Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A couple of weeks ago we told you the story of how Kevin Seymour had paid $50 000 (a premium of $20 000 on top of the original purchase price) to buy a slot in the $500 000 Protostar for his grandson Ben’s first ever pacer Fire and Passion. Now the wily Seymour didn’t get […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Mr Profit If you haven’t already seen it take a look at the fourth race at Albion Park on Friday night. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC16052515.mp4 Angus Garrard’s drive on the favorite Sinabun in this race is open to question. It looked to me as if he wasn’t trying. Garrard settled Sinabun back last from the wide gate, and […]
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 […]
Last week we told you the story about how Cantfindabettorman was stripped of it’s ID24 Consolation win after returning a positive swab to Heptaminol, but the horse’s trainer Isabel Walsh escaped with just a fine after Stewards found that the drug had been prescribed by a vet and that Walsh had recorded administration of it […]
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 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 […]
Take a look at this video from race 6 at Goulburn on Monday and keep your eye on the 7 and the 6. It was a battle for the spot in the line between the journeyman club fighter Dean Cernovskis and the rising star of the professional ranks Will Rixon. In a major upset Cernovskis […]
