John Tapp Racing

The champion jockey is still coming to terms with the fact that he’ll never ride again. Corey was happy to talk to us about the announcement of his retirement and the nightmare he’s lived through in the two years since his life changing accident at Eagle Farm. He talks of the day his specialist told him he desperately needed spinal fusion surgery. Corey talks of his horror when WorkCover told him they needed a second opinion before the surgery could be approved. The champion jockey explains that he was on the brink of mounting a court challenge to WorkCover’s ruling. Corey talks of the specialist’s findings and the six hour operation that followed. He talks of the agonizing moment when he quizzed the Doctors about the chances of a comeback. Corey says the reality struck home when he made the official announcement of his retirement. The popular jockey looks back on his first official outing since the accident- a Taree race meeting featuring the race named in his honour, the Corey Brown Cup. Time to rem