Thoroughbred race dates for the 2022-23 season will remain largely the same as the 2021-22 season. There will be 70 thoroughbred race meetings across the state including 7 on King Island between December and January which is a return to their pre-covid number. There will once again be two Friday night meetings at Launceston on…
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Harness Feature Events – Oaks / Derby
Tuesday 21 June 2022Tasracing, in conjunction with all Harness racing clubs, held a workshop in March to discuss and plan the Feature Events calendar for the 2022/23 race season. One major change will be the movement of the 3YO Tasmanian Oaks and Derby. Generally held at the Tasmanian Trotting Club (TTC) meeting in March, agreement was reached to…
DISTANCE RACES – MINIMUM FIELD SIZE TRIAL
Friday 17 June 2022Following a recommendation from the Greyhound Reference Group, Tasracing and the Office of Racing Integrity have agreed to a policy change to the minimum field size for distance racing for a trial period of two months. Currently the Minimum Nomination policy states that there must be a minimum of 6 eligible first preference nominations for…
Drivers announced for the 2022 Cavalor Equicare Claiming Novice Drivers Series
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Article by Duncan Dornauf Tasracing is proud to announce the drivers for the 2022 Claiming Novice Drivers series in Launceston on Sunday, 15 May, and will do so with a new name. Cavalor Equicare has jumped on board as the naming rights partner for the series, which sees 10 of the state’s best up and…
TASMANIAN GREYHOUND RULES OF RACING UPDATE
Wednesday 20 April 2022With the new rules coming into effect on 1 May, 2022, we invite participants who wish to seek clarification on the implementation of any of the rules to provide Tasracing with a written submission on your query so that we can provide a response. The draft rules were distributed for review by participants in December…
Tasmanian Greyhound Rules of Racing – Correction
Thursday 14 April 2022Please be advised that Local Rule 75E.9 has been amended due to a typographical error to now read as follows: A registered person or official, when undertaking or purporting to undertake a licensed activity or official duties at a meeting or trial session conducted at a registered track or registered greyhound trial track shall not…