The Programming Sub Committee at its meeting in June reviewed the Minimum Nominations policy and on the recommendation of the Sub Committee the policy has been amended with the addition of the following clause: 2.7 If there is a Mixed 1/2 or Grade 2 race with less than 8 starters plus 2 reserves and, after…
Category: Racing updates
Extended nominations for this weekend’s trotting race
Monday 25 June 2018
TROTTING racing returns to Tasmania this weekend for the first time in over 90 years. The first of many trotting races has been scheduled for this Sunday night, July 1 in Hobart, with extended nominations for the race to close at 9:00am Tuesday June 26th. The race programmed this Sunday is an $8,100 T0 or…
Harness Programming Changes June – July 2018
Wednesday 6 June 2018Please note the following changes have been made: Devonport – Friday, 29 June 2018 DVC29061804 & DVC29061805 The following race conditions have been added: Winners of a race of the 2018 6tyo Youngbloods Challenge Series shall be last selected. Hobart – Sunday, 1 July 2018 EHC01071803 & EHC01071804 The following race conditions have been…
Harness Program Amendments June – July 2018
Monday 4 June 2018Please note the following amendments have been made to the June/July 2018 Harness Program. LPC – Sunday, 24 June 2018 LNC24061804 – C1/C2 – Will no longer be BOTRA Claiming Novice Drivers Heat 1 Now: MS 2200m PBD/FSP $5,500 LNC24061805 – C3/C4 – Will no longer be BOTRA Claiming Novice Drivers Heat 2 …
Greyhound programming update
Friday 4 May 2018
The Programming Sub Committee at its meeting in March again reviewed the decision that the option to nominate “No Higher” not be permitted except when nominating for a maiden event. The exclusion to nominate “No Higher” has been on trial since 1 September 2017. No submissions were received by the Sub Committee, either for or…
Feature finals and starters bonus to increase over May and June
Wednesday 2 May 2018Following a review of the expenditure of the funding allocation for the code for the current season, on a recommendation from the Greyhound Reference Group, the following increases have been approved by Tasracing for the remainder of this financial year (to 30 June 2018): Starter Bonus – This will be increased from $100 to $200…