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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…

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…

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…

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…

Race 1- Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation 2YO Handicap 1600m Blaze A Trail looked good winning first up at Hawkesbury when heavily backed. He was placed at Randwick in the Golden Gift on debut in November and he contested two Group races before a spell. He…

Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle’s rising star Strawb will be a short-priced favourite to win her fourth race in six starts when she steps out in the Australian Bloodstock Benchmark 70 Handicap (1400 metres) at Saturday’s Newcastle meeting. The blueblood, a member of the More Joyous…

Newcastle’s premier jockey Andrew Gibbons was the only Novocastrian jockey or trainer to taste success at Saturday’s race meeting. “Gibbo” took his season tally to 109 when he piloted the promising Gosford filly Salina Dreaming to victory in the 1200 metre Benchmark 64 Handicap. Angela…

Race 1- Sage Painting Class 1 and Maiden Plate 2325m Imported stayer Alakahan is in great form and will be at short odds. The Irish four-year-old has had three Australian starts and has caught the eye of his last two. He ran on strong when…

The Freedman Brothers training partnership is enjoying a great run of success and could land a treble at the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday. The team will send Alakahan, Kaufusi and Ulysses up the M1 on Saturday and all three have winning prospects. The Irish…