A qualifying trial for unraced horses will be scheduled at Sunday race meetings at Hobart, Launceston and Devonport from 1 August 2016. The Tasracing initiative has been developed in consultation with the Office of Racing Integrity, clubs, light harness associations and BOTRA. The initial proposal from Tasracing was to conduct trials between races if there…
Category: Harness News
Peter Cooley awarded Order of Australia Medal(OAM)
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Harness racing stalwart Peter Cooley has been recognised for his lifetime service to the industry in Tasmanian in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Cooley, 79, was awarded the Order Of Australia Medal. Born in Hobart, Peter’s father Ken was a leading owner and his grandfather Charles was an owner, trainer, driver, starter and handicapper. …
Premium Friday time slots for Tasmanian harness race meetings
Thursday 9 June 2016
Eight Tasmanian Monday night harness race meetings scheduled through June and July in 2016 and 2017 have been moved to two Friday afternoon and six Friday night time slots. The changes are as follows: Devonport from Monday 20 June 2016 to Friday night 17 June 2016. Devonport from Monday 4 July 2016 to Friday…
Trainers Encouragement Races – Amended Conditions
Tuesday 7 June 2016Trainers Encouragement races will be retained at Tasmanian harness meetings. The aim is to provide races for trainers who have few or no winners during a racing season and, in doing so, maximise the number of horses in training. After considering feedback received, Tasracing has amended the conditions for Trainers Encouragement races as follows: No…
Monday night harness meetings moved to Friday night
Monday 6 June 2016Sky Racing has approved the change of all future Monday night Tasmanian harness meetings to Friday night. They will be scheduled as Sky 2 meetings but some may be changed to Sky 1 coverage if timeslots become available. The changes are: Devonport from Monday 20 June 2016 to Friday night 17 June 2016 Devonport from…
Harness meetings abandoned – Race programs amended for June 2016
Monday 6 June 2016The harness race meetings scheduled at Launceston on 5 June 2016 and Hobart on 6 June 2016 have been abandoned. As a result of the meetings being abandoned the following changes have been made to race programs in June 2016. Launceston Friday night 10 June 2016: Add $8,000 Globe Derby Prelude and $8,000 Bandbox Prelude….