Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Archie Thanks for noting the Daniel Ganderton penalty, I missed that one hidden at the bottom of a steward report rather than being a separate enquiry as it should have been. Chief Steward Bruce Free ‘Ride’ had 3 misconduct matters to deal with, and he sounded like the old broken record on each one with […]
Not content with having won more than $1.5 million prizemoney in Victoria and over past 10 days, Emma Stewart is now sending horses to race in Tasmania and scoop up stakes from the locals too. Stewart had 4 runners at the Apple Isle on the weekend, 1 at Hobart on Friday night and 3 at […]
“Most of us have almost had enough to be honest. What was the point of everything we’ve done so far and all the complaints we’ve made. What was it all for?” – Tasmanian licensee Kent Rattray What was it all for? When hearing the news that Tasmanian trot trainer Ben Yole has been granted his […]
As you can see Tasracing has given gallops trainer Tanya Hanson warm plaudits and a fond farewell upon her retirement from the racing industry, with the principal racing authority’s tribute to her published on its website. That says everything you need to know about the regulators of the sport in the Apple Isle, and their […]
A jockey who returned a positive swab to meth over a year ago is still riding every week because his enquiry hasn’t been heard, or will it ever be heard? Another licensed person who returned a positive swab to meth and marijuana has been told he will not be charged as the chief thoroughbred stipe […]
Stewards visited, unannounced, the stables of trainer W Yole on Monday 12th August,2024, in particular, to assess the well-being of SWIMINTHERIVER. On arrival SWIMINTHERIVER was inspected where no more than a rub mark was evident on the geldings off-side neck. Photographs were taken for ORI records. What was clear to Stewards that SWIMINTHERIVER had been […]
The picture you see is of the Wayne Yole trained pacer Swimintheriver, who won the 8th race at Launceston last night. Those injuries to the horses neck are made by a rein burr, also known as a rein pricker. Their use is a disgrace in my opinion, but to be legal under the rules they […]
