JOHN TAPP RACING PODCAST
JOHN TAPP RACING PODCAST
Episode 259: Tappy chats with John Scorse
Great to catch up with John Scorse who is now a familiar member of the Sky team as he covers meetings on twelve tracks in the South East and Southern Districts. (click on image for more photos)
Episode 211: Tappy chats with Col Hodges OAM
Great to catch up with the voice of NSW central west racing. Col Hodges covers meetings at 25 venues and is a living legend in the region. (click on image for more photos)
Episode 200: Tappy chats with Andrew Bensley - Part 2
In the 200th segment since our website began in 2018, Andrew Bensley looks back on his years with Sky TV and radio. (click on the image for more photos)
Episode 199: Tappy chats with Andrew Bensley - Part 1
In Part 1 Andrew outlines his reasons for bringing down the curtain on his long career with Sky Racing and Sky Sports Radio. He talks of his childhood in Wangaratta and the elderly neighbours he called Nan and Pa. They introduced him to the excitement of the racetrack. (click on image for more photos)
Episode 192: Tappy chats with Rod Gallegos - Part 2
In part 2 Rod talks of Keith Noud’s ability to call a race before dashing to the press box to file a story on the same race. He takes us through some very funny incidents during his race broadcasting days. Incidents like the amorous liaison taking place in a bunker on the infield golf course at Laidley. (click image for more photos)
Episode 191: Tappy chats with Rod Gallegos - Part 1
Rod Gallegos talks of his upbringing in the popular Queensland town of Bundaberg. He recalls the racing characters he met at his Grandmother’s boarding house. (click on image for more photos)
Episode 136: Tappy chats with Graham McNeice (Part 2)
In this segment “the Shadow” looks back on the arrival of satellite sports television in Australia. He was one of the pioneers.
Episode 135: Tappy chats with Graham McNeice (Part 1)
In segment 1 Graham talks of childhood days in his father’s Croydon Park butcher shop and the second business that flourished behind the counter. He talks of his association with the dynamic Frank Kennedy who got him started as a race caller.
Episode 93: Tappy chats with Bernadette Cooper (Part 2)
In part 2 Bernie takes us right back to her childhood days in pony club and her apprenticeship to Col Williamson on the Sunny Coast.
Episode 54: Tappy chats with Richard Freedman
I had many a conversation with Richard Freedman at Sky Channel, and not once did he hint that he might train horses again. Two years ago the bug bit him when he pre-trained a few for brother Michael at Hawkesbury.