After more than three years in the role, Tasracing CEO Paul Eriksson is leaving the business and will return to Sydney. Mr Eriksson said that the past two years during COVID, given the lockdowns and other restrictions, had been significantly personally challenging and he was returning to Sydney to spend time with his family before…
Increased funding for racing industry
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Tasracing will increase code funding by nine per cent or $2.846 million. The increase – agreed to by the Tasracing Board at its most recent meeting – is on top of the 4.38 per cent increase announced in January this year. Tasracing CEO Paul Eriksson said the decision to further increase code funding follows continued…
Harness Race Dates 2022/23
Friday 1 July 2022Harness will see an increase in race dates for the 2022-23 season. 4 additional meetings have been scheduled across the state. This has been due to King Island returning to their pre-covid season number of 7 meetings as well as ensuring that the Harness season does not have single meeting weekends consecutively as seen in…
Tasmanian race dates for 2022/23 released
Thursday 30 June 2022The 2022/23 racing season will feature 70 thoroughbred meetings, 90 harness meetings and 162 greyhound meetings, Tasracing has announced. Of the 70 thoroughbred meetings scheduled in Tasmania, there are seven meetings on King Island between December and January. After the outstanding success of the two Friday night meetings at Launceston last season, the Tasmanian Turf…
2022-23 Greyhound Race Dates
Thursday 30 June 2022Due to the exit of DAPS there is a lot of change from the dates allocated in 2021/22 for the greyhound code. Feature events with stake money over $5000 including the Devonport Chase have been relocated to Hobart. Named as The Chase until relocation back to the Coast, this will be run as a feature…
Thoroughbred Race Dates 2022/23
Thursday 30 June 2022Thoroughbred race dates for the 2022-23 season will remain largely the same as the 2021-22 season. There will be 70 thoroughbred race meetings across the state including 7 on King Island between December and January which is a return to their pre-covid number. There will once again be two Friday night meetings at Launceston on…
