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  Randwick filly So Dazzling, equal favourite for next months Group 1 VRC Oaks will have her third race start at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Tuesday. Former Kiwi, and champion trainer of 3-year-old fillies John Sargent prepares So Dazzling who contests the…

Newcastle Jockey Club Chairman Geoff Barnett and his wife Maureen were amongst the owners celebrating after the win of Mydeel in the opening event, the 1600m Open Handicap at Saturday’s Newcastle meeting. Mydeel recently purchased online by his current owners was originally handicapped on 61kg…

  Race 1 – A PLUS CONTRACTING & POLY WELDING PTY LTD CONDITIONAL OPEN HANDICAP (1600m) La Jolie Fille has never been placed in five starts on her home track, but she is knocking on the door. The mare was only beaten 2.2 lengths in…

  Chris Waller, who trained more winners than any other trainer on the Newcastle track last season has bright prospects of landing a double at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Saturday. The Waller pair Atlantic Ocean and Coodarady are lightly raced and look…

  Scone galloper Hit The Target bounced back to his best form to run his rivals off their legs to win the Charlestown Square Ladies Day Cup at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. The Cup was the feature race on the second day of the NJC’s…

  Champion trainer Chris Waller won his fifth Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup on Friday when his European import Durston came from last to win the Group 3 event. James McDonald produced a classic ride to give him his first Newcastle Cup success. The emerging…

Gary Harley – Herald – 17.09.22 The Freedman family will wind up the Newcastle Jockey Club’s two-day Spring Racing Carnival with two outstanding chances in the final two races on Saturday. It’s Ladies Day at Newcastle, with huge numbers in the program of eight races.…

Members Preview – 16.09.22   Race 1- Rarity Wholesale 3&4yo Benchmark 68 Handicap 1600m Ting Tong resumes here after finishing 2.9 lengths from the winner in the Group 1 Queensland Derby. He has had two recent trials and the 1600m first up is ideal. Communist…

Gary Harley – Herald Chris Waller’s dominance of the Newcastle Gold Cup in recent years is set to continue Friday. The Newcastle Jockey Club has put together a cracking days racing with three group 3 events: the $250,000 Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m), the…

Champion jockey James McDonald’s drive up the M1 for one ride on Tuesday was not in vain when his mount Narito was successful in the final event at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. Narito, a four-year-old son of Japanese sire Maurice was an odds-on…

RACE 1: HORSEPOWER 3YO MAIDEN PLATE 900m Asteria is unraced but has displayed exemplary speed in trials. She led clearly when she won a Randwick trial on March 18 over 1050m, and she won a Randwick trial by 3 ½ lengths in December. Where’s The…

The Freedman family produced three of the eight winners at Saturday’s Newcastle race day which was conducted under blue skies. The recently formed training partnership of Richard Freedman and his son William landed a double, with two lightly raced gallopers with bright futures. The first…