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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 340: Bob Thomsen
Description: The former outstanding Randwick trainer talks about his introduction to horses at an Oatley riding school, and his interest in becoming an apprentice jockey.
Bob recalls that his interview with Tommy Smith was arranged by his father’s friend Arthur Davies, better known as Channel 9’s Clarence The Clocker.
He looks back on 40 winners as an apprentice- most trained by his master, and all on metropolitan tracks. He acknowledges other great horsemen who helped him along the way.
Bob spent 17 years at Tulloch Lodge but left following a dispute with T.J.Smith. He exp...