Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Tasmanian trainer Nathan Ford is serving a 12 month suspension for throwing a personal positive swab to cocaine. Ford always lies when he is caught out for something. The two urine samples he’d got from his mates and substituted back in 2015 were his he swore to the Stewards. He didn’t hook races for Ben […]
Well you have to say that it’s not often you see us stand up for a Yole. We usually kick the shit out of the bastards every chance we get, and with good reason too because they’re race fixing, joint blocking, horse doping, workers comp dodging, employer superannuation contribution guarantee non-paying, used pacer dogging clan […]
Ben Yole with his lawyer Damian Sheales – No-one ever said they were supermodels In a move likely to send shockwaves through the harness racing industry, Tasracing has revoked the conditions it placed on trainer Wayne Yole’s license on the eve of the hearing of his appeal. The unprecedented license conditions – which would have […]
Wayne Yole had lodged an appeal claiming that Tasracing Chief Racing Integrity Officer Heidi Lester’s decision to impose restrictive conditions on his license that would have shut down his business was actuated by real bias. In public bar language that means that he was saying that Lester was out to get him, and made sure […]
What follows are a series of text messages sent between Ben Yole and the Tasmanian Racing Minister Jane Howlett (pictured) in 2024. The messages begin on 16 April 2024, five days after Howlett became Minister following the re-election of the Liberal Government. They were obtained by a Tasmanian MP under Freedom of Information Laws, and […]
The Phantom What has happened to a certain somewhat senior Steward in the Apple Isle? While the official reason for their long absence is illness – and we have no doubt that is true – it is said that being stood down by his employer for reasons publicly unknown didn’t help him get any better. […]
Team Yole and the Fords have more appeals going at the moment that the Surf Life Savers. Here is the current status of where their matters are at. Ben Yole – Appeal against the decision of the Independent Stewards Panel on 30 January 2025 – Disqualification of his licence for a period of 3 years […]
In a round 1 win to Wayne Yole, the Tasmanian trainer and father of Ben has won a stay of the Tasracing imposition of conditions on his license that would prevent him from keeping horses at his infamous Sidmouth training property. We learned during the hearing of Yole’s stay application that, as we had previously […]
Tasmanian harness racing driver Olivia Weidenbach appeared in the Downing Centre Court in Sydney yesterday on a charge relating to the circa $90 000 in undeclared cash that was found secreted on her person when she flew into Mascot Airport recently. The course listing says the case was due to be mentioned, which means further […]
Take a look at the replay of the finish of race 6 at Hobart on Sunday night, and keep your eye on the leader Inside Three Bars. It is driven by Dylan Ford and trained by his mother Tammy Langley. The horse on his inside that gets interfered with is Ourtiger, the odds-on $1.50 favorite. […]
