This will be my final message following my resignation as the Tasracing CEO as announced In May. My final day with the organisation is today (Friday 20 July). To begin, I would like to thank everyone in the racing industry for their assistance in my time at Tasracing. I would particularly like to thank the…
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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…
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…
Extended nominations for this weekend’s trotting race
Monday 25 June 2018
TROTTING racing returns to Tasmania this weekend for the first time in over 90 years. The first of many trotting races has been scheduled for this Sunday night, July 1 in Hobart, with extended nominations for the race to close at 9:00am Tuesday June 26th. The race programmed this Sunday is an $8,100 T0 or…