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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 289: Glen Boss
Description: At last we catch up with one of the superstars of the Australian riding ranks. We launch straight into Glen’s memories of the freakish mare Makybe Diva who gave him three consecutive Melbourne Cup victories. He still gets goosebumps when he talks about the amazing staying mare.
He talks of the 1998 Melbourne Cup when he hit the front on Champagne and thought he was home. Glen couldn’t believe it when Jezabeel fought back to win.
The great jockey takes us back to childhood days at Beaudesert and his obsession with horses from an earl...