John Tapp Racing

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 term use of fluid pills and hunger suppressants. The former champion jockey talks of his heart scare six years ago. John pays tribute to his wife Julie, one of few female board members on Australian racing clubs. He talks of the two sons who chose not to follow Dad into the racing industry. “Hutcho” talks of his jockey brother Warren. They were both apprenticed to the same Grafton trainer. John remembers two protest hearings in which they were involved. He pays tribute to his former