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Race 1 – NZB Airfreight Max Lees Classic 900m Market Magic has only had one trial when he travelled in second place before racing away to win by 2.24 lengths at Randwick on November 3. He draws well and could be hard to run down…

The fifth running of the $1million The Hunter (1300m) will take place at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday, and it is a bumper ten race program. Newcastle’s daily newspaper The Herald is sponsoring The Hunter for the first time in 2023. Warwick Farm trainer Joe…

The recently formed Arrowfield Studs training partnership of Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich put two gallopers on the float from Scone to Newcastle on Saturday and went home with two winners. All eyes were on the Arrowfield blueblood Genzano, an odds-on favourite in the opening…

Wyong stayer Apache Belle outstayed short priced favourite Silvakia to win the TAB Cessnock Cup (2100m) at the Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday. Silvakia, the $2.25 favourite dashed to the lead at the top of the straight and looked…

Race 1- Hungerford Hill Wines Maiden Handicap 1350m Magic Shot was an unlucky third, second run in a race at Tamworth recently. He was back in the second half of the field three wide, no cover before storming home. He will love the longer trip.…

The Newcastle Jockey Clubs busy period of racing continues on Monday when the Beaumont track hosts an eight-race program with the $40,000 TAB Cessnock Cup the feature event. The Cessnock Cup has a long history but with racing no longer held at Cessnock the past…

Local trainer Nathan Doyle entered the top ten in the New South Wales Trainers Premiership for the current season when four-year-old mare Salisano made it four wins from five starts, and two from two for him at Tuesdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Doyle, the…

Race 1 – Master Builders Association Class 1 Handicap 900m Confess Our Dreams will be at short odds and looks the winner. The filly was undefeated in two trials before a narrow win on debut over this course on September 30 and she draws okay.…

Randwick trainer Michael Freedman has a good strike rate on the Newcastle track, and he will send three of his team to the track for Newcastle Jockey Clubs eight race program on Tuesday. The trio includes lightly raced Kiwi bred three-year-old Panic which contests the…

Scone five-year-old Russley Crown will be set for the 2024 Country Championship Series following his tough win in Saturday’s TLE Jungle Juice Cup (1350m) at the Newcastle Racecourse. Trained by part owner Scott Singleton, the gelding a huge drifter in the betting blew from an…

Race 1- APS Industrial Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Every Effort has a poor win record but his last two placings on the Beaumont track and Gosford indicate he can win this race. Talented apprentice Anna Ropa’s 3-kilogram allowance is gold, and he races…

The Jungle Juice Cup, Cessnock’s flagship race from its inception in 1981 until the track ceased racing in 2020 will be run on the Newcastle course proper on Saturday. The past three Jungle Juice Cups have been held at Newcastle, and this years Cup, worth…