John Tapp Racing

We catch up with a former Hawkesbury trainer who surprised friends and clients when he  slipped away from racing four years ago. Warwick explains the reasons for his departure. He gives the impression he hasn’t completely dismissed a return to training down the track. Warwick looks back on his childhood days in the saddle, and gives great credit to the work being done by the Pony Club movement around Australia. He remembers his transition to showjumpers. He recalls riding trackwork for his father at Hawkesbury , and a brief career as an amateur jockey.  Warwick looks back on work experience in the Ray Guy stable, a short stint on a stud farm and his first experience as a trainer in his own right.   He looks back on a decade operating his own poultry farm at Kellyville.   The sixty six year old recalls his modest start as a full time trainer and pays tribute to a few special horses who got him on his way.   Warwick capsulises the career of Prince Trialia, the horse who didn’t attract a bid at the yea