Image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - Bob Thomsen early in his training career.
Bob Thomsen taught himself the basics of horsemanship at a riding school, before becoming apprenticed to Tommy Smith in 1957.
He rode 40 winners, most of them on metropolitan tracks before a disagreement with TJ changed his life.
Bob took out his own trainer’s licence and after a modest start went on to reach the pinnacle of the profession.He talks frankly about those early days.
(Banner image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics)