Gary Harley’s Updates

Race 1                DABS PLUMBING PROVINCIAL MAIDEN HANDICAP 900m Cutepi resumes after a long spell, and she has won two recent barrier trials at Muswellbrook and Newcastle. She has drawn perfectly and Andrew Adkins rides. Lightly Sparkled will be fitter...

The Cessnock Cup is in its fifth year on the Newcastle track and is the highlight of a strong eight race program on Sunday. The Cup was held at Cessnock from 1978 until the closure of the Wine Country track...

Three from three for Tim Clark and a double and three placings for Tommy Berry made the car trip up the M1 worthwhile as the two leading jockeys had a day out at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on...

Race 1 – TAB APP Class 1 Handicap 1850m Squeezebox and Hardpoint stand out and the pair clashed in a 1400 metre Kembla Super Maiden two starts back. Squeezebox was clearly superior finishing second, four lengths from the winner by...

The eagerly awaited debut of three-year-old’s Shropshire Lad and Overtook is expected to be one of the highlights of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race midweek meeting on Wednesday. The recent trial winners clash in the 900 metre Dailey Family...

Saturdays Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day attracted 6000 people, the largest crowd in the six-year history of the richest race day on the provincial program. Outstanding promotion of the day by the NJC, Sky Channel and the media saw more...

Joe Pride is confident that he will be holding the $1Million Group 2 The Hunter trophy aloft for the second year in succession on Saturday. The Newcastle Herald sponsored The Hunter will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse and the...

Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle’s striking colt Private Harry was the shining light at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race program on Saturday. It was the 3-year-olds debut in the 900 metre First National Super Maiden Plate after four impressive barrier...

Race 1 – First National Super Maiden Plate 900m The unraced Private Harry is very fast and has won his past four trials. He led all the way and bolted in with a recent Newcastle trial. He has a nice...

Nathan Doyle’s Newcastle who’s stable is off to a good start in the first three months of the season with 14 winners, commences the busiest and most exciting five days of his six-year career at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race...