Racing News
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Gary Harley Preview 22.08.20
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…
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Gary Harley- Herald 22.08.20
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…
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Gary Harley Wrap 13.08.20
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,…
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Gary Harley Herald 13.08.20
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…
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Gary Harley Wrap 08.08.20
Wyong trainer Mark Cross and his wife Alison recently paid $3000 for four-year-old gelding Amiens and on Saturday at Newcastle Racecourse the horse repaid his new connections more than five times over when successful in the 900 metre Maiden Handicap. First prize on Saturday was…
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Gary Harley Herald 08.08.20
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,…
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Gary Harley Preview- 08.08.20
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…
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Samantha Clenton Update- 31.07.20
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…
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Gary Harley- Cessnock Preview 27.07.20
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…
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Gary Harley Wrap- 07.07.20
The Newcastle Jockey Club wound up the busiest period in recent history when it hosted its seventh race meeting in six weeks on Tuesday. The next meeting on the course proper will be held on August 8, while there will be a meeting at Cessnock…
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Gary Harley Wrap 04.07.20
Newcastle rising star Strawb and her stablemate Royal Banquet were the punters pals at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting when the pair outclassed their rivals in their respective races. Three-year-old Royal Banquet was the first of the pair to face the starter in the 1300 metre…
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Gary Harley Preview- 07.07.20
Race 1- Avid Project Management Maiden Plate 1300m Requited found the trip too short when a close fourth in a 900 metre Maiden at Scone on debut two weeks ago. He had trialled nicely prior to that run and he has a nice barrier and…
