Life on the Wire Melbourne bound

Tuesday 26 June 2018

TALENTED Tasmanian mare Life on the Wire will have her next start in Melbourne. Following an impressive trial win over 800 metres in Hobart today, trainer Scott Brunton confirmed Life on the Wire would head back to Melbourne for a first-up tilt in a $100,000 mares’ race over 1200 metres on 14 July. The four-year-old…

2018/19 Tasmanian race dates announced

Friday 8 June 2018

Race dates for Tasmania’s three codes of racing have been finalised for the 2018/19 racing season. Highlights in the schedule: Seventy-two thoroughbred meetings (including seven King Island meetings in December and January. Eighty-nine harness meetings (up seven meetings compared to last season). One Hundred and sixty-two greyhound meetings on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays. Twenty-one thoroughbred…

2018/19 Tasmanian race dates announced

Friday 8 June 2018

Race dates for Tasmania’s three codes of racing have been finalised for the 2018/19 racing season. Highlights in the schedule include: • 72 thoroughbred meetings (including seven King Island meetings in December and January.) • 89 harness meetings (up by seven meetings last season). • 162 greyhound meetings on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays. • 21…

Two Tasmanian female racing events celebrate International Women’s Day

Wednesday 21 February 2018

Tasmania will host two inaugural female racing events – the Sky Racing Australian Female Jockey Championship and the Australian Female Drivers Championship – within a week of each other in March. The female jockey championships will feature Tasmania’s Siggy Carr and Georgie Catania (pending her return from Sunday’s fall), South Australia’s Clare Lindop and other…

National Apprentice Series – Visiting Apprentices

Monday 19 February 2018

With the National Apprentice Series kicking off in Launceston this Sunday, 25th February we will have the following visiting apprentices over and available for further rides: VIC Leticia Griffin 0400 093 132 52kg (A4) Pat Cannon (Trainer) – 0414 573 269 Alexandra Bryan 0439 955 904 51kg (A3) Vincent Nolen (Trainer)  – 0438 626 956…

Tasmanian yearling sale soars to record levels

Monday 19 February 2018

A colt by exciting Darley stallion Epaulette topped today’s record-breaking 2018 Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale at Launceston. Offered early in the afternoon as Lot 6, the Armidale Stud consigned youngster was knocked down to Melbourne horseman Simon Zahra and will join Ellerton Zahra Racing at Flemington. The colt is a half-brother to three winners…