The latest social media post by Animal Liberation Tasmania (ALT) and its claims about a greyhound called Just Like Jazzy contains a number of inaccuracies that need to be corrected. To begin with, the post inaccurately lists Michael Sherriff as the greyhound’s trainer. The social media post also indicates that Just Like Jazzy has been “retired”….
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Tasracing Statement in response to Animal Liberation Tasmania footage
Thursday 3 August 2023
Vision has been circulated online late yesterday by Animal Liberation Tasmania and a group calling themselves Defund Tasracing that relates to the property of one of our greyhound trainers. Some of the vision, on face value, raises concerns relating to animal welfare and Tasracing will wait for ORI’s investigation, commencing today, before considering further action…
Updated GA Policy – Approval of Greyhound Passport for Export
Wednesday 2 August 2023Greyhounds Australasia (GA) advise the Board approved update to policy for the approval of Greyhound Passport for export and the execution of Greyhound Australasia Rule 44 and Rule 45. The updated policy provides clarification on destination country requirements (excluding New Zealand) for GA Greyhound Passport approval where greyhounds are being exported, for the purpose of:…
Beautide – final field announced
Tuesday 1 August 2023
The final field for Saturday night’s Beautide in Hobart has been announced. The winner of the $80,000 race will secure Tasracing’s slot in the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1 Million TAB Eureka, at Sydney’s Menangle Park on 2 September. The final field was selected from the 16 nominations received by the Tasracing Eureka Selection…
Response to Rosalie Woodruff’s Tasracing Funding Statements
Thursday 27 July 2023In response to a recent social media post by MP Rosalie Woodruff, Tasracing makes the following statement: The Tasmanian racing industry is partly funded under a 20-year funding deed established following the sale of the government-owned TOTE Tasmania to Tattsbett in 2011. Until then, the racing industry was self-funded and delivering a dividend to the…
New harness prizemoney split payment system
Tuesday 18 July 2023
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…