Hellova Street wins Sky Racing Horse of the Year

Friday 7 September 2018

The Scott Brunton-trained Hellova Street – which won the Thomas Lyons Stakes, the Mowbray Stakes and the Chatham Stakes (Group 3) at Flemington – has won the Sky Racing Horse of the Year award for the second time. The prestigious prize was announced at the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Awards dinner at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart…

Eagle’s first foal has landed

Thursday 16 August 2018

THE first foal sired by Armidale Stud’s Alpine Eagle was born at 1.15am today. The bay filly’s dam Arrived (x Choisir) is a four-time winning three-quarter relation to Tuscan Sling and she is from the family of High World today From the Choisir mare Arrived, a 4-time winning 3/4 relation to Tuscan Sling that is from…

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…