The final field for Saturday night’s Beautide in Hobart has been announced. The winner of the $80,000 race will secure Tasracing’s slot in the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1 Million TAB Eureka, at Sydney’s Menangle Park on 7 September. The final field in alphabetical order are: Custom Harley De Goey Dukes Choice Fighter Command…
Author: Angela Barrett
NW – Next stage consultation update
Monday 17 June 2024Hello Everyone on the NW Broad consultation has concluded under the timeline I’ve shared and Tasracing will now consider feedback received and narrow down feasible facilities options to be discussed further with stakeholders including Club Committees and BOTRA Based on a number of 1:1 discussions, the open forum at The Stables and the email feedback…
Code of Conduct Reminder
Friday 14 June 2024Please note: Tasracing would like to remind all Industry Participants about Tasracing’s Industry Code of Conduct (ICOC) which applies to all individuals involved in the racing industry in Tasmania when visiting a Tasracing workplace or venue. This includes licensed participants, their employees, associates, independent contractors, and visitors to our workplaces and venues. The ICOC is…
Message to Industry
Thursday 13 June 2024After writing to you yesterday about Victorian trainer Robbie Walters’ application for a Trainer A license in Tasmania, I wanted to provide an update following some comments made in the Tasmanian Parliament by Racing Minister Jane Howlett. The thrill of racing, with its adrenaline-pumping speed and competition, mirrors the excitement found in…
Message to Industry
Wednesday 12 June 2024As you will all recall, Tasracing wrote to you last week advising that it would not issue new warning off notices to the four participants adversely named in the Murrihy Report. We arrived at this decision after the Tasmanian Racing Appeals Board overturned the racetrack bans on these individuals imposed by Tasracing in April. After…
Warning off notices statement
Friday 7 June 2024Tasracing will not issue new warning off notices to the four participants adversely named in the Murrihy Report. The decision was taken by the Tasracing Board today (7 June). Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins said the company had exhausted all options in an effort to enforce the standards of integrity expected in the harness racing code…