All Tasmanian race meetings, barrier trials and trackwork (including access to licensed training stables) in Tasmania across all three codes will not be open to the public (including owners) effective immediately and until further notice. While total attendance at many Tasmanian race meetings, barrier trials and track work is likely to be less than 500,…
Category: Thoroughbred News
Information regarding the coronavirus for Tasmanian racing industry participants
Monday 16 March 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is posing challenges to all sections of our community. Tasracing has been monitoring the situation and consulting with all relevant authorities to ensure we have the most appropriate responses in place. Our aim is to protect our racing industry and the wider community. With this in mind, we are taking an…
NARS Round 2 results
Thursday 12 March 2020
Chris Graham represented Tasmania in the second round of the 2020 NJT National Apprentice Riders Series in the seventh race at Ascot on Wednesday afternoon. Graham, who now resides in WA finished fourth aboard Celtic Court, earning three points for Tasmania in the series. The series comprises five heats with Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and…
Prohibited Substance – Zoledronic Acid
Tuesday 10 March 2020NOTICE TO TRAINERS Racing Australia is aware that the APMVA has issued a PERMIT TO ALLOW SUPPLY AND MINOR USE OF AN UNREGISTERED VETERINARY CHEMICAL PRODUCT for Zoledronic Acid. The substances set out in Schedule 1, Part 1, Division 1 of the Rules of Racing (i.e. Prohibited List A) are specified as prohibited substances at all…
NARS Round 1 results
Friday 6 March 2020
Ianish Luximon made the most of his opportunity to represent Tasmania in the 2020 National Apprentice Riders Series by winning the heat aboard Queen’s Needs in Hobart yesterday. Luximon, who is indentured to Adam Trinder, has been riding in the state for three months but had been unable to land a winner but he…
Apprentice jockey series comes to Tasmania
Monday 2 March 2020
The Tasmanian leg of the National Apprentice Race Series (NARS), Australia’s premier competition for apprentice jockeys, will be held in Hobart on Wednesday (4 March 2020). First run in 2008, the series brings together apprentice jockeys from across Australia and the series continues to go from strength to strength with this year seeing the competition…