Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is movement at the station in Tasmania, and it started in Hong Kong. The Tassie minister for racing Felix Ellis was not happy to discover that the CEO of Tasracing Andrew Jenkins had spent the last week in Honkers with the chairman of the board Jean Phair on a trip fully funded by Tasracing. […]
Ben Yole’s best mate the Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock – who was recently disqualified for life after live baiting after the tail of a pademelon (a small possum sized kangaroo) was found on a lure at his property – has appealed his DQ, claiming that deceitful animal activists had ‘planted’ the tail. It’s a […]
Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole is making hay while the sun still shines until Ray Murrihy’s full report into his nefarious activities is publicly released, which surely can’t be too far away. Chainsaw won 5 of the 8 races on the card at Hobart last night, which wasn’t all too hard given that he trained most of […]
Last week Tasracing was questioned in a government scrutiny meeting about participants not having workers compensation cover, a burning question in light of the terrible recent accident involving the young staff of Ben Yole . Tasracing’s CEO Andrew Jenkins advised the parliamentarians on the committee that he was looking into the matter. After a lot […]
Tasmanian police officer aired ‘fatigue’ safety concerns with Tasracing boss following horse float crash, emails show A Tasmanian police officer who attended a serious crash that injured five harness racing employees and then wrote to the head of Tasracing with concerns was taken off the case after the racing boss spoke to a more senior […]
Ray Murrihy’s full and final report into allegations of race fixing and animal cruelty by the Ben Yole stable was handed in to the Tasmanian Racing Minister on Friday, although it is yet to be publicly released. Clearly making hay while the sun still shines, on the very same day at Burnie the brazen Chainsaw […]
In one of the most bizarre appointments in harness racing history, the convicted drug cheat Neville Webberley has landed a job with TasRacing as instructor to Harness Academy and Mini Trots drivers. How could this happen? In a widely publicised case in 2012 Webberley was outed for 4 years (later reduced to 3) for administering […]
In the story below that we published in April we told you that Ben Yole didn’t have workers compensation insurance for the young workers who were injured in the terrible accident on the way home from the races in Hobart as required by law, and that he was underpaying their rightful entitlement to wages. We […]
We have it on excellent authority that Ben Yole Racing did not have workers compensation cover for his young workers involved in the tragic car accident in January 2023. In the State of Tasmania workers are covered under the Safe Work Tasmania Workers Compensation insurance scheme when they are working. That is, working under or […]
Government seeks review of award for banned greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock The state’s racing minister says he wants a review into the trainer of the year award given to recently banned Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock. What was said in state parliament. Tasracing has been asked to review the trainer of the year award given […]
