Grenville Stud, a renowned Tasmanian-based thoroughbred breeding operation, has emerged as the leading vendor by average sale price (min. 3 lots sold) at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, with an impressive average sale price of $233,333 across three lots sold. This is a significant achievement for Grenville Stud and a testament to the quality…
Category: Thoroughbred News
Tasracing CEO appointed
Tuesday 7 February 2023
I am delighted to write to you today to share with you that we have appointed Andrew Jenkins to the CEO position. As you can read in the media release below that will be distributed by the Tasmanian Government later today, we ran a competitive interview process for the position which attracted applicants from interstate…
Rosebery Athletic Club given second chance
Thursday 19 January 2023
Rosebery Athletic Club has won $10,000 after drawing the winning horse in the inaugural Ladbrokes Carpet Charge race at the Devonport Cup meet on 11 January. Twenty-five thousand dollars was split between 12 north west coast-based sporting clubs and associations that were allocated a horse to run in the race. Rosebery Athletic Club Secretary Duncan…
Ladbrokes Summer Racing Festival officially launched
Monday 28 November 2022
The Ladbrokes Summer Racing Festival for all three codes of racing has been officially launched at the Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart.
Size and Scope of the Tasmanian Racing Industry Report | 2021/22 Update
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Tasracing commissioned a report last year on the size and scope of the Tasmanian racing industry, produced by IER, which clearly showed the positive impact racing has on Tasmania from an economic, employment and cultural standpoint, and greatly aided in delivering Tasracing’s It’s Why We Race public awareness campaign. A new report has recently been…
Increased stakes for Tasmanian racing industry confirmed by Tasracing Board
Monday 21 November 2022
More than $1.4 million will be allocated to increase stakes across the three codes of racing from 1 December this year, Tasracing’s acting chief executive officer said. “The decision was recently approved by the Tasracing Board given the company’s continuous strong financial performance,” he said. “Each code will each benefit by an additional $480,633.” Allocation…