The reduced limit obviously increases the number of ballots - which have been high for both codes this weekend - but Tasracing chief executive Paul Eriksson said it helped meet COVID-19 requirements.

It reduces the number of participants and officials required to be in the one area.

In response to concerns expressed by Tasmanian Jockeys Association general manager Kevin Ring, Eriksson said the 20-person gathering restriction "makes it challenging at the barriers".

"The 10-horse limit is something we will look at after we get going," he said.

"(But) it's best to make sure we are operating well before we make changes."

Ring said the heavy nominations for Sunday emphasised the urgency of rescinding the 10-horse limit and returning to the pre-COVID-19 field sizes.

"Without wishing to sound like a broken record, the fact that we are not documented as a workplace is what is holding us back," he said.

As predicted, the Mowbray thoroughbred meeting on Sunday has been extended to 10 races with capacity fields in each.

The meeting attracted 138 individual entries. Most accepted which meant a large number were relegated to emergencies.

There will also be 10 harness races in Hobart on Sunday catering for 98 horses, with another eight listed as emergencies.

Harness racing does not release a list of nominations but industry insiders believe there could have been 160 or more.

Seven of the races are for horses with a national rating of 30 to 75, with the highest-rated horses being placed in fields first.

What that meant was that no horse with a rating under 52 got a start in any of those races.

Fields for next week's lower-stake Friday night meeting will be selected in the reverse order, starting with 30-raters and working upwards.

Tasmanian greyhound racing is to honour the late Shane Yates with a memorial race that will rotate around the state on an annual basis.

The Winter Tasbred Cup has been renamed the Shane Yates Memorial Cup and will be run for the first time in Launceston next month.

Heats will be on July 20 and the final, worth $10,000 to the winner, on July 27.

It will be run in Hobart next year and Devonport in 2022.

Yates, who died a fortnight ago after a long battle with cancer, called greyhound racing for more than 40 years during a distinguished career in racing and sport.

Craig Newitt has given his strongest indication yet that he would like to resettle in Melbourne.

Newitt, who has been riding in Victoria since Tasmanian racing was shut down, told the racing.com web site this week that he was "looking to stay on".

He said he had to return to Tasmania at the end of the month for personal reasons "but for how long, I don't know."

"Hopefully I will (then) be back here full-time," he said.

Newitt spent 15 years riding in Victoria and won 35 group 1 races before returning to Tasmania to live in 2017.

The Ladbrokes starter subsidy bonuses announced this week will be paid directly to trainers.

The bonuses apply only to the first three meetings after the relaunch - Launceston gallops, Hobart harness and Launceston dogs.

Trainers will get $300 per starter at the gallops, $200 at the trots and $100 at the dogs.

The remainder of the Ladbrokes $150,000 incentive money will be added to the first prizemoney for every race between June 14 and 25.

It will amount to $2500 for every thoroughbred race at two meetings, $850 for every harness race at three meetings and $350 for every greyhound race at six meetings.