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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 159: Malcolm Fitzgerald
Description: Great to catch up with popular Malcolm Fitzgerald who looks back on a horror two weeks in which the bushfires came dangerously close to the Racing NSW property he manages near Taree.
Mal talks of the job he loves, as he and partner Holly supervise the welfare of 60 former racehorses at Oxley Island. The couple assess and place suitable horses in the right homes.Â
Mal reflects on his childhood with foster parents and the ambition to become a jockey.
He talks of early days as a bush apprentice and the opportunity that led h...