Following the release of Harness Race Dates for 2025/26, Tasracing in consultation with the Harness Programming Sub-Committee have now finalised the 2025/26 Harness Feature Race Calendar.

Changes from the earlier version of the 2025/26 Calendar include:

• The Group 1 Tasmania Cup Final will revert to a mobile start with a random barrier draw on Saturday February 28, 2026. Two heats will still be run over consecutive weeks to determine the make-up of the Final.
• The New Norfolk Cup will return to the pacing track and be run over 2579m under stand start conditions on Sunday January 11, 2026
• The George Johnson and Light Harness Tasmania Cup will now be run as one off races on Saturday February 28, 2026.
• There will be a new race on the North West Coast with the $14,000 Circular Head Cup run at Burnie on Friday February 6, 2026. This will be a conditioned handicap over 2789m.
• Both $20,000 2YO races will now have permanent names with the TTC Life Members 2YO Graduate run at Hobart on Sunday September 7, 2025, and the Wayne Rattray Two-Year-Old Classic at Launceston on Sunday October 5, 2025.
• A change of date sees the Patrons Marathon and Harry Holgate Memorial run a week earlier than initially advertised at Launceston on Sunday February 15, 2026.
• This means the Meander Valley Cup at Carrick will now be run on Sunday February 22, 2026.
• The Launceston Belmont will now be run on Sunday April 19, 2026, at Launceston.
• The Hobart Belmont and Sires Produce will now both be run on Sunday June 28, 2026, at Hobart.

A final 2025/26 Harness Feature Race Calendar can be found at – http://bit.ly/4nvKUBu

Stewart Brown
Code Lead – Harness
30 June 2025