John Tapp Racing

Great to catch up with an eminently successful jockey who quit the saddle in 1995 when niggling injuries caught up with him. Maurice Logue went straight into a tutorial role with the Australian Jockey Club. He talks of his recent appointment to the team at Harness Racing NSW as Education and Welfare Officer. Maurice outlines the establishment of Mates4Harness, a new initiative designed to help participants with any kind of emotional issue. The former successful jockey explains the concept of the new facility, and tells us a little about the structure of the team at HRNSW headquarters, and the Ambassadors who are based in regional centres. Maurice explains the function of the new initiative and how people can get in touch if in need of support. He tells one great story of his early days as a tutor for the AJC and the budding star jockey who was looking for guidance. Maurice reflects on early days in Dubbo with his parents Ian and Lesley Logue. His Dad was a battling bush jockey and his mother a trainer. Both h