Category: Thoroughbred News

The track rating at UBET Park Hobart, as at 17 October, is a Good 4 with a penetrometer reading of 4.62. Please note: The map shows raw penetrometer readings. Official rating is an adjusted rating as per formula, for Elwick, in track rating policy [PDF]. Click here for a printer friendly version.

The track rating at UBET Park Hobart, as at 13 October, is a Good 4 with a penetrometer reading of 4.52. Please note: The map shows raw penetrometer readings. Official rating is an adjusted rating as per formula, for Elwick, in track rating policy [PDF]. Click here for a printer friendly version.

The track rating at UBET Park Hobart, as at 27 July, is a Heavy 8 with a penetrometer reading of 5.50. Please note: The map shows raw penetrometer readings. Official rating is an adjusted rating as per formula, for Elwick, in track rating policy [PDF]. Click here for a printer friendly version.

The late David Yaxley had a profound impact on the Tasmanian thoroughbred industry during his time as an administrator, owner and breeder. He is best remembered as the owner-breeder of 1990 Caulfield Cup winner Sydeston who also won a BMW International in Sydney. Sydeston retired with stake earnings of $3.1 million making him Tasmania’s best…

NEIL RICHARDSON was destined to train racehorses having been raised in a racing family. His father Chappy Richardson was a talented harness trainer and that led to Neil learning all aspects of stable life. He also dreamed of being a jockey and in his early teens he would hitchhike from his home at Lindisfarne to…

The Tasmanian Racing Hall Of Fame already includes Armidale Stud founder David Whishaw and his son Denis who ran the state’s leading thoroughbred nursery from the late 1980s until his premature death in 2004. If anyone thought that would be the end of Armidale, they were sadly mistaken. Into the breach stepped Denis’ widow Robyn…