Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Re your story about equestrian Heath Ryan unduly whipping a horse 4o times. Did you see the video? I can’t watch it (because I can’t play it not any other sensibilities) Editor’s Note – Yes I did. Here it is at the link below. https://www.nine.com.au/sport/news-2025-equestrian-heath-ryan-australian-olympian-video-whipping-horse-reaction-20250612-p5m71y.html Distasteful as it maybe the key is in the video […]
Australian Olympic equestrian representative Heath Ryan, pictured in 2012. Picture: Chris Eastman Me thinks the bloke in the story below’s Olympic dreams are dead. If all things are fair in this world, then just like Tasmanian gallops trainer Liandra Gray who was charged with a criminal offence after also whipping a horse 4o times, this […]
No person shall administer or apply or cause to be administered or applied to any horse which has been entered in any race, or have in his possession within the confines of a racetrack or racetrack stables, sheds, or buildings on racetrack grounds where horses are kept which are eligible to race over a racetrack […]
Tasmanian trainer Wayne Yole has lodged an appeal with the Tasmanian Racing Appeals Board against Tasracing’s decision to impose conditions on his license that prevent him from training out of the Sidmouth property previously occupied by his son Ben, who is currently disqualified. Yole has cited six ground for appeal: The decision maker – Tasracing […]
Here is a report in today’s Tasmanian newspaper regarding trainer Liandra Gray’s animal cruelty conviction. It’s not particularly pretty reading. An immediate suspension of her license surely awaits.
The mail out of the Devonport courts is that Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray has been found guilty of the animal cruelty offence with which she was charged. Sentencing of Gray has been set down for July. According to our sources there were a number of Tasracing integrity officials present in court to hear the delivery […]
The delivery of the Liandra Gray animal cruelty case decision has copped more checks than a bank teller on a Friday afternoon, with the matter again delayed this week. The decision is now set down to be announced next Tuesday. Barring a new pandemic we are told Gray will definitely know her fate then. We […]
The decision in Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray’s matter will now be delivered on Wednesday in the Devonport court. It will be a nervous wait for Gray, whose racing career rests on the result.
So due to a condition that Tasracing has placed on his license Wayne Yole is no longer permitted to train out of the Sidmouth dustbowl, or to keep horses there. Yole is still licensed however. All he needs to do to keep the show running is to find a suitable alternative property to house his […]
20 May 2025 Sean Carroll, Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner Statement concerning the property at 117 Valley Road, Sidmouth The Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner (Commissioner) has been advised that, on 19 May 2025, Tasracing issued Mr Wayne Yole, harness racing trainer, with a notice imposing a condition on his trainer’s licence that he is not permitted […]
