John Tapp Racing

The respected Victorian trainer talks of his childhood on a dairy farm at Seaford and of his hard working father’s love of the thoroughbred. Colin recalls his aspirations to become a jockey and his brief experience at the Drouin picnic races. He remembers with affection a mare called Byam Rose who launched his career as a trainer. Colin reflects on the career of his first genuine group performer Nicholas John, and the big plunge the horse landed in winning the AJC Metropolitan. He reminisces about the courageous Sea Legend who should have gone close to winning the 1986 Melbourne Cup. He remembers with affection horses like Apollo Run, Dapper’s Hope and Alderson the horse most people thought he’d named after himself. He tells the real story.