Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Objection On Wednesday 11th January 2023, stewards of the Office of Racing Integrity received two written objections to Hes Ideal being permitted to start in the Harding’s Hotmix Devonport Cup. The objections were lodged pursuant to Australia Harness Racing Rule(AHRR) 175(1): ‘A person who questions the eligibility of horse to start in a race may […]
If the Emma Stewart trained pacer He’s Ideal is truly eligible to start in this weekend’s Devonport Pacing Cup, then I’ll eat my hat. On fair read of the Tasmanian control body the Office of Racing Integrity’s rules and policies it can’t possibly be. Here are the reasons why, spelled out in clear terms. 1. […]
There were 8 races on the program at Burnie in Tasmania on Friday night. Collectively they were worth just a tick under $51 000. Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole collected most of it. It wasn’t hard, given that he trained 64 of the 75 starters on the card. This is ridiculous. Tassie harness racing is right now […]
There is strong mail out of Tassie about three things that will be of interest to punters around Australia. 1. A new local rule is about to be introduced that caps the maximum number of starters from any one stable in a single race to four (4). 2. Emma Stewart has purchased, or is purchasing, […]
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 […]
