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Imported four-year-old Wrathful created a huge impression in only his second race start at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs meeting on Saturday. The Great Britain bred gelding is trained locally by Sam Kavanagh, and he stepped out on Saturday in the Hunt Hospitality Provincial Maiden Handicap…

Sydney based jockey Blake Spriggs who stood down from his engagements at Gosford on Thursday following the birth of his first child will ride at Newcastle on Saturday where he will be aboard the talented Floating a four-year-old heading for bigger things. Spriggs partner Kasey,…

Race 1 – Elders Insurance Maitland Midway Class 1 Handicap 900m Forecaster resumes from a spell and clearly has the best form. In May he won a Canterbury Maiden on a heavy track and next start he was narrowly beaten at Randwick. He hasn’t raced…

The Kris Lees trained stayer Our Candidate made light of his top weight of 62kg to outstay his opponents in Monday’s Hunter Valley Premium Meats Cessnock Cup (2100m) on the Beaumont track. Raced by an Australian Bloodstock syndicate, the eight-year-old Irish import, clearly the best…

Race 1- The Hunter – November 12 F&M Benchmark 58 Handicap (1350m) Rockbarton Ruby has put the writing on the wall with two fast finishing runs at Newcastle and Scone recently. She has no speed but can unwind late and Ashley Morgan, back from overseas…

The Hunter Valley Premium Meats Cessnock Cup (2100m) is the highlight of a marathon Newcastle Jockey Club nine race program on the Beaumont track on Monday. Randwick trainer John Sargent has booked Willie Pike to ride the early favorite Left Reeling, and the mare will…

The $50,000 Jungle Juice Cup, the highlight of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s marathon ten race program on Saturday was won by the most inexperienced horse in the race. The NJC’s decision to boost the prizemoney and place conditions on the Jungle Juice Cup was a…

Race 1- THE HUNTER – NOVEMBER 12 CLASS 1 & MAIDEN PLATE 2350M Imported stayer Iowa was first past the post the at Goulburn last start but was relegated to second on protest. He will be fitter this time in his third Australian start, and…

The Newcastle Jockey Club’s Jungle Juice Cup meeting on Saturday has attracted 149 acceptors, and therefore there will be ten races on the program. Brad Widdup has accepted with two of the main chances in the cup, Cross the Rubicon, and Short Shorts – however…

Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith saddled up three winners at Newcastle and one at Goulburn on Tuesday. Smith, who owns a magnificent property at Luskintyre in the Lower Hunter Valley was on track on Tuesday. Smith’s three Newcastle winners were in the second half of…

RACING NSW MAGAZINE THE 4TH HUNTER APPROACHES The $1 Million The Hunter race day is approaching, and with Covid restrictions easing NJC officials given fine weather are expecting the largest crowd in the four-year history of the richest days racing in Newcastle each year. The…

  Race 1 – KLOSTER MOTOR GROUP 3YO MAIDEN HANDICAP (900m) Laroupe is very quick and draws close with Dylan Gibbons aboard. Her only two starts were in the Autumn in feature races, where she was run down late in the Miss Finland at Muswellbrook…