Due to a Motor Home Show at the Devonport Showgrounds there will be no trials at Devonport from Thursday 6 February 2020 until after the race meeting on Tuesday 11 February 2020. The track will not be able to be maintained and watered at the crossing between the 580 and the 452 starts and as…
Category: Greyhound News
2019 Tasmanian Greyhound Hall of Fame Inductees
Wednesday 18 December 2019
A traditional lead up to the Ladbrokes Hobart Thousand is the Hobart Thousand Awards dinner, featuring the unveiling of the latest inductees into the Tasmanian Greyhound Hall of Fame. The hall of fame includes a number of Tasmania’s greatest stars of the track, including dogs, trainers, owners and other participants in the industry. This year’s…
Hooked on Scotch draws ideal box for Hobart Thousand final
Monday 16 December 2019
Despite being beaten in his heat last week, star Victorian greyhound Hooked on Scotch has drawn to make amends in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Hobart Thousand final over 461 metres in Hobart on Thursday night. The Jason Thompson-trained youngster finished second to Grey Ghost in his heat but as one of the three fastest second…
Stop Line leads the Tasmanian charge into the Ladbrokes Gr1 Hobart Thousand Final
Friday 13 December 2019
Devonport Chase winner Stop Line delivered one of his best efforts to win his heat of the 2019 Ladbrokes Hobart Thousand, defeating track specialist Peco Can that led and looked home until Stop Line found a clear passage entering the home straight. The Jillian Stamford-trained dog was strong when it counted to register his eighth…
Breeder Classic conditions amended
Thursday 17 October 2019Due to the way the heats of the Breeders Classics are conducted – four heats run straight after each other – Tasracing acknowledges that some greyhounds may be impaired by being in the second, third or last heat in each group as they may not be suited to what basically is a stir-up when the…
Christmas Gift series conditions changed
Thursday 10 October 2019The Freight Connections Christmas Gift series which is scheduled to be hosted by the North West Greyhound Racing Club on 10 and 17 December 2019, which was previously conducted as a Restricted Mixed 4/5 series, has now been amended to Grade 5 (sprint) greyhounds at Devonport only. As a result of this change the conditions…