Category: Harness News

Pre swab stakes payment

Monday 8 May 2023

Tasracing 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…

2023 Cavalor Claiming Novice Drivers series

Friday 14 April 2023

Tasracing has today announced the drivers for the 2023 Cavalor Claiming Novice Drivers series, which will be conducted in Hobart on Brighton Cup night, Sunday, 23 April. The series, which sees 10 of the state’s best up-and-coming drivers participate in the four-race series, determines the overall winner by points accumulated in heats. Drivers selected for…

Harness – Equity in Participation policy

Tuesday 11 April 2023

Tasracing will introduce its Equity in Participation (EIP) policy for the harness code on 1 July 2023. Under the policy, except in the specific circumstances outlined below, horses trained by a single trainer (or under the effective control of a single trainer) cannot make up more than 50 per cent of starters in any race…

2022 Harness Racing Award winners

Friday 7 April 2023

In addition to the announcement earlier in the week relating to winners of the 2022 Harness Racing Awards, Tasracing would like to announce the additional winners and congratulate their connections. 2022 Medical Edge Tasmanian 2YO Colt or Gelding of the Year TRIEDTOTELLYA 2022 Corporate Communications Tasmanian 3YO Colt or Gelding of the Year MICKEY OH…

Female Harness Award winners

Tuesday 4 April 2023

Tasracing would like to announce the following winners and congratulate their connections of the 2022 Tasmanian Harness Awards. The male equivalent of the below awards will be announced on Friday, 7 April, while the overall Horse of the Year winner will be announced at the 2022 Tasmanian Harness Racing Awards night which will be held…