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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 210: Mick Robins
Description: It was a delight to catch up with an elder statesman of the Australian training ranks. Mick Robins is turning 90 in July, but sounds years younger as he takes us on a sentimental journey.
Mick talks of his recent stint in hospital after a heavy fall at the Mornington stables of Tony Noonan.
The grand old horseman takes us back to his first job as an apprentice butcher in wartime Broken Hill.
Mick reflects on his days below the surface of the earth as he helped to mine the silver, zinc and lead...