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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 344: Mat Rue
Description: Great to catch up with Bathurst based harness horseman Mat Rue who at age 32 is already nearing 1000 career driving wins. He begins by acknowledging the brilliant win by his favourite Fouroeight in the recent Shirley Turnbull Memorial.
Mat talks of his admiration for Fouroeight who shattered his pelvis as a 3YO. Mat says the gelding’s attitude to racing is astonishing.
He talks of a handful of special horses who saved his sanity during Fouroeight’s long absence.
Mat looks back on his early life at Canowindra and his obsession with standardbreds from an e...