JOHN TAPP RACING PODCAST
JOHN TAPP RACING PODCAST
Episode 42: Tappy chats with Pat Webster
Pat Webster began his racing life, as an apprentice jockey with trainer Betty Lane at Geurie (NSW). He graduated to Sydney where his riding career took off, but was abruptly halted by a nasty race fall.
Episode 41: Tappy chats with Gavin Lang
Australian harness racing has never seen a better driver than Gavin Lang.
Now nearing 60, the master reinsman has a staggering total of 6,150 winners to his credit.
Episode 40: Tappy chats with Mark Minervini
The Inglis Digital Online Auction has produced some exciting results, since its introduction in May 2017. SA trainer Mark Minervini showed great judgement in buying a mare from Kalgoorlie last December.
Episode 39: Tappy chats with Stephen Baster
Melbourne jockey Stephen Baster is nudging up towards 1,500 career winners, and has a healthy haul of 14 Gr1 successes.
Episode 38: Tappy chats with Alan Bailey
Our podcast guest is Alan Bailey, who retired from the training ranks six years ago with 3000 winners under his belt.
Episode 37: Tappy chats with Gavin Fitzpatrick
On the trots trail we welcome to the podcast, popular Gavin Fitzpatrick. He’s a talented driver with 1500 winners to prove it.
Episode 36: Tappy chats with Greg Miles
When Greg Miles called Almandin’s Melbourne Cup in 2016, his name went into the history books. He nudged past the great Bill Collins, to set a new Australian record of 36 Cup calls.
Episode 35: Tappy chats with Rachel King
A delight to welcome to the podcast, Rachel King who has burst onto the Sydney racing scene in a big way, since arriving from England only four years ago.
Episode 34: Tappy chats with Brian York
Brian talks about the fall that ended his career sixteen years ago. He reflects on a career that brought him 2000 winners and 35 Group 1 majors.
Episode 33: Tappy chats with Jim Douglass
Had Jim Douglass not seen harness racing on TV at home one night, he may not be in the business today. It prompted him to complete work experience in a harness stable, and from that moment on, he was hooked.
Episode 32: Tappy chats with Darren Gauci
Darren Gauci’s farewell race day at Caulfield last year, was one of the most emotional ever seen.
Episode 31: Tappy chats with Tim Clark
Tim Clark talks about his beginnings in the bush with country trainer Peter Clancy, to a couple of exciting seasons in Hong Kong, to a place among the elite of Sydney jockeys.
Episode 30: Tappy chats with Leon Macdonald
The powerful Lindsay Park training empire has dominated South Australian racing since 1965.
Adelaide trainers have always struggled to compete, but Leon Macdonald has managed to win two premierships in his own right.
Episode 29: Tappy chats with Pat Carey
There’s no more highly thought of trainer in Victoria than multiple Group 1 winner Pat Carey.
Episode 28: Tappy chats with Luke Murrell
Racehorse syndication reached a new horizon in 2014 when German galloper Protectionist brilliantly won the Melbourne Cup. Australian Bloodstock sourced the horse,handled all negotiations and syndicated a large number of shares to Australian owners.
Episode 27: Tappy chats with Jason Collett
Joining us on the podcast is expatriate Kiwi jockey Jason Collett who rode 94 winners last season, against a powerful line up of NSW jockeys.
Episode 26: Tappy chats with Victoria Shaw
We chat with a lady who has never let go of her dream. Melbourne based Victoria Shaw has been trying to find a livelihood as a race caller for more than twenty years.
Episode 25: Tappy chats with Kerry Ann Turner
Twenty nine year old Kerry Ann Turner realised a dream recently, when she was crowned champion NSW trainer for the 2017/18 season.
Episode 24: Tappy chats with Bryan Martin
Many of Bryan Martin’s friends were surprised when he quit race calling at age 57 in 2007. They were not one bit surprised when he decided on a comeback for Radio SEN, three years later.
Episode 23: Tappy chats with Peter Tighe
When Queensland racing tragic Peter Tighe, bought a one third share in a Street Cry filly at the 2013 Magic Millions Sale, he expected little and hoped for the best.