More than 200 Australian and New Zealand reinswomen will race in teal driving pants to raise awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research as part of Women’s Cancer Foundation’s Team Teal campaign. Reinswomen from New Zealand and every Australian state will take part in Team Teal from 1 February until 11 March 2018. Each time…
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Jobs boost for Tasmanian thoroughbred industry
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Tasmania’s Thoroughbred industry is set to receive a significant boost with a new scheme of financial incentives established to grow jobs and economic activity in the state. Local breeders and Tasracing have worked with the Liberal government to develop bonuses for racehorses that are born and raised in Tasmania, with the aim that these incentives…
First crop sires at Tasmanian Yearling and Mixed Sale
Monday 29 January 2018Some top class young sire prospects will be represented by their first crop of yearlings at the Tasmanian Standardbred Yearling and Mixed Sale on Wednesday, February 14 starting at 2pm. The Inveresk Showgrounds, Launceston will see the first local crop of the top flight American imports Sweet Lou and Hurrikane Kingcole. The former USA 2YO…
Happy New Year from the team at Tasracing
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Happy New Year and welcome to 2018. While I appreciate that very few of us working in our industry get much of a break at this time of year, I do hope that you got to enjoy some time away from work to enjoy some much-needed downtime, even if only briefly. As is usually the…
Merci! More Tasmanian racing for France
Thursday 4 January 2018
THE success of Tasmanian’s Wednesday night racing that is being beamed into France has led to a significant increase in the number of meetings to be broadcast into that country in 2018. France secured 11 meetings for coverage in 2017 but this year it will deliver 15 meetings on its Equidia network which is the…
Increased funding for racing industry
Friday 22 December 2017
Tasracing has announced details of its $1.24 million funding increase across the three codes of racing to be distributed between January and June next year. CEO Vaughn Lynch said following an initial 6% code funding allocation increase earlier this financial year, recent turnover growth on Tasmanian racing had enabled the company to further increase industry…