Liandra Gray
Here is a report in today’s Tasmanian newspaper regarding trainer Liandra Gray’s animal cruelty conviction. It’s not particularly pretty reading. An immediate suspension of her license surely awaits.
Tasmanian Trainer Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty Offence
The mail out of the Devonport courts is that Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray has been found guilty of the animal cruelty offence with which she was charged. Sentencing of Gray has been set down for July. According to our sources there were a number of Tasracing integrity officials present in court to hear the delivery […]
Another Adjournment on Animal Cruelty Charge Decision
The delivery of the Liandra Gray animal cruelty case decision has copped more checks than a bank teller on a Friday afternoon, with the matter again delayed this week. The decision is now set down to be announced next Tuesday. Barring a new pandemic we are told Gray will definitely know her fate then. We […]
Liandra Gray Decision Now Due on Wednesday Morning
The decision in Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray’s matter will now be delivered on Wednesday in the Devonport court. It will be a nervous wait for Gray, whose racing career rests on the result.
What Happens Next For Team Yole?
So due to a condition that Tasracing has placed on his license Wayne Yole is no longer permitted to train out of the Sidmouth dustbowl, or to keep horses there. Yole is still licensed however. All he needs to do to keep the show running is to find a suitable alternative property to house his […]
Integrity Commissioner Statement re Wayne Yole
20 May 2025 Sean Carroll, Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner Statement concerning the property at 117 Valley Road, Sidmouth The Tasmanian Racing Integrity Commissioner (Commissioner) has been advised that, on 19 May 2025, Tasracing issued Mr Wayne Yole, harness racing trainer, with a notice imposing a condition on his trainer’s licence that he is not permitted […]
Is Anyone Surprised?
Just take a look at the cowboy show between the drivers of 4 horse (blue) and the 8 (pink) in the first race at Hobart on Sunday. Dylan Ford was the pink, Rohan Hillier was the blue. Ford pleaded guilty to a charge under AHR.163(1)(b)(i) to making Hillier’s horse cover more ground than necessary. When […]
D-Day for Liandra Gray – What’s the Verdict?
Tasmanian racehorse trainer Liandra Gray was charged with the criminal offence of cruelty to animals in relation to the conduct described in our previous story, which involved her whipping a horse 40 times. Remarkably Gray – who 18 months ago was convicted of a separate and unrelated Care and Welfare rule breach offence – has […]
We Know Who the Trainer Is – One of Them Anyway (First Published October 2022)
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 […]
How Can a Horse Under a Current Embargo Be Allowed to Race?
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 […]