Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Don’t you just hate it when the connections of a beaten horse don’t lodge a protest, but the Stewards do? What hope is there of the same person deciding against themself on a panel of just two? Nil and Buckley’s is the answer, just as it proved after Steward B.J. Clark lodged a 4th v […]
As you see from the Stewards Report above, only 6 horses out of the 10 races at Doomben yesterday were pre-race swabbed, and only the winners tested after the race, making it 16 in all that gave a sample. The Stipes report always details the swab attendants and vets working at the meeting, almost without […]
Victorian barrister Damian Sheales (pictured above) is – along with Jim Murdoch KC, Tim Game SC, and Wayne Pasterfield CT (Campbelltown) – generally regarded as one of the best racing lawyers in the land, a true Group 1 standard performer, and with very good reason given his outstanding record of results. As good as he […]
Do you remember us telling you a couple of months ago about how repeat offending hook merchant jockey Dale Evans pulled up a fave named Nic Me Some in a race at Mackay? The Deadest Ride of the Year – Dale Evans Should Be Put Out For Life – UPDATED Well Evan has finally been […]
Dear Peter Profit The report into Ben Yole is a fantastic step forward for our local industry. My concern is the members of the independent stewards panel who have been appointed to investigate Yole further. They are Mr John Hackett and Mr Larry Wilson from QLD, and Mr Barry Delaney from Victoria. The concern I […]
Tell me this Archie. The entire harness industry has had enough of Ben Yole and we have for a long time. But who is to blame? The industry has been beating their heads against the wall for years. And those who were playing by the rules have been pushed out of the industry. Some may […]
There was yet another one horse race and walkover at Hobart last night as a result of the mass withdrawal of Ben Yole stable runners, making it the third this weekend. This led to an unusual spectacle as the winner of the walkover – the only horse in it, Agouda Ruler – paced along in […]
Archie Here is exactly how Ben Yole can feed the horses. The figures above are he and the horse’s owner’s winnings for just the two months that the Tasmanian government sat on the Murrihy Report. I have lost all respect for Ric McIntosh. Integrity IS the winner Belle from Burnie
Horses swabbed pre-race LUVARCHIE, UNCOMMON VALOUR, CLYDE, CAPTAIN FENKEL, BRAD, REDWOOD SHADOW. The QRIC’s inane and insane non-pre race blood test swabbing regime continued at Eagle Farm yesterday, with samples take before the race from only 6 runners on the 9 race card. Isn’t that grand? Is the Commissioner for real believing that this is […]
Country Victorian race caller Ric McIntosh’s take on the Ben Yole ban is an illustration of everything thing that is wrong in the halls of power of harness racing. Instead of damning and condemning the abhorrent conduct of Yole, McIntosh – a prominent harness racing influencer – wants us to feel sorry for big bad […]
