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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 211: Col Hodges OAM
Description: Great to catch up with the voice of NSW central west racing. Col Hodges covers meetings at 25 venues and is a living legend in the region.
He talks of a happy childhood at Bogan Gate (NSW) and school days at the curiously named Gunning Gap, a push bike ride from the family farm.
The veteran commentator recalls his fascination with the ABC race callers of the 1950’s.
Col looks back on his admiration for the shearing contractors who visited the family property. He reminisces about his thirty years in the shearing sheds of th...