Just over three months remain until the King Island racing season commences for 2023/24 where seven race days have been scheduled. The success of the inaugural running of the Miners Rest Cup back in January breathed new life into racing on the Bass Strait Island, and all involved with the King Island Racing Club are…
Tassie’s Magician draws gate 7 for Saturday’s TAB Eureka
Wednesday 30 August 2023DUAL Inter Dominion winner Jimmy Rattray has a warning for anyone dismissing the lone Tasmanian raider as “just making up the numbers” in Saturday night’s $2.1mil TAB Eureka. It was less than a decade ago when Rattray, who comes from one of Tasmania’s most famous harness racing families, took an emerging pacer to Sydney where…
North-west coast harness and greyhound tracks development application
Wednesday 23 August 2023Tasracing has welcomed the commencement of the Development Application (DA) advertising process today (23 August) by the Latrobe Council for its proposed greyhound and harness tracks on the north-west coast. Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins said the company was planning to build the new racetracks on 27 hectares of private land opposite the Devonport Airport. “We…
Mystic Journey Stakes
Tuesday 22 August 2023Tasracing is pleased to announce that the currently named Bow Mistress Trophy will now be known as the Mystic Journey Stakes from 2024. The initial running of the Mystic Journey Stakes will be on Tasmanian Derby Day in February next year at Elwick Racecourse. The race is widely known as the premier mares’ race in…
Tasracing statement in response to Animal Liberation Tasmania social media post
Tuesday 15 August 2023The latest social media post by Animal Liberation Tasmania (ALT) and its claims about a greyhound called Just Like Jazzy contains a number of inaccuracies that need to be corrected. To begin with, the post inaccurately lists Michael Sherriff as the greyhound’s trainer. The social media post also indicates that Just Like Jazzy has been “retired”….
Tasracing response to RSPCA criticism
Tuesday 15 August 2023Tasracing CEO Andrew Jenkins said Tasracing had requested and convened a meeting recently with the RSPCA which was attended by CEO Jan Davis. “We are very surprised, given the positive way the parties engaged at the meeting, but ultimately disappointed that Ms Davis appears unwilling to work with Tasracing on our ongoing effort to ensure…