Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A few months back Tasmania was running 10 race cards on a Friday night, with with an average of about 11 horse fields in each race. That most of the runners were trained by Ben Yole seemed not to matter. All that was important was that the wagering turnover kept rolling in, because it was […]
Each of the following horses raced at Hobart on the 15th of January 2023 under the name of Ben Yole as trainer. Three are dead, none of them older than 1o-years of age. A whole lot of others have vanished, the names of their owners and trainer removed from the official record. Others are who […]
Tasracing has endorsed the issuing of notices to ban four racing industry participants adversely named in the Murrihy Report on Friday. Tasracing chief executive Andrew Jenkins said the Warning Off Notices were issued this morning (last Friday) and would take effect immediately. “Warning Off Notices cannot be open ended in terms of time,” he said. “An […]
I wonder which one of these is the horse owned by the HRA Chairman’s wife? Wayne Yole has 42 runners at the Launceston meeting on Sunday night. That is more than he has had in any entire season since 2007/8, with the exception of 2021 when he had 43 starters across the year. They are […]
Tasracing has won a courtroom battle to block harness racing identities Ben Yole, Tim Yole, Nathan Ford, and Mitchell Ford from entering racetracks under its control. The move to ban the foursome came early this year, with Tasracing issuing “warning-off” notices on February 2 to those adversely named in the Murrihy Report into the harness racing […]
Breaking news out of Launceston is that Ben Yole and others (presumably his brother and the Ford brothers) have lost their substantive appeal against being warned off from all racetracks. We are told that TasRacing will be reissuing the warning off notices against the four on Monday, meaning if the mail is right that after […]
See the Stewards Report from Sunday’s Launceston harness meeting on Sunday? The Tasmanian race day Stewards questioned trainer B – for Ben – Yole about the performance of Endeavour Stride in race 9. That would be fine except that Ben Yole isn’t the officially registered trainer of the horse. His father Wayne Yole is. It […]
OFFICE OF RACING INTEGRITY and MR MITCHELL FORD Date of hearing: Friday 29th March 2024 Stewards Panel: Neil Finnigan (Chair); Roger Brown Present: Mr Mitchell Ford Rule: Australian Harness Racing Rules Charge: That Mr Mitchell Ford did present to drive at the Tasmanian Trotting Club meeting on Sunday 25th […]
Mitch Ford pleaded guilty to the charge of having Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Benzodiazepines and Cocaine Metabolites in his system when he presented to drive at the Hobart meeting on Sunday the 5th of February, and was sentenced on the basis of his claim that the drugs were the residue from a single pill that he had taken […]
