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Race 1 – Minder Cloud Services 3YO Maiden Plate 900m Rocketing By was beaten two lengths by the smart Britain on debut at this track in May. In his only other start on June 10, the colt was placed at Canterbury. He was impressive in…

Vale Bill Wade Legendary Newcastle jockey Bill Wade passed away aged 91 at the Amaroo Aged Care facility at Charlestown on Thursday morning. Wade had been at Amaroo for eight years and entered the facility following the death of his wife Olga. The former champion…

Corporate bookmakers operating on Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting took a hammering when plunge after plunge was successful during the hotly contested nine-race program. In race order, the following gallopers assisted in making it a black day for the bookies. Lord Olympus ($2.60 to $1.90), La…

Race 1 – New Zealand Bloodstock Maiden Plate 900m Lord Olympus is a speedy three-year-old colt with very good barrier trial form. This is the first start on the back of an easy trial win at Warwick Farm on August 7. He has a nice…

The Freedman brothers, Richard and Michael, have accepted with eight of their team for Saturday’s extended nine-race program at Newcastle and when contacted on Thursday Richard left no doubt as to their best chance. “La Tigresa will run in the 1400 metre Maiden Handicap and…

Paul Perry’s great start to the season continued at Newcastle on Thursday when his promising three-year-old Sky Lab raced away in the closing stages to win the Sage Painting Maiden Plate (1875m). From his first two race starts over unsuitable trips in June and July,…

Newcastle trainer Paul Perry’s great start to the 2020-21 season is set to continue when he saddles up promising stayer Sky Lab at Newcastle on Thursday. The son of Japanese sire Real Impact will contest the 1875 metre Sage Painting Maiden Plate in which he…

Champion country trainer Brett Cavanough doesn’t venture to Newcastle Racecourse very often, but on Saturday he’s sending a talented mare to Broadmeadow before she heads to stud this season. Described by her trainer as a ‘Nutcase’ Hardspot, a six-year-old mare in only her ninth start,…

Race 1- Sharp Electronics Group Open Handicap 900m The lightly raced mare Hardspot has won four from eight and she has a good fresh record. In her only start on this track she blitzed a smart field in April. The mare is very smart and…

Samantha Clenton Update- 30.07.2020 Newcastle apprentice Samantha Clenton has not ridden since Scone Cup Day on May 15 and she may have to undergo more surgery in August. Clenton apprenticed to Kris Lees was cruising towards a century of wins for the current 2019-20 when…

Race 1 – Jockeys Celebration Day Class 1 Maiden Plate 2125m Tessa Burrito has found form recently with strong finishing placings at Scone and Muswellbrook. She has only won once from seventeen starts but she has placed eight times. The mare has always looked like…