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Former Newcastle trainer Ben Smith, based at Kembla these days, put punters on the back foot in the early stages of Saturdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Smith who was at Randwick, trained the first two winners at Newcastle at odds of $61 and $21.…

Race 1 – Hunt Hospitality Provincial Benchmark 64 Handicap 1850m Owari was run down late at Hawkesbury last start, and he has been placed twice on this track. He has a positive barrier and 2kgs off for Amy McLucas. Three Wise Men drops in class…

Kris Lees’ three-year-old filly Kind Words can return to the racetrack a winner when she contests the Harcourts Super Maiden (1200m) at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday.  The Written Tycoon filly carries the colours of Lees’ three-time Group 1 winner Lucia Valentina,…

Punters who like betting on favorites had a bonanza at Wine Country Race Club’s meeting on the Beaumont track on Tuesday, when favorites won six of the seven races. The weather was perfect, and the Beaumont track was on fire, and as predicted the powerful…

Race 1 – Coastline Pool & Spa CG&E Maiden Plate 1150m Head Of The Herd resumes from a spell after being runner up in two recent Randwick trials. The Snitzel colt ran on strongly from midfield in his most recent trial.  The Waterhouse-Bott stable have…

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott who are enjoying a great start to the current season with 35 winners Australia wide in less than two months, will send a pair of promising three-year-olds to Newcastle on Tuesday.  The two bluebloods will contest Maiden events at the…

Veteran Newcastle trainer Paul Perry took the training honours on the second day of the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Spring Carnival on Saturday. Perry trained gallopers Florida Sky and Mr Trackside landed hefty plunges in successive races. Newcastle’s premier jockey Aaron Bullock was aboard four-year-old mare…

Newcastle Cup Day Gary Harley – Wrap – 15.09.23 The Newcastle Jockey Club was blessed with 30-degree weather, a perfectly prepared track, big fields in the three Group events and a healthy crowd for Sharp Office Newcastle Cup Day on Friday 15 September.  To put…

Three-year-old filly Left Field will appreciate a massive drop-in class when she resumes from a spell in the Tassel Financial Planning F&M Maiden Plate (1250m) on the second day of the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Spring Racing Carnival on Saturday. The daughter of Deep Field had…

Race 1- GTS Lawn Pride Australia 3&4yo Benchmark 68 Handicap 1600m Last Straw disappointed first up so the blinkers go on this time. She was an easy Warwick Farm winner in her only other start in March. Stablemate The Seven Seas’ all three wins were…

Newcastle trained horses dominate early betting markets for Friday’s $300,000 Group 3 Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m). The Kris Lees pair Cleveland (TAB $4) and Kalapour (TAB $4.80) head the markets with Mark Minervini’s Hosier (TAB $5) third favourite. The trio have all drawn…

Rising five-year-old Ruby Flyer, enjoying his best preparation made a one act affair of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s feature race on Saturday. It was the annual Port Stephens Cup over 1600m, and the talented Ruby Flyer was not popular with punters, drifting to $7.00. The…