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Race 1 – East Maitland Bowling Club Maiden Plate 1850m So Newchee Thinks has put the writing on the wall with two solid runner-up performances recently. She was run down late by black type placegetter Waverley on this track last start on a Soft 7,…

Kris Lees’ three-year-old filly So Newchee Thinks, runner up in her past two starts on wet tracks is set to break through for her first win when she contests the East Maitland Bowling Club Maiden Plate (1850m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The So You Think…

Perseverance finally paid off for Raymond Terrace trainer Ken Lantry when My Mate Cobber broke through for his first win at Saturdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. The four-year-old was well supported $6.50 second favourite in the Lake Macquarie Carpet Cleaning Maiden Handicap (1200m) with…

Race 1 – Lake Macquarie Carpet Cleaning Super Maiden Plate 900m Tampa Bay had no luck on debut on this track recently when three wide with no cover outside the speed before tiring to finish fourth. She has drawn okay and will only carry 53kg…

Chris Waller’s four-year-old Zoustar mare Fakhra, placed in five of seven starts is set to break through first up from a spell at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. The Irish import commenced her career in Europe and when she steps out in…

Cessnock trained Soobooco and Hawkesbury four-year-old Gallic Fox both landed huge plunges on the heavy track at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. Soobooco, formerly trained by Mark Minervini recently joined the Larry Fairhall stable where the gelding has had two unplaced runs at Muswellbrook and Scone.…

Race 1 – Fay & Kalan’s Memorial Benchmark 64 Handicap 2370m A very competitive staying race with many chances. Montgomery is in good form with wins at Wyong and Nowra in his past four starts. All his recent starts have been on heavy tracks including…

Coffs Harbour trainer Brett Dodson will head south with his boom three-year-old Cool Storm to test the Toronado filly in better company at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. The filly is very fast, and after an easy debut win at Coffs Harbour…

Jockey Mitchell Bell’s winning treble, and doubles to Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle and the Snowden stable highlighted the Port Stephens Cup race day at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. The track was a Heavy 9 for race one, and with constant rain throughout the day it…

Race 1 – SAL, Lighting A Smarter Future Maiden Handicap 900m Cryptonic is a very fast colt who has led in both starts at Hawkesbury. He was narrowly beaten on debut on a heavy track in a 1100m maiden and was run down when fourth…

The Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Saturday was postponed after four races as jockeys raised concerns with Stewards relating to the track conditions deteriorating and the visibility following continuing rain throughout the day. Twenty-one-year-old Scone apprentice Braith Nock took his season tally to eighty-one…

Race 1 – NAC Services 2yo Maiden Plate 900m Blue Illusion and Counteroffensive have raced in top two-year-old company, and they are the class runners here. Blue Illusion was placed in the Kirkham Plate in October, and he has trialled nicely for the first up…