Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Ben Yole trained 49 of the 60 runners in races 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 at Burnie on Friday night. He had only 2 of the 8 in Race Two, and in Race Five he had just 3 of the 9. They were the only two that Chainsaw lost all night. In fact […]
Race 1 at Burnie, Friday night. $5950 in stakes. 10 horse race. Ben Yole trains them all, every single one. Watch the horse in the purple and white in the 1-1 in the replay of the last lap (below). Tell me it was trying. Go on, I dare you. This is match fixing, right in […]
There has been very strong mail floating around in Kiwi racing circles that current HRNZ CEO Garry Woodham is abandoning the sinking ship and moving over the ditch to take up a very senior role in racing in Australia. Many have this new job for Woodham as being the CEO role at Harness Racing Victoria, […]
The Tassie thing involved the jockey Ismael Toker, and was a running and handling charge. We will never know if he was good for it or not, due to the absolute incompetence of the stipes. You see down in Tasmania there is a local rule that says that inquiries must – MUST – be handled […]
I am told that a decision is going to be handed down today in a Tasmanian racing matter that is going to shine the spotlight squarely on the ineptitude of the present Stewards, or at least on those who were in charge of the particular meeting at hand. They say it’s the screw up of […]
We told you some months ago that TasRacing CEO Paul Erikkson had been sacked from his job. In a more recent article early last month we repeated our claims of his sacking, and questioned how the man could have been subsequently appointed as CEO or the trouble plagued peak body of the gallops sport Racing […]
I’m told that Paul Eriksson is one of those blokes who used to run Enron. The smartest man in the room. In fact we will nickname him Enron right here and now. Back in around June/July a serious complaint was lodged by the usually mild mannered Launceston Greyhound Club (LGC), who claimed that Enron behaved […]
See the blokes on the far right in the crowd watching the first race at the Burnie trots last Friday night? They’re associated with the Ben Yole stable. See the man in the white long sleeved shirt? That is the Chief Steward Roger Brown, who is chairing the Stewards panel at the meeting. What is Brown […]
Ben Yole earns $11 in prizemoney for every $9 that the other nine trainers in the top ten earn combined, which is no surprise at all because Yole produces three times as many starters each week as the rest of them put together. Based on these numbers then, Tasracing’s seemingly crazed announcement to pour another […]
There are many things you can say about John ‘Hollywood’ McMullen, and one is that no matter what the handicap was, he’d never weigh in light. Which is why it’s lucky that pacers and trotters aren’t handicapped by weight, for Hollywood would have never won all those premierships in the 80’s if they were. It […]
