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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 194: Fred Kersley (Part 1 Re-run)
Description: The first segment of this special interview reviews the master horseman’s long and brilliant career as a trainer and driver in the harness racing field.
Fred tells the story of his grandfather taking two pacers from Adelaide to Perth by ship, while the rest of the family crossed the Nullabor in an old Buick car. The Kersleys have been in Western Australia ever since.
He reflects on the brilliant training and driving career of his father Fred Kersley Snr, who had never been able to win a WA Pacing Cup.Towards the end of hi...