Racing News

The Hunter Race Day There were smiles all round at the Newcastle Jockey Club and Racing NSW given the success the TAB Hunter Race Day at Newcastle on November 14. The stunning eight-figure TAB turnover was up by over 30% year-on-year (Fixed & Para Mutual)…

Newcastle Wrap – 21.12.20- Gary Harley Kris Lees will have five starters in the $150,000 Sky Racing Summer Provincial Series Final after It’s Lily and Safado finished first and third in the Newcastle heat on Saturday. The final will be held at Wyong on January…

Race 1 – Tozer Air Conditional Benchmark 68 Handicap 1200m Frozen In Time is racing well and won’t be far off the pace as she steps up to 1200 metres. She was only beaten 2½ lengths by Lillemor in a much stronger race at Randwick…

Leading provincial jockey Keagan Latham heads to the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday confident he can add to the 35 winners that he has already ridden in the current season. ‘Keags’ as he is known, has six mounts on the seven race program and he…

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees hopes a short break for Animate can help the Provincial Championship heat winner rediscover his best form in the Wyong Magic Millions 3YO/4YO Stakes (1200 metres) on Wednesday. The four-year-old Animal Kingdom gelding started his career with a bang, winning four…

Veteran Sydney trainer Pat Webster chose Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting for his swan song to thoroughbred training and his lone runner Kosciusko went within three quarters of a length of providing his trainer with a fairy tale farewell. Webster, after a fifty-five-year career in racing…

150mm of torrential rain in the lead up and on the scheduled race day forced the postponement of the Jungle Juice and Cessnock Cups race meeting on October 26. Visibility and flooding of the club’s carparks prevented the meeting from proceeding – incredibly, the track…

Last seasons New South Wales Jockeys Premiership winner Andrew Gibbons has a nice book of rides with five mounts at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. ‘Gibbo’ has ridden 23 winners in just over four months in the current season and Newcastle is his favourite track. He…

Race 1 – Newcastle Stevedores Class 1 Handicap 900m   Britain put the writing on the wall first up when a close fourth at Warwick Farm on November 25. He was very impressive in winning a 2YO Maiden at Newcastle in May and he was…

The Newcastle Jockey Club held its Legends Race Day on Tuesday and on a perfectly prepared track, the racing was first class. The Legends were Paul Perry, Kris Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. A race was named after Newcastle legendary race caller John McDermott…

Race 1 – Gary Harley Benchmark 64 Handicap 2330m Tann Hills caught the eye with a fast finishing third at Hawkesbury last start. He hit the line hard when beaten two lengths at Gosford two starts back. Andrew Gibbons rides and he may race closer.…

Please note that with a forecast maximum of 43 degrees, Racing NSW has postponed the race meeting scheduled for Newcastle on Sunday (29th November). The meeting will now be staged at Newcastle on Tuesday (1st December). Newcastle (Sunday) Moved To Tuesday (1st December)