Some 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…
Category: Harness News
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…
2018 Tasmanian Harness Yearling & Mixed Sale
Tuesday 23 January 2018The Tasmanian Harness Racing Yearling Sale will return to the sales ring for 2018 at the Launceston Racecourse, Mowbray on Wednesday, February 14. For the past three years the Yearling Sales have been conducted online but the decision to return to the traditional sales ring concept promises to further boost the upward trend of the…
Race Program Change – Hobart 4 February 2018
Tuesday 16 January 2018Tasracing has approved the following race program change at Hobart on Sunday 4 February 2018. Change EHC04021808 from Open to C2 & Better. SS of $12,000 (CP). RBD. 2090 metres. Mares. Conditioned Handicap C6 ft, C7 10m, C8/9 20m, C10+ 30m to Discretionary Handicap. Angela Barrett Phone: (03) 6212 9307 Email: a.barrett@tasracing.com.au
Tasmanian Harness Stakes Increase Breakdown
Wednesday 27 December 2017As announced in December funding increases in prize money for all Harness meetings to be distributed between January and June 2018 is as follows: Please note, these increases are effective from 1st January 2018. Type Jan 2018 Previously Restricted $3,500 ($3,300) Country $5,500 ($4,500) / ($5,300) Standard $8,100 ($6,800) / ($7,800) 2YO & 3YO races…
Matthew Brisbane bound
Monday 11 December 2017
Dual Tasmanian Youngblood’s Challenge champion Matthew Howlett will represent Tasmania at the Garrard’s 2017 Australasian Young Driver Championships in Brisbane this week. Tasracing CFO John Luk presented Matthew with his Tasmanian representative colours and wished him well on behalf of the industry at last night’s Tasmanian Pacing Club meeting in Hobart. The best young talent…