Racing News
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Gary Harley – Herald – 1.11.25
The consistent Gosford trained Orthie’s Boys is ready to notch up his fourth win in the 1500 metre Maitland Rugby Cup at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Trainer Greg McFarlane has called on 1.5 kilogram claiming apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald to reunite with the five-year-old…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 27.10.25
Newcastle apprentice William Stanley completed a busy four days when he steered home two winners at the Wine Country race meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday. Stanley apprenticed to Kris Lees flew to Melbourne to ride his boss’s sprinter Power Of The Brave at…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 27.10.25
In form jockey Alyshia Collett had only been booked for three mounts when riders were declared for Mondays Newcastle meeting and all three will be well fancied. It is a seven-event country class meeting to be held on the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Beaumont track. Collett…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 18.10.25
The Jungle Juice Cups and Cessnock Cups were the Newcastle Jockey Clubs major races when the club owned the Cessnock Racecourse for more than 30 years and on Saturday for the first time the Cups will be run on the same program at Newcastle. The…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 07.10.25
Newcastle Jockey Club will host their fourth race meeting in the space of 18 days on Tuesday. John Sargent’s three-year-old filly Autumn Blonde ($3 favourite on TAB) is well placed in the NZB Ready To Run 12 & 13 Nov Class 1 Handicap (1250m). A…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 2.10.25
French-born Nacim Dilmi trained his first Newcastle winner when former top local apprentice Dylan Gibbons produced a masterly ride on Oceanfront at the NJC’s midweek meeting. Oceanfront was a $5 chance in the provincial benchmark 64 handicap (1850 metres) after a close third placing in…
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Newcastle 2024-25 Premiership Awards
2024-25 NJC Premiership Award Winners The Newcastle Jockey Club made presentations to the 2024-25 Premiership winners during the first race meeting of the Spring Racing Carnival on September 19. The following were the Premiership winners: Horse Of the Year: Private Harry- In the season was…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 2.10.25
The Newcastle Jockey Club backs up from a bumper Spring Racing carnival with a strong race midweek meeting on Thursday. Les bridge will send a promising 3-year-old Columbus to Newcastle after he was a ‘good thing’ beaten on the track on debut on September 19.…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – Saturday 20.09.25
Randwick trainer Michael Freedman has a talented group of 3-year-olds in his stable and on Saturday at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs second day of their Spring Carnival he was successful with two highly promising 3-year-old gallopers. Freedman landed a double win with 3-year-olds Magenta Skies…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – Friday 19.09.25
Chris Waller Irish stayer Soul Of Spain firmed into $8 second favourite for the Group 1 The Metropolitan at Randwick on October 4 following his rails hugging win in Friday’s $300,000 Group 3 Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup. The 5-year-old provided trainer Chris Waller with…
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Gary Harley – Herald – Ladies Day 20.09.25
The second day of the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Spring Racing Carnival on Saturday is Ladies Day with the 1300 metre Prosperity Advisers Ladies Day Cup the feature event. The Taree trained Bodhi Boy is the top weight and the son of So You Think has…
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Gary Harley – Herald – Newcastle Gold Cup 2025
Gary Harley – Herald – Friday 19.09.25 The time-honoured Newcastle Jockey Club’s two-day Spring Carnival will be held on Friday and Saturday and with 121 acceptances and three Group 3 events on Friday it is a massive day. Australia’s two champion trainers Ciaron Maher and…
