Episode 167: Tappy chats with Neville Begg (Part 2)

Image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - Neville and Graeme Begg together at the races.

Image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - Neville and Graeme Begg together at the races.

In part 2 the legendary trainer pays tribute to his all time favourite Emancipation, winner of 19 races. He draws comparisons with Sunline and Winx.

Neville has good things to say about Dalmacia, a horse he was offered over the birdcage fence at a race meeting.

He looks back on his Golden Slipper win with Dark Eclipse in 1980 with his former apprentice Kevin Moses in the saddle.

Neville looks back on a 20 year association with Ron Quinton. They were one of the strongest combinations ever seen in Sydney racing.

He talks of Veloso and Best Western, the two that got away. He trained them both early in their careers, but lost them to other trainers after ownership changes.

Neville concludes with reflections of his training years in Hong Kong. He returned to Australia in 1996 and never trained again.

(Banner image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - The great mare, Emancipation, in one of her 19 wins, the 1994 George Ryder Stakes.)

Image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - Heat Of The Moment displays the Begg polish as she heads to the barrier before her win in the 1985 Wakeful Stakes.

Image courtesy Steve Hart Photographics - Heat Of The Moment displays the Begg polish as she heads to the barrier before her win in the 1985 Wakeful Stakes.