In a boon for the Tasmanian racing industry, Tasracing has successfully secured the first ever Australian Female Jockey Championship. The event will extend the 2018 Luxbet Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival (TSRC) from its traditional finale of Launceston Cup Day (Wednesday 28 February) to Wednesday 7 March for the Female Championship event. Thanks to Tasracing’s strong…
Category: Thoroughbred News
Tasmanian Thoroughbred Stakes Increase Breakdown
Thursday 28 September 2017Increase in prize money for all Thoroughbred meetings is as follows: Please note, these increases are effective from 01/10/2017 & also Tas Racing will now be paying to 5th placing as well. Race Type 2016/17 2017/18 2YO & 3YO MDN $14,000 $19,000 2YO & 3YO HCP $15,000 $19,000 MDN $14,000 $16,000 MDN / CL1 $14,000…
Meeting location change – Hobart to Devonport
Friday 8 September 2017Due to the weather affected condition of the track at Hobart, the meeting set down for Sunday 10 September has been transferred to the all-weather track at Devonport. The first event will jump at 12:05.
Hellova Street wins Magic Millions Horse of the Year
Friday 1 September 2017
The Scott Brunton-trained Hellova Street – which won the Thomas Lyons Stakes, the Mowbray Stakes and the VRC March Stakes at Flemington – has won the Magic Millions Horse of the Year award. The prestigious prize was announced at the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Awards dinner at Country Club Tasmania in Launceston tonight (1 September) in front…
Craig Newitt to return to Tasmania
Thursday 31 August 2017
A huge boost for Tasmania’s jockeys ranks with news that champion jockey Craig Newitt is returning to live in Tasmania. “We’ve been thinking about it for a while, we’ve got four kids now, it’s a lifestyle choice,” Newitt said. It’s only a 40 minute flight, so if I need to I can still fly back to Melbourne to ride…
Who will be the Tasmanian Racehorse of the Year for the 2016/17 season?
Wednesday 30 August 2017
In what promises to be one of the closest votes in many years, there are three leading contenders. Count da Vinci, Hellova Street and Tshahitsi. All three have had outstanding seasons and any of them would be a worthy winner. Count Da Vinci started as a class one galloper and progressed to a Hobart Cup…