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Podcast: John Tapp Racing
Episode: Episode 362: John Hutchings
Description: John Hutchings was one of the most gifted country jockeys of his generation. Between the mid 1960’s and mid 1990’s John rode 1470 winners and won nine jockey’s apprenticeships, three of them while still an apprentice. Now in retirement at Grafton, he was happy to reminisce on the podcast. John says he’s not much heavier than he was at the end of his riding career.
He talks of his Grafton property and the lucerne crop he maintains to supply hay to local racing people.
John looks back on his brilliant riding career and rues his long...