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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 195: Fred Kersley (Part 2 Re-run)
Description: In this segment Fred looks back on the frustrating years when he struggled to gain a WA Thoroughbred trainer’s licence. He’d just about given up when a race club committeeman came to his rescue.
He remembers the thrill of saddling up his first winner at the gallops. The horse was Little Hero at Belmont in 1989.
Fred takes us back to the day he bought a half share in a yearling with ordinary conformation, because he happened to like the youngster’s sire.
He takes us through the extraordinary career of Northerly who we...