Tasmania will host two inaugural female racing events – the Sky Racing Australian Female Jockey Championship and the Australian Female Drivers Championship – within a week of each other in March. The female jockey championships will feature Tasmania’s Siggy Carr and Georgie Catania (pending her return from Sunday’s fall), South Australia’s Clare Lindop and other…
Category: Harness News
2018 Australian Female Drivers Championship – Competitors Announced
Thursday 8 February 2018
Harness Racing Australia (HRA) along with Tasracing are pleased to announce the state representatives for the inaugural Australian Female Drivers Championship, which will be held in Launceston on March 11. Proudly supported by Tabcorp, the Australian Female Drivers Championship (AFDC) will serve as the final night of the Team Teal 2018 campaign, where the sport…
Reinswomen join the fight against ovarian cancer
Friday 2 February 2018
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…
Race Program Change – Launceston 11 February 2018
Friday 2 February 2018Tasracing has approved the following race program changes at Launceston on Sunday 11 February 2018. Change LNC11021803 from 3YO & Older. MS of $8,100 to $10,000. PBD/TSW. 2200 metres. For pacers assessed 3C0, 3C1 or C0. AE C1 ballots. 3C0, 3C1 and C0 pacers selected first. First preference to horses balloted from EHC04021803. Angela…
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…
Tasmanian Yearling and Mixed Sale on February 14
Wednesday 24 January 2018The 2018 Tasmanian Standardbred Yearling and Mixed Sale will be held on Wednesday, February 14 starting at 2pm at the Inveresk Showground, Launceston. The sale includes yearlings by highly credentialled sires such as USA 2YO of the Year and the world’s fastest ever two-year-old Sweet Lou, the triple world champion Pet Rock, the Canadian Aged…