BOTRA Tasmania has confirmed that a fundraising campaign to assist Matilda Rawlings with her education going forward has raised over $11,000. The money will be distributed by BOTRA Tasmania over the next five years. Matilda tragically lost her mother Sharyn Slater in September not long after the family moved to Victoria where Matilda’s father Andrew…
Category: Harness News
Changes to Harness Nomination closing times
Monday 13 November 2017Effective from 1st December 2017 the closing times for Harness nominations and acceptances will be amended to the following: Nomination/Acceptances Closing times – Monday 1pm SMS to participant’s notification of extended races – After close of nominations Extended nominations closing time – Tuesday 9am Changes to currently publicised meetings: Launceston (LPC), Sunday 3rd December…
Harness Race Program Changes – December 2017
Friday 3 November 2017Please note the amended program for the Harness meetings scheduled for Hobart, Sunday 10 December 2017: EHC10121707 – (MS) OF $7800 (CP). from Pacers Discretionary Handicap to a FFA. PBD/$L4 2090 meters. Tasmania Cup Prelude. Winner exempt from ballot. and Launceston, Sunday 17 December 2017 LNC17121707 – Free For All (MS) of $7800 (CP). to…
Twelve of Australia’s best harness drivers descend on Hobart this Saturday
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Twelve of Australia’s best harness drivers will compete in Hobart on 28 October for the prestigious Yabby Dam Racing Australian Drivers Championship. Jointly hosted by Tasracing, Harness Racing Australia and the Tasmanian Pacing Club (TPC), two drivers from each state will contest six races for points to decide the winning driver. Tasmania will be represented…
Victorian ADC representative Chris Alford
Thursday 19 October 2017
Chris Alford’s destiny was seemingly laid out for him. As the son of prominent trainer/driver Barry Alford, the odds always pointed towards Alford Jnr playing some part in the harness racing industry. What might not have been expected, however, was Chris becoming one of the biggest names in the history of the sport in Australasia….
Victorian ADC representative Gregory Ross Sugars
Thursday 19 October 2017
In the past five years Greg Sugars has established himself as one of Australis’s leading reinsmen and for the past two years he has been making his mark in Victoria. Rarely a metropolitan meeting passes that is devoid of Sugars’ name in the winner’s list. His ability to time runs to perfection has become commonplace…