Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last night at Hobart trainer Ben Yole turned out 33 starters in just 4 races. He had 9 of 11 in the first race, 8 of 11 in the second, 6 of 12 in the third, and 10 of 12 in the fourth. Despite this huge numerical advantage, Yole won just two races, which only […]
I would like to make a bet with you. The bet is that the pacer Watchmylips, which got beaten almost 100 metres last Saturday at Melton but mysteriously didn’t get stood down, won’t be going to Tasmania for a spell at all. My bet is that the pacer with a clear problem will be going […]
Copy That takes the best pacers in New Zealand to town Lincoln Farms’ star pacer Copy That has been officially invited to compete in the inaugural A$250,000 Rising Sun in Brisbane in July. Owner Merv Butterworth and trainer Ray Green signalled earlier in the week their intention to aim at the July 10 feature and […]
On Monday we told you the amazing story of how the most over-worked galloper in training Masterati – who has been racing non-stop since July, and had raced 22 times in just 29 weeks – was actually given a break of more than a fortnight in between races, which must have made the poor old […]
We really are blessed in Australia at the moment to have such a wonderful array of young reinspeople coming through the driving ranks. This current generation of kids truly are something special, in a way that we haven’t seen for a long time. In NSW four of the top ten drivers – Jack Callaghan, Cameron […]
https://t.co/uLJFiW45ly — ajbutterflyracing (@ajbutterflyrac1) March 8, 2021 Race 4 at the Hobart trots yesterday was a most curious affair. Ben Yole trained 8 of the 12 starters. Ray Pullen prepared 2 horses. Steven Lockhart and Todd Rattray turned out 1 each. Now most folk, including me, have been saying for a long time that […]
We told you recently the tale of Australia’s iron horse Masterati, a former Sydney and Brisbane restricted grade galloper that had been sent to South Australia, where it had been raced by its new trainer Grant Young an incredible 22 times in just 29 weeks. In the story we decried the over-racing of the poor […]
What you see here is the most blatant piece of cheating you could ever see on a racetrack. It is race 1 at Burnie last night. Ben Yole trains 10 of the 12 starters. The 1 horse Keep Playing is the $2.20 favourite. Mark Yole, the trainer’s brother, is its driver. No 2 My Ultimate […]
This is Ima Birubi Boy. He’s no champion, but he’s not a walker either. In January last year Ima Birubi Boy was sent south to Ben Yole in Tasmania to train on a lease deal as a 1.55.4 winner at The Creek just 3 months before. He had 18 starts for Yole and managed just […]
Ben Yole is a terrible trainer. The Tasmanian based harness racer wins premierships by his sheer weight of numbers, but Yole can’t actually train to save his life. You only need look at Sunday’s upcoming meeting at Hobart to see what I mean. Yole doesn’t have a single runner in the 2-year-old events; he has […]
