As of Friday 3rd April, an education trial will be added to the scheduled pre-race meeting trials. An Education trial will be held 20 minutes prior to the first scheduled official trial and will have the following maximum field limits: Devonport – 6 Hobart – 7 Launceston – 7 NB: Horses competing in education trials…
Devonport greyhound meeting 31 March cancelled
Tuesday 31 March 2020Today’s 31 March Devonport Greyhound meeting has been cancelled. The meeting has been cancelled because the Devonport Agricultural and Pastoral Society Inc (which owns the Devonport Showgrounds site) has refused entry to the site racing participants. Tasracing is not aware of any racing participant or other industry stakeholders having contracted or having been exposed to…
Temporary Changes to Harness Trials
Thursday 26 March 2020TRIALS Due to the current situation re: COVID-19 the following will be implemented to commence Sunday 29 March 2020. Trials will be conducted on race days only to commence 1 hour prior to the scheduled starting time of race 1 of the race meeting. Only horses that are qualifying to race for the first time…
Tasracing Elwick office announcement
Tuesday 24 March 2020Tasracing has closed its Elwick offices effective 5pm today (Tuesday 24 March). The decision follows a week of staggered remote working. Tasracing CEO Paul Eriksson said the office closure would protect the health and wellbeing of the company’s teams and the broader industry. “Tasracing will continue to utilise skeletal staff on site between 9am and…
NARS Round 2 results
Thursday 12 March 2020Chris Graham represented Tasmania in the second round of the 2020 NJT National Apprentice Riders Series in the seventh race at Ascot on Wednesday afternoon. Graham, who now resides in WA finished fourth aboard Celtic Court, earning three points for Tasmania in the series. The series comprises five heats with Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and…
NARS Round 1 results
Friday 6 March 2020Ianish Luximon made the most of his opportunity to represent Tasmania in the 2020 National Apprentice Riders Series by winning the heat aboard Queen’s Needs in Hobart yesterday. Luximon, who is indentured to Adam Trinder, has been riding in the state for three months but had been unable to land a winner but he…