Greyhounds Tasmania which consists of the three Tasmanian Greyhound Racing Clubs, Hobart Greyhound Racing Club, Launceston Greyhound Racing Club and North West Greyhound Racing Club supported by Tasracing, will be holding a special charity race night at Ladbrokes Park, Elwick on Thursday 29 June 2023. All money raised on the night will go directly to…
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Pre swab stakes payment
Monday 8 May 2023
Tasracing will pay owners their share of stakes payments pre-swab clearance for all three codes (up to a specific threshold ($5000 for greyhounds, $20,000 for harness and $50,000 for thoroughbreds) from 1 June 2023. Tasracing currently withholds stakes payments to all owners subject to swabs being cleared by the Office of Racing Integrity. This process…
Policy Manual Amendments
Thursday 30 March 2023The Greyhound Policy Manual has been updated with the below changes, with an implementation date of 1 April 2023. Dress Code Policy – The change outlines that white shirts will be worn in the daylight-saving period with outer garments to be white or black in colour. Minimum Nominations Policy – Mixed 5/6 races to be…
Tasracing CEO appointed
Tuesday 7 February 2023
I am delighted to write to you today to share with you that we have appointed Andrew Jenkins to the CEO position. As you can read in the media release below that will be distributed by the Tasmanian Government later today, we ran a competitive interview process for the position which attracted applicants from interstate…
POLICY MANUAL AMENDED
Friday 20 January 2023The Greyhound Policy Manual has been updated with the current version of the Dress Code Policy adopted which took effect from 16 January 2022. The amendment to the Dress Code Policy now allows for black dress shorts to be worn during the daylight savings period. The updated Policy Manual is available on Tasracing’s website –…
Greyhound of the Year finalists announced
Thursday 19 January 2023Tasracing, in conjunction with the Greyhound of the Year Selection Panel have announced the final three contenders for the Greyhound of the Year Award to be presented at the Tasmanian Greyhound Annual Awards & Launceston Cup Finalists Dinner at the Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Launceston on Friday February 3 2022. The finalists, in alphabetical order are…