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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…

Race 1 – Neuro Alliance Maiden Plate 1860m Galifianakis has been placed in four Australian starts, all at Newcastle. His first up placing over 1400m here on August 6 suggested he is ready to win over the longer trip on Saturday. Pavitra is bred for…

Rosehill’s Hawkes stable will send it’s classy three-year-old filly Dashing Legend to Newcastle to kick off her Spring campaign on Saturday. The daughter of Snitzel resumes in the Slattery Auctions & Valuations Maiden Plate (900m). She has a soft draw, and with more than $71,000…

Apprentice Dylan Gibbons rode his fifth winner in two days when he landed a treble at the Newcastle race meeting on Thursday. The Thornton boy steered home two winners at the Kensington midweek metropolitan meeting on Wednesday. The twenty-year-old had the most wins of any…

Enigmatic mare Air To Air stunned racegoers at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday when she overcame a horror start to win the final event, the Saddingtons Building Supplies Benchmark 64 Handicap (1300m). Air To Air was an acceptor at both Randwick and Newcastle on Saturday, and trainer…

Race 1- Mavid Mares Hunter Stayers Cup- Benchmark 68 Handicap 2900m Dunlee is yet to win a race, but he is racing well and looks like he will run the tough trip. He handles wet or dry tracks and is in career best form. Monreal…

Newcastle 17-year-old apprentice Bailey Wheeler had a wonderful 2021/22 season in which he rode 53 winners, and there may be more to come at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Saturday. Wheeler, with close friend Dylan Gibbons riding at Rosehill on Saturday has been…

Former Canberra trainer Luke Pepper celebrated his recent move to Scone when his stayer Zounique raced clear late to win the Belmont 16’s Benchmark 64 Handicap at the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation Raceday at Newcastle on Saturday. Wyong based apprentice Anna Roper settled Zounique at…

Race 1- Club Macquarie 2YO Handicap 1400m The Waterhouse-Bott stable have accepted with their 2-year-old’s Uncorked and Vinnie’s Spirit in the first two races. Uncorked, a filly by Pierro was runner up on debut in the Max Lees Classic in November. She then finished second…

Newcastle’s crack apprentice Dylan Gibbons has decided not to ride on Metropolitan tracks again this season. He knocked back mounts at Rosehill on Saturday and is staying home for a near full book at Newcastle. Gibbons has already ridden 12 metropolitan winners and another eight…