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The fifth round of inductees into the Newcastle & Hunter Racing Hall of Fame took place during Tuesday’s race meeting at the Newcastle Racecourse. The luncheon was held in the Pavilion and was hosted by Sky Racing’s Greg Radley and previous inductees including John Wade,…

Talented Wyong based trainer Denim Wynen will remember the most successful month in her nine-year training career after 4-year-old mare Alabama Blitz, a new addition to her small stable impressively won the 1600 metre The Prince of Merewether Class 1 Handicap at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey…

The Newcastle Jockey Club has an eight-race program set down for Tuesday on the back up from Saturday’s race meeting which attracted over 4000 racegoers through the turnstiles. Chris Waller has accepted with five of his team with three of them well fancied in early…

Yulong Stud’s cast-off Alabama Blitz now in Denim Wynen’s Wyong stable can provide her new connections with a healthy return on their investment when she lines up in the 1600 metre The Prince Of Merewether Class 1 Handicap at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting.…

Classy 3-year-old filly Savvy Hallie is set to contest the prestigious Princess Series at Randwick following her effortless 5.48 length win in the 900 metre Newcastle Master Builders Apprentices Super Maiden Plate on Thursday at Newcastle Racecourse. In her first start since placings in the…

Hawkesbury filly Savvy Hallie runner up in the Group 2 Baillieu in the Autumn is set to resume from a spell at the Newcastle Jockeys Clubs race meeting on Thursday. Yet to win in four starts in which she accumulated $253,800 in prizemoney from three…

Newcastle racetrack absorbs heavy rain as good as any in the nation and despite 200 millimetres of rain on the track during the last week, Saturday’s eight race meeting went ahead without incident. Gosford trainer Adam Duggan finished the day with a winning double however…

The prospect of a rain affected track will enhance the chance of Peter Snowdens 4-year-old Homeric in the 1400 metre The Pavilion Carrington Benchmark 64 Handicap at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. The lightly raced Homeric has only had one win and two placings…

Gary Harley – Herald – 02.08.25 The Newcastle Jockey Club will host the annual Master Builders Association Race Day on Saturday and during the race meeting will officially open the recently renovated Jockeys Rooms. The NJC will honour Australia’s winningest jockey ever by naming the…

New Zealand trainer Richard Collett who moved his stable of horses from the Auckland region to Warwick Farm in 2022 trained his second Newcastle winner at the Port Stephens Cup Race Day on Tuesday. Collett, father of top jockeys Jason and Alysha Collett trained 688…

Kembla based apprentice Holly Duncan will remember her first trip to Newcastle racecourse after her only two mounts at the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation Race Day on Saturday were successful. The 20-year-old apprenticed to Kembla trainer Mitch Beer had her first ride in April 2023…

The Newcastle Jockey Club on the back up from Saturday’s successful Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation Race Day will stage another attractive race meeting on the course proper on Tuesday. It’s Port Stephens Cup Day with sponsors from the area supporting the day. Paul Snowden, based…