The ABC story on Tassie Racing has been released

[Danno]

Anyone remember "Destreos" ??

[Showgrounds]

The Hunter Valley is along way from Tassie, Danno, but I can smell the stench from across Bass Straight.

This has been a long time coming and it has arrived solely due to Tas Racing's and the Tasmanian Government's failure to act. Failure to act and subsequent cover-ups become the story, unfortunately.

[thepacingman]

Anyone remember "Destreos" ??

I think you're getting the Rattrays mixed up.

Ken trained Destreos until he got rubbed out. Then partner Sally took over. She owned the horse.
Kent is the one quoted in the article.
Guess they'll be related somehow.

[Showgrounds]

Nothing on the 7:30 Report tonight, either. Just pumping the tyres on animal activists at the expense of pork producers and The Headmistress bullying the state opposition leader.

In the meantime:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-...ions/102148132

[Messenger]

The Office of Racing Integrity (ORI) might now get the hint that people expect more from them - the Minister 'now' seems to (amazing what a bit of adverse media prompts)

[Theoldfox]

if you prefer the video version to avoid reading it can be found here. Runs for almost 5 mins.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-...able/102147648

This is a video version of the original ABC story but not as comprehensive (It is not the latest news posted by Showgrounds)

[Messenger]

I think you're getting the Rattrays mixed up.

Ken trained Destreos until he got rubbed out. Then partner Sally took over. She owned the horse.
Kent is the one quoted in the article.
Guess they'll be related somehow.

Just to make things more confusing the power point presentation style ABC story (see post 9) identifies an interviewee as Kent Rattray
The video version of the same story (see post 16) labels him as Ken Rattray

[aussiebreno]

Haven't fact checked so taking on face value. 92% increase in punting on Tas harness in past decade.

All Yole/Yole-connected money? Have to think there would be some drop-off from rank and file and pro punters with Yole dominating race fields, so I'd love to know how much Yoles are punting.

[Messenger]

I think there are a lot more pro punters out there than we realize. I would doubt it would be anywhere near half Yole money - you don't bet just to win back your own money. At a HRA microsoft teams meeting I was surprised to hear a pro who has followers say his gang bet $500k a week across all codes (I think that was it - if I was home I could check my notes) and he said it as if they were just medium players

[Showgrounds]

I think there are a lot more pro punters out there than we realize. I would doubt it would be anywhere near half Yole money - you don't bet just to win back your own money. At a HRA microsoft teams meeting I was surprised to hear a pro who has followers say his gang bet $500k a week across all codes (I think that was it - if I was home I could check my notes) and he said it as if they were just medium players

We are not talking wìn and place punters, either.