Tasracing wishes to acknowledge the recent passing of Hobart and Launceston Cup winning jockey Peter Mertens, who lost a battle with cancer aged 58. Mertens won multiple feature races in Tasmania including the 2012 Hobart Cup and 2013 Launceston Cup, both aboard one of Tasmania’s all-time greats, Geegees Blackflash. Overall, the Group 1 winning jockey…
Tasracing Animal Welfare Review update
Tuesday 13 June 2023
Work on more than half of the 83 recommendations made in the Tasracing-commissioned Animal Welfare Review by Dr David Sykes are either underway or have been completed, Tasracing says. Chief Veterinary and Animal Welfare Officer Dr Martin Lenz said all recommendations had been carefully assessed and timed for implementation based on welfare priorities. “As a…
Tasmanian race dates for 2023/24 released
Monday 5 June 2023
The 2023/24 racing season will feature 72 thoroughbred meetings, 91 harness meetings and 159 greyhound meetings, Tasracing has confirmed. Of the 72 thoroughbred meetings scheduled in Tasmania, there are seven meetings scheduled for King Island between December and January. After the outstanding success of the three Friday night meetings at Launceston last season, the Tasmanian…
Thoroughbred Race Dates 2023-24
Monday 5 June 2023Thoroughbred race dates for the 2023-24 season will remain largely the same as the 2022-23 season. There will be 72 thoroughbred race meetings across the state including 7 on King Island between December and January which is the same number as last season. There will be seven Friday night meetings at Launceston during the night…
Harness Race Dates 2023-24
Monday 5 June 2023Harness will see an increase of 1 race meeting (91) for the 2023-24 season. Below are notable changes for the 2023-24 calendar: • A Saturday SKY 1 timeslot was allocated to the Tasmanian Trotting Club on 5 August which will hold the inaugural running of the Tasracing Eureka Qualifying Race ‘The Beautide’. • A Saturday…
2023-24 Greyhound Race Dates
Monday 5 June 2023With the transferred meetings from DAPS continuing in 2023/24, Launceston will now hold 31 of these meetings, an increase of 4 on 2022/23. The 2024 Launceston Cup will return to a Monday night, 29 January. The Ladbrokes Chase has been moved to January 2024. The heats will be run on Tuesday 2 January with the…
