Well known Tasmanian media identity Jamie Cockshutt and his racing partner Barry Cooper have been regular buyers of yearlings, mainly in New Zealand, for many years. Cool Water Paddy, Dapper Dana and Our Chain Of Command are just a few of the NZ bred performers they’ve raced with great success.
Category: Harness News
Red letter year for Lilydale breeder
Tuesday 8 February 2022
By Peter Wharton Lilydale breeder-owner Shane Hawes enjoyed a red-letter year in 2021 with his stock. Undoubtedly the headline performer was brilliant youngster Mickey Oh (Racing Hill-Ark Breeze), who won four of his five starts including the Group 2 $50,000 Dandy Patch and the $20,000 Tasmanian Sweepstakes. Bought for $16,000 at the Tasmanian Harness Yearling…
Progeny of classic winning dams stand out at Tasmanian sale
Monday 7 February 2022
A feature of the 2022 Tasmanian Harness Yearling Sale, to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, March 5, is the strong percentage of youngsters out of classic-winning or winner-producing dams.
New sires set to shine at Tasmanian Yearling Sale
Thursday 27 January 2022
By Peter Wharton A feature of the 2022 Tasmanian Harness Yearling Sale, to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, March 5, will be the stock of several exciting, young American imported stallions. Always B Miki and Betting Line, who headed last year’s first crop sire listing for stakemoney and winners respectively, will both be…
Unfulfilled Engagements in respect of the Australia Day meeting information
Friday 21 January 2022Dear Harness Industry Participants Tasracing and the Office of Racing Integrity (ORI) advise: We are writing to provide clarification relating to the announcement earlier today that horses competing this weekend will not be considered as having Unfulfilled Engagements in respect of the Australia Day meeting on Wednesday 26 January 2022. The fields for the meeting…
2022 Tasmanian Harness Sale catalogue online
Tuesday 18 January 2022
The catalogue for the 2022 Tasmanian Harness Yearling Sale – the auction that produced last year’s outstanding juvenile Mickey Oh – has been unveiled and will present a strong lineup of racing future stars.