Racing News

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…

Gary Harley – Late Mail- 12.07.25 Race 1Club Macquarie Midway 2&3 YO Maiden Handicap 900m 9- Nullarbor Jane 1 – The Warrior 2- Ishikari   Race 2 – Mex Club Super Maiden Plate 900m 9- Magical Star 12- Southern Heiress 10 – Mediterra   Race…

Gary Harley – Herald – 12.07.25 Short course speedster Pratt, unbeaten since entering the Mark Minervini stable will attempt to complete his third win on the trot in Saturday’s 900 metre East Maitland Bowling Club Benchmark 64 Handicap on his home track at Newcastle. Formally…

Newcastle Jockey Aaron Bullock is set to win his second New South Wales Jockey’s Premiership after a treble at Saturdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. In six days, Bullock rode 12 winners, 4 at Scone on Monday, 2 at Port Macquarie on Tuesday, 3 at…

Gary Harley – Preview – 01.07.25 The training partnership of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton enjoying a successful season with 67 winners in New South Wales and a quinella in the Group 1 Queensland Derby in early June will send a lightly raced promising to…

Gary Harley – Late Mail – 28.06.25 Race 1 – Fay & Kalan Memorial Maiden Plate 1400m 8- Invisible Magic        3- Kikoira           4- Le Troisir   Race 2 – Independent Mobility & Rehab Super Maiden 900m 3-Step Quick 11- Misty Veil 9- Newy…

Country apprentice Shannon Llewellyn has two mounts on Saturday at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting and both will be well fancied. The talented apprentice is on loan from Bendemeer trainer Jane Clement to Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle for three months after moving to Newcastle…