John Tapp Racing

With the 2022 Inglis Easter Sale upon us we thought it timely to chat with long time vendor John Muir. The former high profile car dealer runs Milburn Creek, a boutique breeding farm at Wildes Meadow on the Southern Highlands. John begins by talking about the 2018 sale of the landmark Muir’s Motors  dealership on Parramatta Rd. Ashfield.  John reveals that his late father Les Muir had predicted the intrusion of an underground road link.  He talks of his father’s early connection with General Motors Holden which in the 1950’s commanded a major percentage of the Sydney car market.  John looks back on childhood days in a house situated right on the car yard. He recalls teaching himself to ride on an uncle’s pony. Later he got to ride a pony owned by a Randwick horse trainer who didn’t think much of his style in the saddle. He talks of an early work experience stint with a legendary horse trainer. John predictably joined Muir’s Motors but got no favours. He remembers some of the thankless jobs his father gave him