Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
King Island is not a very big place. Only 1600 people live there. Few of them are involved in the trots. At the meetings run so far this summer only four trainers have turned out a horse. Two of them are the father and son team of Peter and James Jakowenko. Shane Keeler is another. […]
Take a look at what Tasmanian driver Nathan Ford does here as they turn for home. Bloody hell, how obvious can a cheat be? Ford pretends that he isn’t, but he clearly steers the leader off the fence to let the runner boxed up on his back through. It wins of course. That’s what it […]
In what seems to be an extended season of racing licensees making appearances in court on various types of criminal charges, we look to Tasmania and find another one. No it’s not Ben Yole, even though it should be. Chainsaw is facing workplace health and safety charges at present, not criminal ones. That task is […]
Hello As you’re probably aware Ben Yole’s associate Robert Walters (pictured at top) is on the Tasmania unpaid forfeits list, which disqualifies him from participation in the industry. https://nre.tas.gov.au/racing/disqualified-warned-off-and-forfeits-list#Harness-ForfeitListbr He certainly can’t own horses and definitely can’t be in contact or associate with licensed people. Have a look at the ownership of Always Be Brendan […]
Hey Archie Help a bloke out here & tell me how a trainer charged with animal welfare breaches can be given a stay of proceedings that allows them to continue to train? The parasite I refer to is Nicholas Howlett (pictured), the same trainer who raced a dog with cocaine in it’s system and tried […]
Watch driver Tiarna Ford’s use of the cane on the winner Hurricane Rock from the 400m mark on in the 6th race at Launceston on Sunday. Hurricane Rock’s the horse in the green and gold coming around the outside. Ford doesn’t just breach the whip rule, she smashes it into little pieces as she smashes […]
Watch driver Tiarna Ford take off for home a lap early in this race at Burnie last Friday night. Ford sees the horse in front of her in the death under the whip, gets a rush of blood and loses count of the laps. She thinks that its the final one. It’s not. There is […]
Tasmanian racing is a fiscal basket case. The just released 2023/24 Tasracing annual report reveals that the three codes of racing earn just $34.4 million a year between them, but it costs almost $70 million to keep the game running. That means that the dogs, trots and gallops run circa $36 million in the red […]
Remember the story we told you last week about Tasmanian trot driver Mitch Ford hooking an Emma Stewart trained odds-on favorite named Free To Play at a recent Launceston meeting? Well the Tassie stewards have found Ford guilty of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures during therace to ensure that Free To Play […]
What the hell was driver Mitch Ford doing here in the 6th race on the Emma Stewart trained Free To Play (no 9. 2nd from the inside on the 2nd row)? Why did he allow the despised $91 outsider Shooin to cross him at the bll? Why didn’t he come out 3-wide ahead of Didyoulousaroosta […]
