ben yole

[Nowornever]

1 hour ago, the galah said:

So Yoles father now seemingly has taken over the training of many of the yoles horses.He has 8 in one race on sunday.

So the man who was reportedly ben yoles stable forman,who worked at his sons training establishment 6 days a week during the times of all the animal abuse ,race fixing and everything else that went on,just steps in when they ban his son.

No doubt this has been the go to plan for the yoles for a while now,ever since the publicity

Yoles father saying just before they banned his son,that he was looking forward to training more now he was getting a bit older.He trained his first winner for 3 years last month.

Why would anyone think ben yoles father at age 71,or yoles staff who chose to work for ben yole when they must have known what went on,why would anyone think much will change? if their standards and practices were that low,In reality nothing will change,they will just get better at hiding that type of thing.

Yes makes a complete mockery of the system. I don't see how the harness racing in Tassie makes enough money to survive. Surely no one bets on those races with all the Yole runners in them.

The turnover in that state would not generate enough income to keep the industry going, or are they funded differently to NZ?

[Gammalite]

59 minutes ago, the galah said:

So Yoles father now seemingly has taken over the training of many of the yoles horses.He has 8 in one race on sunday.

So the man who was reportedly ben yoles stable forman,who worked at his sons training establishment 6 days a week during the times of all the animal abuse ,race fixing and everything else that went on,just steps in when they ban his son.

No doubt this has been the go to plan for the yoles for a while now,ever since the publicity

Yoles father saying just before they banned his son,that he was looking forward to training more now he was getting a bit older.He trained his first winner for 3 years last month.

Why would anyone think ben yoles father at age 71,or yoles staff who chose to work for ben yole when they must have known what went on,why would anyone think much will change? if their standards and practices were that low,In reality nothing will change,they will just get better at hiding that type of thing.

yes I guess if Wayne gets rubbed out they turn to Bens brothers Tim and Mark.

Mark Yole is actually a very handy driver and catch drives for others a fair bit , and only trains a handful himself.  At one stage after fighting with Ben about something in a family squabble,  he didn't drive his (Ben Yole's) horses for a period of time. 

Younger brother Tim was sentenced with Jail time in 2014 , 2 years (suspended) as killed a cyclist on the road while paying no care apparently. No evasive action by Tim was taken in the collision,  and there was 2 cyclists and a clear stretch of road on a clear day.

Luckily Tim doesn't drive in races very much 😎. Usually the 10th string driver when Ben had 10 (or more)  of the 12 runners in those 'loaded' races they had each week.  avoids the risk of PTSD and piling into the sulky in front 😎

[the galah]

3 hours ago, Gammalite said:

yes I guess if Wayne gets rubbed out they turn to Bens brothers Tim and Mark.

Mark Yole is actually a very handy driver and catch drives for others a fair bit , and only trains a handful himself.  At one stage after fighting with Ben about something in a family squabble,  he didn't drive his (Ben Yole's) horses for a period of time. 

Younger brother Tim was sentenced with Jail time in 2014 , 2 years (suspended) as killed a cyclist on the road while paying no care apparently. No evasive action by Tim was taken in the collision,  and there was 2 cyclists and a clear stretch of road on a clear day.

Luckily Tim doesn't drive in races very much 😎. Usually the 10th string driver when Ben had 10 (or more)  of the 12 runners in those 'loaded' races they had each week.  avoids the risk of PTSD and piling into the sulky in front 😎

Looks like most of those in tasmaian harness racing are  either related to each other, have worked or drove for ben yole.Those that aren't don't seem to get along with the yoles

Ben yole,tim yole,nathan ford and mitch ford are the ones currently barred from racetracks.

Tiarna ford(apparently a talented sportsperson) and dylan ford(brother and sister) drove regularaly for the ben yole stable when they had multiple runners in previously. Seems they are related to the fords that are currently banned and when Nathan Ford was disqualified for a brawl after the 2015 tasmainan harness awards with the Hilliers,dylan ford also turned up  and got charged with disorderly behavior.

Now dylan and tiarna fords mother is tammy langley who often has multiple runners who run in races against the ben yole stable. They tend to be driven by either her son or daughter.

Their father is Philip Ford,previously a premiership winning trainer,prior to being disqualified for 4 years for milkshaking in 2012,the 3rd serious breach he had been charged with in 8 years. His son used his training facilities and employed his father once his diqualification ended in 2017.

Dylan ford was disqualified for 5 months in 2016 then for 2 years for milkshalikng in 2018.Obviously he learnt a thing or two from his father.

Then you have allan mcdonough who regularly drove for ben yole and is down to drive some of the wayne yole trained horses on sunday. A harness trainer by that name was disqualified in 2008 then someone by that name from victoria,was fined relating to arsenic in a horses system while it was in tasmania last year. 

Imagine all them driving in a race for the Ben yole  stable. Anyway,thats just from a quick look to fill time.

It doesn't paint a very honest picture of what tasmanian harness racing is.Seems too entrenched and too many connections to believe they could ever clean up their act,which is a shame for those who actually play by the rules over there.

Edited February 22 by the galah