Elwick As part of the Elwick Thoroughbred track management plan, the track was ‘turned out’ on 8 August for Spring renovations where all critical works were completed to plan by 20 August. The work consisted of dethatching, aeration, seeding, topdressing and fertilising the track. It commenced with a dethatching of the track to remove unwanted…
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Increased funding for racing industry confirmed by Tasracing Board
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing has finalised the funding allocation for the three racing codes after consultation with code industry groups. At its 29 September meeting, the Tasracing Board agreed to increase code funding by $2.26 million, or 8 per cent. As part of this increase, stakes will increase for the harness code by 6 per cent, 7.1 per…
Greyhound code funding allocation 2021-22
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing has finalised the Code Funding Allocation for the 2021/22 season. The funding details were reviewed and recommended by the Greyhound Reference Group at its recent meeting. The increase in funding will see a 7.71% increase on the base stake allocation to the code. The percentage increase in base stakes is not reflected in the…
Thoroughbred code funding allocation 2021-22
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing, in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Advisory Network, is pleased to announce that from 1 October 2021 the Code Funding Allocation for 2021/22 will be implemented as follows. Base stakes to increase: MDN to BM70 increased from $20,000 to $21,000 Age MDN increased from $20,500 to $22,500 CL3 to BM71+ increased from $20,500 to $23,000…
Harness code funding allocation 2021-22
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing, in conjunction with the Harness Industry Forum, is pleased to announce that from 1 October 2021 the Code Funding Allocation for 2021/22 will be as follows. Base stakes to increase $8,750 to $9,000 Maiden and Open Class races to increase $8,750 to $9,900 The following Country Cups will see an increase from $12,000 to…
Policy Manual Amended & GOTY Panel Named
Friday 24 September 2021The Annual Awards Policy has been amended effective from 1 October 2021. The major changes to the policy are in respect to the Greyhound of the Year Award in respect to the manner in which the finalists are selected and the recognition of performances being restricted to when the greyhound was owned or trained by…