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Kris Lees accepted with seven of his team for Wednesday’s Metropolitan-class mid-week meeting at Newcastle however, only three of them are likely to run. The premier trainer said on Monday, following acceptances, that Nosey and Rustic Steel will not run, and In The Blink and…

Scones’ boom apprentice Reece Jones enjoying a stellar season has won the 2020-21 Newcastle Jockey Clubs Apprentices Premiership on the clubs last race meeting of the season. Jones, apprenticed to leading Scone trainer Rod Northam was two wins behind Sydney apprentice Tyler Schiller heading into…

https://newcastleweekly.com.au/newcastle-jockey-club-secures-new-sharp-deal/ Rod Thompson July 5, 2021 Newcastle Jockey Club secures new Sharp deal The Newcastle Jockey Club (NJC) is galloping into a bright, positive future, according to chief executive Matt Benson. In a huge vote of confidence for the continued growth of local thoroughbred racing, the…

Newcastle’s rising star in the New South Wales apprentice ranks Dylan Gibbons achieved a milestone at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s, Clubs In The Community Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation race day on Saturday. Few of the country apprentice jockeys of the past have outridden their country…

Scone trainer Jeremy Gask will drive down the Hunter Expressway to the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday confident that the talented galloper in the float he is towing can complete a hat trick of wins. The Newcastle Jockey Club will host the annual Clubs in The…

Race 1- Beresfield Bowling Club Maiden Plate 900m As expected the race will be a cracker over the short course with all but a couple possessing genuine speed. Xpresso is unbeaten in two trials since joining the Nathan Doyle stable and he is quick. He…

Race 1- New Zealand Bloodstock 2YO Maiden Plate 900m Mura Mura is a fast filly who sat outside the leader before hanging badly on the home turn when beaten 3 lengths first up on the Kensington track on June 16. She was placed in a…

New South Wales country’s boom apprentices Reece Jones and Dylan Gibbons will be both riding at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. It will be the first race meeting in which the NJC’s $4 Million race day stables will be in operation. Jones,…

27 year old Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett rode a career best five winners at the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday. A member of the famous New Zealand racing family, Collett the sister of one of Sydney’s best jockeys Jason Collett, has settled in the Sydney…

Gosford trainer Adam Duggan is confident his talented 5yo Fantastic Baby is spot on and ready to win on his return to racing at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. He will contest the final event, the 1400m New Zealand Bloodstock CG&E Benchmark 64 Handicap.…

Race 1- Prosperity Advisors Group Maiden Plate 900m Highly Ambitious is a highly well-bred 2 year old filly in the Lees stable. She is on debut after a nice trial at Gosford recently, she has drawn well and has speed. Arimathea is first up and…

Hall Of Fame The Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame recognises the contribution of legendary horses and humans in shaping our thoroughbred racing industry in the Newcastle and Hunter region over the past 115 years. The inaugural induction into the Hall of Fame took…