For all the Tassie thoroughbred fans waiting on @mysticjtas to go around in this weekends Ladbrokes Cox Plate be sure to start the weekend with a winner by tuning into the Friday night meeting from Launceston with full SKY 1 and STC coverage. Punters+ Tasracing Australia SKY Racing

Fantastic to see gun Tassie jockey David Pires back in the saddle at Launceston after an extended stint on the sidelines with injury. Only the one ride tonight but expect him to be a regular in the winners stall over the carnival.

Great to see JR8 at Hobart tonight competing in the dual sulky race for charity, finishing second!

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Well then! An upset in the third Ladbrokes Hobart Thousand heat with Hooked on Scotch running second to the Jeff Britton trained Grey Ghost. The overall time is comfortably the fastest of the three heats so far.

$1.50 favourite Still A Star scratched from the Tasmanian Derby tomorrow. Further information will be on tasracing.com.au shortly.

Leading into Friday's Devonport meeting it had been over four months since Anthony Darmanin booted home a winner but that quickly changed as he rode the first four winners of the day - bit.ly/37yz2s8

It's a Group 1 night of racing in Hobart this evening and Mike Clarke's Betting Plan is ready to go for all 10 races - bit.ly/388lYdq

Based on expected thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon in Hobart, race times for the Tasmanian Stakes meeting have been rescheduled to significantly earlier in the day. Updated timetable below R1 - 1122 R2 - 1156 R3 - 1232 R4 - 1307 R5 - 1342 R6 - 1414 R7 - 1449 R8 - 1524 R9 - 1604

The race meeting scheduled for this Saturday 8 January on King Island has been postponed due to increasing COVID issues currently impacting the King Island Community. Further information regarding racing on King Island will be communicated to industry as soon as practical.

The Harness race meeting scheduled for Scottsdale Friday 7th January has been abandoned based on expected severe thunderstorms and increased COVID issues with essential club staff. Tasracing will look at adding an additional race meeting at a date to be determined.

Tim Rosen Daniel Ganderton conscious and has been taken to hospital for further observation.

Please Note: Due to the abandonment of Goulburn Thoroughbreds today, Hobart will have new race times. They are as follows: R1 - 11:45 R2 - 12:15 R3 - 12:50 R4 - 13:25 R5 - 14:00 R6 - 14:35 R7 - 15:15 R8 - 15:55 R9 - 16:30 Tasracing Australia

A childhood friend of mine, a professor in the US has, I think, got it absolutely right on this Bairstow issue: "I figured it out!!!! I cracked the Hypocrisy code You have to invoke the 'Laws' of Cricket when the decision is 'IN your favour' You have to invoke the 'Spirit' of

"It's life changing, we love the Colt and that's a fantastic result for him, over the moon." What a great result for Grenville Stud with Think About It's half-brother selling for $900,000 at the Magic Millions yearlings sale. Grenville Stud Magic Millions

UNBELIEVABLE! TASMANIA, WE DID IT! WE ARE BBL|14 CHAMPIONS!