nick Souquet

Punters and racing fans who follow southern districts racing are familiar with the name of Nick Souquet. The veteran jockey has been a fixture down south for all of his thirty years in the saddle. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 389: Tappy chats with Frank Cook

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Episode 389: Tappy chats with Frank Cook

Punters and racing fans are familiar with the maroon, yellow and white silks of Mystery Downs, a company managed by Frank and Christine Cook. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 388: Tappy chats with Mick Robins

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Episode 388: Tappy chats with Mick Robins

With the Melbourne Cup only a month away the familiar trivia questions are starting to pop up in the pubs and clubs. One popular question is the one about the oldest person still living who has trained a Melbourne Cup winner. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 387: Tappy chats with Stan Aitken

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Episode 387: Tappy chats with Stan Aitken

Nineteen years have passed since Stan Aitken called time on his successful riding career. The multiple Gr 1 winning jockey continued to work in the racing industry as a groundsman for the Ballarat Race Club until his retirement a few years ago. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 386: Tappy chats with Mark Newnham

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Episode 386: Tappy chats with Mark Newnham

Mark Newnham’s career story is one of a young bloke who held on to his dream like a dog with an old boot. From the first day his father took him to the races, young Newnham knew he wanted a future with horses. (CLICK ON 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 383: Tappy chats with John Wade

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Episode 383: Tappy chats with John Wade

I caught up with John Wade at the recent Jockeys Reunion and the idea of a podcast immediately sprang to mind. He’s not the kind of bloke to talk about his many achievements in the saddle, but happily I was able to pin him down. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 382: Tappy chats with Dwayne Schmidt

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Episode 382: Tappy chats with Dwayne Schmidt

Enjoy nothing more than heading “bush” for our podcast chats. This week we go to Big River Country to catch up with Grafton trainer Dwayne Schmidt who operates a twenty horse operation from Grafton. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 381: Tappy chats with Greg Radley

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Episode 381: Tappy chats with Greg Radley

Had Greg Radley not tried his hand as a radio presenter in Brisbane and Sydney he may still be calling races in the Hunter Valley where it all began thirty five years ago. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 380: Tappy chats with Neil Paine

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Episode 380: Tappy chats with Neil Paine

You can’t say Neil Paine has created a trend with his wardrobe of colourful outfits because nobody else has followed a similar path. Unperturbed he’ll continue to set the pace in his role as race day manager for the Waterhouse/Bott yard. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 379: Tappy chats with Nick Olive

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Episode 379: Tappy chats with Nick Olive

Great to catch up with trainer Nick Olive who looks like surviving yet another Canberra winter. Nick takes us back to the fateful day when his father took him and brother Tim to a Canberra race meeting. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

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Episode 378: Tappy chats with Harry Troy

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Episode 378: Tappy chats with Harry Troy

Received a surprise email from Harry Troy who says he’s a regular listener to our podcasts in Macau. It suddenly struck me that we hadn’t recorded a chat with this man. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

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Episode 377: Tappy chats with Lindsey Smith

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Episode 377: Tappy chats with Lindsey Smith

Lindsey took a giant step in 2019 when he opened a business at Warrnambool, but left his WA stables operating under the supervision of a trusted lieutenant. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)