Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have written repeatedly about how trot trainer Paul Tonkin was dealt a massive injustice by Harness Racing NSW Stewards when the honored member of the community who had saved people’s lives through his work was disqualified for 18 months and vilified as a drug cheat, merely because one of his horses threw a positive […]
Serial animal abuser Liandra Gray is back riding track work for trainer Barry Campbell. Barry Campbell is the Tasmanian trainer for well known syndicator Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds. Considering he’s had one of the best seasons last year when she was disqualified why would you want a convicted animal abuser riding track work for you? […]
Betr are saying that they are moving their bookmaking license from the Northern Territory to Tasmania to “support the company’s objective of operating from a jurisdiction that aligns with its long-term strategic, governance and responsible gambling priorities”. If you believe it you’re as silly as a wheel, even sillier than the Betr spin doctors who […]
Trainer Ben Yole and his driver brother Tim’s appeals against their 3-year-disqualifications have finally been determined. The result? Protest dismissed, Stewards placings confirmed. In other words the Yole’s lost. We don’t know why, because the decisions haven’t been published yet. Our guess is because they were as guilty as sin, and not even Damian “The […]
I love Tasmania. It’s a crazy cool little island with more quirks that McGuirk, and most of them good. The politics of the joint are crazy though, especially when it comes to racing. Jane Howlett has been outspoken in defense of harness racing, mainly on the side of the crooks, Ben Yole in particular. Whether […]
There is interesting mail out of Tasmania that disqualified harness racing participant Mark Reggett’s appeal last week against his 5 year disqualification for EPO was disrupted by the unexpected – by Reggett anyway – appearance of 5 police to meet him at the appeal room door. It is said that these officers seized his phone. […]
There is nothing official published about it yet, but we all know that Tasmanian dual code trainer Connor Crook has been done for having vials of EPO. While the matter is being sorted, Tasracing has determined to refuse Crook’s nominations for both his gallopers and his pacers, which is fair enough because if you possess […]
The whispers out of the Tasmanian bunker are that big cuts are coming to the racing calendar for the coming year that will see the number of race meetings in all codes slashed due to financial pressures being experienced by the peak body Tasracing. We are told that 4 thoroughbred race meetings, 10 harness racing […]
Conor Crook is the Tasmanian trot trainer that we told you during the week was caught with around 1o vials of EPO, and although that is yet to be made public by the authorities, trust us it’s true. This is the Stewards report from Launceston last Sunday. Gee I wonder what the Stewards found? And […]
A watchful observer will have noticed that all of Tasmanian trot trainer Connor Crook’s seven runners over the weekend have been scratched, five from Launceston on Friday night and two from Hobart on Sunday. There is a reason for this. It has not been publicly announced yet, but Connor Crook has been caught by Stewards […]
