It was a day that dreams are made of for 21yo apprentice jockey Teagan Voorham at Devonport last Sunday. Starting the day searching for a career first winner, she ended the day with four alongside her name. Voorham started the day in the best way possible, winning the first race on Vandermeer. “That was just…
Category: Thoroughbred News
New Tasracing Official Price service for all Tasmanian race meetings
Friday 11 August 2017
Tasracing will provide customers with a new wagering information service – Tasracing Official Prices (TOP) starting with this Sunday’s thoroughbred meeting at Devonport. The new TOP service will display wagering price fluctuations from a quorum of corporate bookmakers, providing customers with confidence when making betting decisions. The TOP screens will display fluctuations 30 minutes prior to race start and…
Increased funding for all three racing industry codes
Friday 11 August 2017
Tasracing will increase base funding for all three racing codes in Tasmania by six per cent for 2017/18 to $22.05 million. After taking account of funding carryovers last financial year from the 2014/15 season ($394,000), the increase will equate to four per cent year-on-year, as outlined in Tasracing’s Corporate Plan. Tasracing chief executive officer Vaughn…
Hot Dipped sidelined after injury
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Champion Tasmanian mare Hot Dipped will be sidelined for six months after suffering a tendon injury “She had a gallop yesterday morning (Monday) and it was a beautiful gallop, but we had her in last night, shoeing her and I noticed she has suffered a minor lesion to her tendon,” trainer Brendan McShane explained. “It’s…
Additional races scheduled for Sunday 13 August
Thursday 3 August 2017Tasracing has added two additional races to the program for next Sunday (13th August) Thoroughbred meeting at Devonport. The races added to the program are a MDN/CL1 1880m and a CL2 1150m These races were highlighted as key races to add to allow progression from those races on July 30th in which a 10 race…
Duperrey looks to make it back-to-back wins after move to Tasmania
Wednesday 2 August 2017
The Barry Campbell-trained Duperrey will look to make it consecutive wins when he contests the Simon’s Design Centre Class 1 over 1150m at Devonport on Sunday. Initially purchased by Star Thoroughbreds at the 2014 Gold Coast Magic Millions sale, he was later syndicated and trained by Australia’s leading trainer Chris Waller and placed in a…