Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
They would have to be kidding wouldn’t they? Charging race fans who can’t get to Emerald for the ceremony $22.19 to watch a live stream of the Queensland Country Racing Awards. These people are rorters. They are being sponsored to the tune of a large sum of money generously donated by Ladrokes. A number of […]
I was very sad to hear about the passing of Roy Purdon overnight. I only had the chance to meet Roy once – I remember I called him Sir, and he laughed at me – but I’m very friendly with his son and training partner Barry and his wife Katrina, and I know that they […]
Dr John McKenna is a the race day vet at the Devonport and Launceston trots. He is also believed to be Ben Yole’s vet too, at least for part of the time. If that information is true, you would imagine that it would have been declared to Tasracing as a conflict of interest, for it […]
This is Lord Bazalup. He is a pacer, but more accurately, he is a walker. Jamie Durnberger from Summit Bloodstock owns him. Summit Bloodstock is Australia’s larges harness race horse owner by volume. Ben Yole is Lord Bazalup’s trainer. Last week Ben was honoured by Harness Racing Australia with an award as the nation’s leading […]
A huge controversy has erupted in Tasmania over the racing authority Tasracing seemingly hooking the fields to allow the Ben Yole stable to race its horses up to four times in ten days at the expense of pacers from other stables in the State which are being denied a run at all. Under the Tasmanian […]
Dear Paul, I am writing as a follow up to my email sent on Friday 21st January which did not receive a reply and needs to be addressed. BOTRA has received a high volume of calls and messages in relation to the TTC meeting on January 26th since Friday the 21st. Participants are outraged with […]
Shaun, Thanks for your email from Friday and today raising concerns around the Wednesday 26th January TTC meeting at Elwick. In relation to the Friday email I was of the view that the industry communication that was released on Friday afternoon addressed your concerns and the issues raised. I quote from it below. “We are writing […]
