Gary Harley’s Updates

    Classy 3-year-old filly Savvy Hallie is set to contest the prestigious Princess Series at Randwick following her effortless 5.48 length win in the 900 metre Newcastle Master Builders Apprentices Super Maiden Plate on Thursday at Newcastle Racecourse. In her first...
    • Friday, August 15 2025
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    Hawkesbury filly Savvy Hallie runner up in the Group 2 Baillieu in the Autumn is set to resume from a spell at the Newcastle Jockeys Clubs race meeting on Thursday. Yet to win in four starts in which she accumulated...
    • Wednesday, August 13 2025
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    Newcastle racetrack absorbs heavy rain as good as any in the nation and despite 200 millimetres of rain on the track during the last week, Saturday’s eight race meeting went ahead without incident. Gosford trainer Adam Duggan finished the day...
    • Monday, August 11 2025
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    The prospect of a rain affected track will enhance the chance of Peter Snowdens 4-year-old Homeric in the 1400 metre The Pavilion Carrington Benchmark 64 Handicap at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. The lightly raced Homeric has only had...
    • Friday, August 8 2025
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    Gary Harley – Herald – 02.08.25 The Newcastle Jockey Club will host the annual Master Builders Association Race Day on Saturday and during the race meeting will officially open the recently renovated Jockeys Rooms. The NJC will honour Australia’s winningest...
    • Friday, August 1 2025
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    New Zealand trainer Richard Collett who moved his stable of horses from the Auckland region to Warwick Farm in 2022 trained his second Newcastle winner at the Port Stephens Cup Race Day on Tuesday. Collett, father of top jockeys Jason...
    • Monday, July 21 2025
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    Kembla based apprentice Holly Duncan will remember her first trip to Newcastle racecourse after her only two mounts at the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation Race Day on Saturday were successful. The 20-year-old apprenticed to Kembla trainer Mitch Beer had her...
    • Tuesday, July 15 2025
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    The Newcastle Jockey Club on the back up from Saturday’s successful Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation Race Day will stage another attractive race meeting on the course proper on Tuesday. It’s Port Stephens Cup Day with sponsors from the area supporting...
    • Monday, July 14 2025
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    Gary Harley – Late Mail- 12.07.25 Race 1Club Macquarie Midway 2&3 YO Maiden Handicap 900m 9- Nullarbor Jane 1 – The Warrior 2- Ishikari   Race 2 – Mex Club Super Maiden Plate 900m 9- Magical Star 12- Southern Heiress...
    • Saturday, July 12 2025
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    Gary Harley – Herald – 12.07.25 Short course speedster Pratt, unbeaten since entering the Mark Minervini stable will attempt to complete his third win on the trot in Saturday’s 900 metre East Maitland Bowling Club Benchmark 64 Handicap on his...
    • Friday, July 11 2025
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