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Gai Waterhouse and Kris Lees have both won four Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket’s, and the pair will have representatives in Friday’s $200,000 Group 3 Newcastle Stakes, formerly the Newcastle Newmarket – the major event in the first half of the year for the Newcastle Jockey…

Scone filly More Than A Star landed a long priced plunge for connections when she led all the way to win the MBIB 2yo Maiden Plate (900m) at Saturdays Newcastle race meeting. Don’t be fooled by More Than A Star’s starting price of $31 as…

Race 1- Master Builders Association Provincial 3YO & Up Maiden Handicap 900m Lazulite is on debut after an all the way trial win on the Beaumont track. The three-year-old, bred and owned by Gerry Harvey is very quick and has drawn nicely. Ash Morgan trialled…

Impeccably bred three-year-old filly Petersham, who was responsible for an eye-catching debut performance on this track on February 4 is set to atone in the Coastline Cleaning and Maintenance F&M Maiden Handicap (1400m) at Saturday’s Newcastle meeting. The filly is a blueblood, being a daughter…

There were excited trainers young and old celebrating at the Wine Country Race Club’s Beaumont track race meeting on Monday. The racing kicked off with the NHN Group F&M Benchmark 58 Handicap (1350m), and what a result for young Wyong trainer Nikki Hodgson. Hodgson only…

Hunter Valley mare Apache Jewel caused a huge boilover at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Saturday when she won her first race at her 21st start. With her trainer Ben Lees absent from the meeting as he was inspecting yearlings at the Inglis…

Talented 3-year-old Kings Duty makes his second appearance on Newcastle Beaumont track on Monday and all eyes are on the boom gelding. The exosphere youngster bred, and part owned by Gerry Harvey is trained by Mark Minervini and he will contest the Vale Jim Johnstone…

Race 1 – Prosperity Smart Drive 2 YO Maiden Handicap 900m Full Revolution is on debut after trialling well on city tracks. Her last trial at Warwick Farm she got back and was held up in the straight before running on nicely with no pressure.…

Only a few Australian jockeys have ridden more winners than Brad Rawiller and he has arrived in Sydney to try his luck in the strongest jockeys room in the world. He will have his first New South Wales mount this time around at Newcastle on…

James Cummings’ three-year-old filly Gaylebeck finally broke through for her first Newcastle win at her fourth attempt at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. The clash between Godolphin’s home bred filly Gaylebeck and the Snowden stables two-year-old blueblood filly Satin And Silk in the Ryan Ansell Investment…

Race 1 – Happy 50th David Illingworth Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Tycoon Charger is a class above these and will be a short-priced favourite. He followed up a narrow defeat at Canterbury on New Years Day with a 5.85 lengths win at Scone…

Randwick trainer Michael Freedman has chosen Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting for the re-appearance of his boom colt Hawaii Five Oh. The blueblood, a younger brother to top sprinter Libertini will contest the RAIS Super Class 1 Handicap (1300m) in which he has topweight of 61½kg.…