The Tasmanian leg of the National Apprentice Race Series (NARS), Australia’s premier competition for apprentice jockeys, will be held in Hobart on Wednesday (4 March 2020). First run in 2008, the series brings together apprentice jockeys from across Australia and the series continues to go from strength to strength with this year seeing the competition…
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Hobart club doing its bit for bushfire ravaged greyhound families
Sunday 23 February 2020
THE Hobart Greyhound Racing Club has put its weight behind a special bushfire fundraising project that will benefit families in two states. Greyhound racing participants are a tight bunch and while the two families set to benefit from the fundraiser are from South Australia and New South Wales, the Hobart club wants to play its…
Five yearlings to watch at Monday’s Tasmanian Magic Millions sale
Thursday 20 February 2020
Tasracing’s resident racing expert Pete Staples has cast his eyes over the 2020 Tasmanian Magic Millions Yearling Sale draft and has come up with five fabulous youngsters to be followed during their racing careers. From the moment they pass through the sale ring on Monday at the Inveresk Sales Complex, Staples will be keeping tabs…
Well Said yearling tops Tasmanian Harness Sale
Monday 17 February 2020
By Peter Wharton Champion trainer Ben Yole secured two of the four highest-priced lots at the 2020 Tasmanian Harness Sale held at Carrick Park last Saturday. Yole outlaid $17,000 for a Well Said gelding out of the Group placegetter Itz Gemmas Delight, offered by Latrobe studmaster Melissa Maine, and $15,000 for a Betting Line filly…
Stop Line Named 2019 Tasmanian Greyhound Of The Year
Monday 17 February 2020
Tasmania’s major greyhound award was announced at the Ladbrokes Launceston Cup and Greyhound Annual Awards Presentation Dinner at the Ladbrokes Racing Centre on Saturday night 15 February 2020. Stop Line won 20 races and was placed 7 times from 34 starts in 2019. He was unplaced on only seven occasions. Stop Line is owned by…
First foals from top racemares at Tassie sale
Friday 14 February 2020
Melissa Maine, the studmaster of Faithful Park stud, Latrobe, has been a strong supporter of the Tasmanian Yearling sale for several years. A member of a respected northern Tasmanian trotting family, Melissa is offering two superbly bred yearlings at this year’s sale to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, February 15. Both are the…