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Trainers Jason Deamer and John Sargent along with jockeys Christian Reith and Tom Sherry all bagged doubles at the Cessnock race meeting on Tuesday. It was the first meeting at Cessnock since the Jungle Juice Cup Day in October. Deamer’s two winners Constanzia and The…

Race 1 – Iron Jack Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2125m Prince Camelot strikes a suitable trip for the first time this preparation and he should be too classy for this field. He has a good record over this trip with a win and two…

Former New Zealand trainer John Sargent based at Randwick these days, can do punters a favour when Cessnock Racecourse hosts its first meeting since October on Tuesday. The popular ‘Sarge’ told yours truly on Sunday night that he is confident that two of his three…

Jim O’Neill breeder of champion 2-year-old Luskin Star passed away on Tuesday night aged 88. O’Neill lived at Cessnock with his wife Marea at the time of his death. He founded the successful family business O’Neill’s Tyres, which has many outlets in the Lower Hunter…

Kris Lees has produced three outstanding two-year old’s in recent months and he saddles up another at Newcastle on Tuesday. On March 22 Lees filly Zeftabrook in the Australian Bloodstock colours, won the Muswellbrook Starmaker and two weeks later she won the $200,000 Wellington Boot.…

Maitland breeder and owner Edwina Throsby who bred and shared in the ownership of the former world’s best sprinter Chautauqua, could have another future star bred on the family’s magnificent property. At Newcastle on Saturday a two-year-old half-brother to Chautauqua called Britain, created a huge…

Race 1 – TLE CG&E Maiden Handicap 1200m Blueblood Garrison resumes here after being gelded. He was narrowly beaten on debut in a strong race at Warwick Farm last year. He was then spelled and after three unplaced runs last prep, was sent to the…

Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is hoping for a change of luck when he sends talented mare Joy And Mirth to the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday. The four-year-old will contest the 1300 metre Benchmark 64 Handicap and she will have weight relief with two-kilogram…

Newcastle Wrap – 11.05.20   Newcastle’s premier jockey Andrew Gibbons returned from a weeks suspension to ride four winners on Saturday’s eight race program at Newcastle. Gibbons was within a neck of a career best five winners, when runner up on 2 year old Midland…

Hawkesbury-based jockey Grant Buckley returns to the scene after his nasty fall five weeks ago with a comeback at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. Buckley, who was cruising towards a century of winners for the current season, broke his collarbone and tore a chest muscle in…