Episode 406: Tappy chats with Paul St Vincent

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)

Episode 405: Tappy chats with Jason Warren

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)

Episode 404: Tappy chats with Geoff Allendorf

Episode 404:  Tappy chats with Geoff Allendorf

After more than three years under lockdown in Macau, Geoff Allendorf was delighted to finally make it back to Australia over Xmas/New Year to catch up with family and friends. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Episode 403: Tappy chats with Mark de Montfort

Episode 403:  Tappy chats with Mark de Montfort

The 63 year old was stunned in November when diagnosed with Bradycardia - an excessively slow heart rate. While not life threatening the condition can cause sudden fatigue and shortage of breath when the sufferer is placed under high stress levels. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Episode 402: Tappy chats with Kevin Langby

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.)

Episode 401: Tappy chats with Anna Roper

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.)

Episode 400: Tappy chats with Danielle Seib

Episode 400:  Tappy chats with Danielle Seib

I’m delighted to welcome Danielle Seib as the subject of our 400th episode since the website was launched in May of 2018. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Episode 399: Tappy chats with Allan Denham

Episode 399:  Tappy chats with Allan Denham

Allan Denham’s intention to quit the training ranks was known only to family and a handful of close friends. Fittingly he went out on a winning note when Adios Steve won a BM 64 at Hawkesbury on June 30th 2022.

Episode 398: Tappy chats with Mathew Alesci

Episode 398:  Tappy chats with Mathew Alesci

Many people in racing are curious about the roles of modern day jockey agents. To do the job properly, busy managers have to be on call 24/7. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Episode 397: Tappy chats with Nick Heywood

Episode 397:  Tappy chats with Nick Heywood

If there’s a single positive about Nick Heywood’s current injury layoff, it’s the fact that we were able to pin him down for an interview. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Episode 396: Tappy chats with Glenn Munsie

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)

Episode 395: Tappy chats with Grant Williams

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)

Episode 394: Tappy chats with Ashley Morgan

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)

Episode 393: Tappy chats with Jamie Walter

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)

Episode 392: Tappy chats with Larry Olsen

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)

Episode 391: Tappy chats with Brad Widdup

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)

Episode 390: Tappy chats with Nick Souquet

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.)

Episode 389: Tappy chats with Frank Cook

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)

Episode 388: Tappy chats with Mick Robins

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)

Episode 387: Tappy chats with Stan Aitken

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)