Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have written a lot about the failings of the Tasmanian harness stewards, but the officials at the trots are not alone. The gallops Stewards are pretty bad too. The Chief Steward Mr Bruce Free leads the way. Mr Free is best remembered as the integrity official who inspected the bullring at greyhound trainer Anthony […]
Published on Save Harness Racing in Tasmania I thought I’d prepare a guide for those intending to gain a Trainer’s Licence in the Harness Racing Industry in Tasmania as there are places available. You should be wary of any previous indiscretions you may have committed when a young adult, as those can come back to […]
With all of the Ben Yole horses that were transferred into Robert Walters name on Monday pulled out of the fields at Launceston last night, and only the ones supposedly trained by Wayne Yole left in, we saw exactly why the crooked crew are so desperate to flood the fields with the weight of their […]
HRV Stewards today concluded inquiries regarding the conduct of Trainer/Driver Robert Walters during Stable inspections on 5 October 2023 and 24 November 2023. Mr Walters was found guilty to two charges of misconduct under AHRR 231(2) the particulars of which were: CHARGE 1 Robert Walters, a licensed Trainer and Driver with Harness Racing Victoria did […]
A couple of days away we wrote about how Team Yole and their backers had devised a plan to get around Tasracing’s Equity in Participation policy by getting Robert “Honest Bob” (because he isn’t) Walters licensed so that they could split the Yole horses among he and Wayne Yole and thus flood and stack the […]
As you will all recall, Tasracing wrote to you last week advising that it would not issue new warning off notices to the four participants adversely named in the Murrihy Report. We arrived at this decision after the Tasmanian Racing Appeals Board overturned the racetrack bans on these individuals imposed by Tasracing in April. After […]
Stewards questioned licencee Mr Robert Walters’, concerned with evidence he had tendered at a previous licence inquiry. At the commencement of today’s inquiry Mr Walters admitted submitting to ORI falsified documents. Stewards, after investigating the circumstances into why and how Mr Walters had falsified the documents, subsequently charged him for breaching Australian Harness Racing (AHR) […]
Ben Yole has dodged the nuclear bomb by winning his appeal against being warned off for life, and now had his license back, although to date he is yet to resume training in his own name. He doesn’t need to at the moment, for Team Yole and their backers have installed bowlers in his place. […]
Have a look at the replay of the start of race 6 at Lanceston trots on Saturday night. Did you see what I saw? The horse on the outside All For Dave breaks the tape and gets a flying start. Watch it again in slow-motion. It leaves no doubt. The starter Adam Emery didn’t release […]
The majority of the Tasmanian racing industry is unhappy with the Ben Yole decision, but unlike the Greeens they aren’t putting out media releases in the wake of the judgement calling the sport that is as old as Australia itself ‘broken’ and demanding that it be shut down. That’s because unlike the Greens, racing people […]
