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1. The Timeline: When the New Rules Start The phase-out is managed through two main commencement dates: • 1 JAN 2026 (or Royal Assent, if later): The Breeding Ban begins. Most rules governing participants’ actions (euthanasia, transfers, retirement) commence. • 1 JUL 2029: Complete Prohibition. The sport is banned entirely. 2. Immediate Changes – The Transition […]
In a move that will shock no-one who reads this site, Tasracing has today terminated the employment of recently appointed Thoroughbred Chief Steward Martin Knibbs. As we reported on the day Knibbs – formerly a Senior Steward in QLD – was still in his probationary period when he arrived at the track to officiate at […]
Tasmanian jockey Jackson Radley has won his appeal against a 2-meeting suspension imposed for careless riding after it was discovered that his offence record the Stewards used as the basis for determining his penalty was wrong. Radley’s record showed that he had two previous convictions for careless riding, nut he didn’t. Both of them had […]
Disturbing news out of Tasmania is that the newly appointed Tasmania Chief Steward (Gallops) Martin Knibbs, a former Queenslander, was observed appearing unsteady on his feet at the Spreyton (Devonport) race meeting yesterday, so he was put on the breathalyzer. They say he almost blew the bag up. Knibbs is reported to have recorded an […]
Tasmanian horse trainer Liandra Gray has been disqualified for 2 years for animal cruelty after pleading guilty to a charge under the rules related to her whipping a horse more than forty times with a race whip as she was trying to force it to lunge in a sand roll. In August Gray was convicted […]
Tasmanian greyhound trainer Peter Howlett (Jr) has lodged an appeal against a 2-year disqualification imposed by Stewards for failing to disclose his previous criminal convictions, lying to the control body about his criminal history, failing to provide a national police check certificate, and failing to attend a Stewards inquiry when directed. I don’t know what […]
Hi Archie, I read recently that Neil Finnigan has been appointed as the new Chief steward in QLD. That means Jason Lincoln is the new harness Chief steward in Tasmania, and we are in trouble going by his stewards report from Launceston yesterday. Race 4 states: Stewards inquired into the reasons for Stitched Up Dan […]
If you recall, we tipped you about this over a month ago. You always hear it here first. A Tasmanian racing integrity investigation has found a number of racing stewards, including the acting chief thoroughbred steward, placed more than 200 bets on Tasmanian horse races across a two-and-a-half-year period. And a separate investigation has found […]
Decision: 1. Ms. Weidenbach was at all relevant times a licensed harness trainer and driver with Tasracing. 2. On 12 April 2025 she was arrested at Sydney Airport and charged under section 193(b)(3) the Crimes Act 1900 NSW, Money Laundering – Recklessly Deal with Proceeds of Crime, a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment. […]
Cheese loving race fans will be devastated to learn that this year’s King Island traditional summer racing carnival has been cancelled due to a lack of horse numbers. The King Island Racing Club had hoped to host its usual 4 meeting mixed gallops/harness racing carnival over January with 5 races featuring fields of a minimum […]
