Overview – Greyhounds Australasia (GA) Rules Rework Project During the first phase of stakeholder consultation between 22 February and 19 April 2021, the Greyhounds Australasia (GA) Rules Rework project received a large number of submissions to aid in the review of the Greyhounds Australasia Rules (National Rules). The Rules Rework Committee are now reviewing all…
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Trotting to cease in Tasmania
Thursday 1 April 2021Reintroduced as a trial in July 2018 and confirmed to continue in January 2020 subject to Industry support, trotting races in Tasmania have failed to achieve the support from the industry that was hoped for. Although there was strong initial support the decline has been obvious specifically over the last 7 months with races being…
Harness – Tasbred Selected First
Thursday 1 April 2021As further support for our TASBRED Breeders as of 11 April Tasracing will implement the following race condition ‘Tasbred Selected First’ on specific races as set out below. This race condition will be placed on all rating-based races with a front from 30-59 at all Premier meetings. The exclusions will be: Age based races NMT…
Greyhound stakes to increase from 1 April 2021
Wednesday 24 March 2021Following a review of the expenditure of the Code Funding Allocation against budget, Tasracing, on the recommendation of the Greyhound Reference Group, has determined that the unexpended funds will be distributed via an increase in stakes for graded races for the remainder of the season. Stakes for graded races from 1 April until 30 June…
2020 Tasmanian Harness Awards
Tuesday 9 March 2021
On Saturday evening, Ryley Major capped off a massive 2019-2020 season by capturing the Tasmanian Horse of the year title. View the gallery from the awards dinner here. The announcement was made in front of a packed house at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Launceston on Saturday night. The Rohan Hillier-trained pacer raced 22 times…
Grenville sells colt for $550,000
Tuesday 2 March 2021
TOP Tasmanian thoroughbred breeder Graeme McCulloch is today celebrating a record sale for Grenville Stud after a colt he presented at the William Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne on Monday night was knocked down for $550,000. The Deep Field colt (Lot 525) was the center of a bidding frenzy between the Hong Kong Jockey…