Author: Jackie Farrelly

Ignatius chasing Group 1 Glory

Sunday 1 July 2018

Ignatius, Tasmania’s superstar three-year-old pacer, will run the red-hot favourite in the $150,000 Group 1 New South Wales Breeders Challenge on Sunday at Menangle Park. The James Rattray trained and driven Roll With Joe-Ashkalini gelding has enjoyed a sensational season winning eight races straight, taking its career record to an incredible 13 victories from 14 starts. The…

Tasmania steeped in trotting history

Saturday 30 June 2018

It has been 91 years since trotting races were held in Tasmania but in Hobart on Sunday night the forgotten gait makes its return. Trotting was originally the most popular gait used in harness racing but changes in the standardbred breed led to the pacing gait becoming more popular. The last trot race staged in…

Greyhound programming update

Wednesday 27 June 2018

The Programming Sub Committee at its meeting in June reviewed the Minimum Nominations policy and on the recommendation of the Sub Committee the policy has been amended with the addition of the following clause: 2.7  If there is a Mixed 1/2 or Grade 2 race with less than 8 starters plus 2 reserves and, after…

Life on the Wire Melbourne bound

Tuesday 26 June 2018

TALENTED Tasmanian mare Life on the Wire will have her next start in Melbourne. Following an impressive trial win over 800 metres in Hobart today, trainer Scott Brunton confirmed Life on the Wire would head back to Melbourne for a first-up tilt in a $100,000 mares’ race over 1200 metres on 14 July. The four-year-old…

Trotters set to compete in Hobart on Sunday

Tuesday 26 June 2018

After a 90-year absence, trotters are set to compete in Hobart on Sunday. The last trotting race in Tasmania was won by Lampton at Carrick in 1927, although a few squaregaiters have beaten pacers during the interim. In December 2016 Yankee Avenue beat the opposite gait on King Island, making the gelding the first trotter…