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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 280: Jessica Eaton
Description: Now in her final season as an apprentice 27 year old Jessica is totally focused on maintaining her current lead over Todd Pannell on the SA premiership ladder. She transferred from Melbourne to Adelaide in the hope she might pick up a few more rides. She has to pinch herself to realise she’s Adelaide’s top jockey halfway through the season.
Jess says she’d received a few offers from Michael Hickmott to move to Murray Bridge before she finally bit the bullet.Â
The young jockey reflects on her childhood at Mt Waverley in Melbourne and her...