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…
Category: Thoroughbred News
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…
Register now – Consultation plan for all interested parties
Monday 27 September 2021A reminder that a racing industry Consultation Workshop for All interested parties will be conducted on Thursday 30 September at 6pm via video conference. Experienced and highly regarded racing and wagering executive Doug Freeman is hosting the Workshops. Videoconferencing details will be provided to those who register to participate via videoconference. To register to attend…
Time is running out – Strategic Plan Consultations
Thursday 16 September 2021A reminder that racing industry Consultation Workshops are currently being conducted across the state for participants and interested parties of all three codes of racing. Experienced and highly regarded racing and wagering executive Doug Freeman is hosting the Workshops. There are options to attend in person or via video conference for every local session, with…