Tasracing are implementing a national enhancement to the prizemoney payment system, to take effect on 1 August 2023. Following the steps of NSW and QLD who implemented the system earlier in 2022. The new prizemoney split system will ease the burden on group, partnership or syndicate Managing Owners. Under this payment system, Tasracing will be…
Category: Harness News
Three ‘new’ sires for Tasmania
Monday 3 July 2023
Tasmanian siring ranks have been given a terrific boost with the announcement that three ‘new’ stallions will be standing at Kerrie Hymers’ Tourello Standardbreds stud, Sheffield.
Tasmanian race dates for 2023/24 released
Monday 5 June 2023
The 2023/24 racing season will feature 72 thoroughbred meetings, 91 harness meetings and 159 greyhound meetings, Tasracing has confirmed. Of the 72 thoroughbred meetings scheduled in Tasmania, there are seven meetings scheduled for King Island between December and January. After the outstanding success of the three Friday night meetings at Launceston last season, the Tasmanian…
Harness Race Dates 2023-24
Monday 5 June 2023Harness will see an increase of 1 race meeting (91) for the 2023-24 season. Below are notable changes for the 2023-24 calendar: • A Saturday SKY 1 timeslot was allocated to the Tasmanian Trotting Club on 5 August which will hold the inaugural running of the Tasracing Eureka Qualifying Race ‘The Beautide’. • A Saturday…
Charles Oliviera Announced as the Racing Ambassador for the TAB Eureka
Wednesday 31 May 2023
One of the world’s most popular sporting megastars will be the racing ambassador for the world’s richest harness race.
Pre swab stakes payment
Monday 8 May 2023Tasracing will pay owners their share of stakes payments pre-swab clearance for all three codes (up to a specific threshold ($5000 for greyhounds, $20,000 for harness and $50,000 for thoroughbreds) from 1 June 2023. Tasracing currently withholds stakes payments to all owners subject to swabs being cleared by the Office of Racing Integrity. This process…