Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Tasmanian horse trainer Liandra Gray has been disqualified for 2 years for animal cruelty after pleading guilty to a charge under the rules related to her whipping a horse more than forty times with a race whip as she was trying to force it to lunge in a sand roll. In August Gray was convicted […]
Tasmanian greyhound trainer Peter Howlett (Jr) has lodged an appeal against a 2-year disqualification imposed by Stewards for failing to disclose his previous criminal convictions, lying to the control body about his criminal history, failing to provide a national police check certificate, and failing to attend a Stewards inquiry when directed. I don’t know what […]
Hi Archie, I read recently that Neil Finnigan has been appointed as the new Chief steward in QLD. That means Jason Lincoln is the new harness Chief steward in Tasmania, and we are in trouble going by his stewards report from Launceston yesterday. Race 4 states: Stewards inquired into the reasons for Stitched Up Dan […]
If you recall, we tipped you about this over a month ago. You always hear it here first. A Tasmanian racing integrity investigation has found a number of racing stewards, including the acting chief thoroughbred steward, placed more than 200 bets on Tasmanian horse races across a two-and-a-half-year period. And a separate investigation has found […]
Decision: 1. Ms. Weidenbach was at all relevant times a licensed harness trainer and driver with Tasracing. 2. On 12 April 2025 she was arrested at Sydney Airport and charged under section 193(b)(3) the Crimes Act 1900 NSW, Money Laundering – Recklessly Deal with Proceeds of Crime, a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment. […]
Cheese loving race fans will be devastated to learn that this year’s King Island traditional summer racing carnival has been cancelled due to a lack of horse numbers. The King Island Racing Club had hoped to host its usual 4 meeting mixed gallops/harness racing carnival over January with 5 races featuring fields of a minimum […]
Tasmanian police on Friday morning arrested three local harness racing participants on unknown charges. The men, all from the same extended clan, are known to have had past associations with the Yole stable and, in the case of at least two of them, with a leading Sydney stable too. It is not known whether the […]
A 31-year-old Hobart man has been charged after allegedly being found with $580,000 in cash inside a shopping cooler bag. Officers from Tasmania Police, Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force were involved in the months-long investigation, which was part of an operation targeting alleged drug distribution syndicates in Tasmania. Police intercepted the man while […]
Our mail is that appointments to the top race day integrity roles in Tasmania have been made. According to our sources Martin Knibbs has been appointed as Chief Steward Thoroughbred. Those who have worked with Martin in Queensland will tell you that he is an excellent Steward and a very nice bloke, and I have […]
Remember we told you about Tasmanian stewards being stood down? You always hear it here first. Just to prove it, the three Stewards in the ABC story below are Michael Castillo (gallops), Roger Brown (trots), and Robert Simpson (tri-code). We warned you a long time ago that integrity was being compromised by problems with Stewards […]
