Increases to TASBRED Nomination Fees With the TASBRED Scheme in it’s fourth year the results are speaking for themselves. Since the implementation of the TASBRED Scheme an increase in foals has been seen in Tasmania. Funding to the scheme from the Thoroughbred Code Allocation has increased year on year with the government funding set to…
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Show Day Thoroughbred Race Meeting set for Ladbrokes Park Elwick
Monday 18 October 2021
Following cancellation of Saturday’s Thoroughbred meeting due to the southern Tasmanian snap Covid lockdown, Tasracing investigated opportunities to provide southern participants with a race meeting this week. Tasracing took an optimistic view that southern Tasmania would be out of snap lockdown as at Monday evening and thankfully this proved correct. Participants and guests are advised…
Tasracing Thoroughbred Tracks Update – Friday 15 Oct
Friday 15 October 2021Elwick As part of the Elwick Thoroughbred track management plan, the track was ‘turned out’ on 8 August for Spring renovations where all critical works were completed to plan by 20 August. The work consisted of dethatching, aeration, seeding, topdressing and fertilising the track. It commenced with a dethatching of the track to remove unwanted…
Increased funding for racing industry confirmed by Tasracing Board
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing has finalised the funding allocation for the three racing codes after consultation with code industry groups. At its 29 September meeting, the Tasracing Board agreed to increase code funding by $2.26 million, or 8 per cent. As part of this increase, stakes will increase for the harness code by 6 per cent, 7.1 per…
Thoroughbred code funding allocation 2021-22
Thursday 30 September 2021Tasracing, in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Advisory Network, is pleased to announce that from 1 October 2021 the Code Funding Allocation for 2021/22 will be implemented as follows. Base stakes to increase: MDN to BM70 increased from $20,000 to $21,000 Age MDN increased from $20,500 to $22,500 CL3 to BM71+ increased from $20,500 to $23,000…
Tasracing partners with Sports Entertainment Network (SEN)
Friday 20 August 2021
Tasracing has entered a media partnership with the Sports Entertainment Network (SEN). SEN operates a network of sports and racing radio and digital assets in15 Australian markets, including Tasmania, and 26 markets in New Zealand. The partnership is based on creating new in-depth pre and post-race content to help Tasracing attract more Australian racing fans…