Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have no way of knowing whether the allegations made in Tasmanian Parliament are actually true. It is the job of the investigation authorities to find that out. What we do know is the name of the trainer who is alleged to have struck the horse 40 times in the sand roll. Her name is […]
It was interesting to see a horse named Night Patrol trained by Sigrid Carr win a race at Hobart on the 27th of April. Interesting because the horse should not have been allowed to take its place in the race. Night Patrol was previously trained in Victoria by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, and at […]
Ben Yole is in the doghouse, disqualified from holding a trainers license for years over mistreating animals, and his father Wayne who inherited his son’s stable is facing the withdrawal of his license/permit to keep horses on his property due to concerns about his own animal welfare standards and practices. “What the hell sort of […]
As you just read, Wayne Yole – father of the disqualified trainer Ben – has been issued with a notice requiring him to show cause why he should be allowed to continue to home, stable or train horses from the Sidmouth property formerly occupied by his son. The notice – which Wayne Yole claims lacks […]
A 23-year-old licensed harness racing participant from Tasmania was arrested at Sydney airport on the weekend after being discovered with more than $90 000 in cash concealed upon their person. The participant, who is a member of a long established harness racing family that is well-known on both sides of the Bass Strait, was detained […]
Less than two weeks after Tasmanian Parliament heard testimony that he was involved in horse doping, race fixing, and animal welfare breaches, Ben Yole has made application for a stay of his three year sentence for mistreatment of his racing animals. Given the wonky state of some of the evidence that sunk him, Yole just […]
There are whispers out of Tasmania that a number of horses from different stables have become the latest in a conga line of gallopers that have thrown positive swabs to the banned breast cancer drug Formestane. Formestane is an estrogen inhibitor which when taken or administered has a consequent effect of increasing a horse’s testosterone […]
Some people say that team driving in Tasmania stopped when Ben Yole got put out. They obviously haven’t been watching the Tassie trots. There is no better proof that the team drive continues on unabated than Saturday night’s Group 1 Tasmanian Cup. Unsurprisingly it involved the former Ben Yole stable drivers and associates, the brothers […]
One of Tasmania’s largest harness racing operations has been charged with breaching its duty of care following a 2023 car crash, in which several people were seriously injured. Five young people, who worked for Ben Yole Racing Pty Ltd, were driving back to Mr Yole’s stables in Sidmouth in January 2023 when their Ford Ranger, […]
Just as we foreshadowed in our story yesterday, TasRacing has refused all nominations made by trainer Wayne Yole for this weekend’s race meetings. As a result Team Yole has no runners whatsoever on Saturday nights Launceston card. The new Racing Integrity Commissioner Sean Carroll is talking tough in the media about restoring public confidence in […]
