Lance O’Sullivan: Star Jockey Reflects on Historic Career & Misconceptions About Horse Racing

Lance O’Sullivan is New Zealand racing royalty. A Hall of Fame jockey, who is the son of a Hall of Fame trainer.

Lance was born to racing and from his first race in 1980, wins and records fell to him as if by right. He was a champion jockey a record twelve times, had six wins in a day on five occasions, 62 Group One wins (including 10 in Australia) and from start to finish – rode nearly 2,500 winners.

In this episode we learn why Lance wakes up at 3.30am and why Damien McKenzie is often at his house, how he won the Japan Cup on Horlicks in 1989 in front of 140,000 people, his feelings on finishing second behind Bonecrusher in the ‘race of the century’, how his wife Bridgette turned the Red Barn into one of NZ’s best wedding venues, the state of the racing industry in NZ, animal welfare, family and so much more.

This was a ripper of a chat – and Lance was the perfect guest to take us behind the scenes of the racing world.

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