Gary Harley’s Updates

The Newcastle Jockey Club’s Legends Day will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse on Sunday. The NJC’s six Legends are John Wade, Robert Thompson, Alan Scorse, Paul Perry, Kris Lees, and yours truly. James McDonald has been booked for one...

  RACE 1 – SAGE PAINTING F&M BENCHMARK 58 HANDICAP 1150m Island Lass resumes here on the back of two trials. Last preparation she raced well on the Course Proper where the mare had a win and two placings in...

Hawkesbury trained mare Star Mission will appreciate a drop-in class when she contests the Sharp Office F&M Maiden Handicap (1350m) at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s Beaumont track meeting on Tuesday. Trained by Peter Green, the four-year-old has had five starts...

Sam Kavanagh’s import Wrathful made a one act affair of the Prince of Merewether Class 1 Handicap at Newcastle on Tuesday and in doing so earned himself a spell. Purchased by Kavanagh for $80,000 guinea at an Irish online sale...

Race 1 – Sharp Office F&M Benchmark 64 Handicap 1200m Arale will be at short odds first up from a spell. She won successive races at Hawkesbury and Kembla prior to a spell, and she was narrowly beaten in a...

The chests are beating at the Newcastle Jockey Club, and why not! The Hunter race day on November 12 will go down as the perfect day on and off the track for the NJC. The weather was magnificent, the track...

Tommy Berry had no luck at Saturday’s The Hunter race day at Newcastle however, it may be a different story at Tuesday’s Newcastle race meeting. Berry will be aboard the last three favourites and has a good chance in another...

Race 1- NZB Airfreight Max Lees Classic 900m Cylinder’s trials have been impressive and McDonald rides for Godolphin Selections:           1 Cylinder           3- Ferghana        6- Wild Beau      7- Bangetta   Race 2 – TAB Highway Handicap 1600m Manderboss...

Top jockey Tim Clark is confident that In The Congo, one of three Group 1 winners in the race can give him his first win in the $1million The Hunter at Newcastle on Saturday. It will be the fourth running...

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...