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Race 1 Australian Bloodstock- CG&E Maiden Plate 1200m Devan was slow away when a fast finishing third on this track last start. He has drawn well and hasn’t been far away in all five starts. Stable mate Ranges was placed on this track last start…

Kris Lees will have five runners in the $500,000 Polytrack Provincial Championships Final at Randwick on April 11 after his lightly raced three-year-old Animate won the transferred Wyong Qualifier at Newcastle on Tuesday. Lees had already qualified Stella Sea Sun, Great Danger, Enchanted Heart and…

Race 1- Yarraman Park- 3YO Maiden Plate- 1600m Perfect Impression should’ve finished a lot closer when beaten 1.3 lengths at Warwick Farm on a soft track on March 11.  The longer trip is ideal, and she races well second up and has a claim. Kirwans…

Tuesday’s Newcastle Jockey Club meeting has attracted a record 169 acceptors spread across eleven races. The top Sydney and Provincial trainers are well represented on what is a high-quality Provincial Class meeting. Warwick Farm trainer Joe Pride will send a team of five up the…

Newcastle mare Asharani is off to Randwick for the $500,000 Polytrack Provincial Championship Final, following her outstanding win in the Gosford Qualifier at Newcastle on Thursday. The winner’s trainer Kris Lees already qualified Stella Sea Sun and Great Danger for the Provincial Final and he…

Race 1- Hunter Valley Premium Meats Maiden 900m Penang is a speedy filly well drawn and Avdulla rides. She was run down second up over this course on February 22 and she will be a lot fitter this time. From The Hip has won two…

Brenton Avdulla has picked up the plum ride on the Kris Lees trained Asharani in Thursday’s Polytrack Provincial Championships Gosford Qualifier (1200m) at Newcastle Racecourse. The Gosford Qualifier was scheduled for last Saturday, however the race was postponed due to poor visibility after rain fell…

Kris Lees won his second successive Suez Newcastle Newmarket when his former West Australian four-year-old Special Reward raced away with the Group 3 event on March 6. The Newcastle Newmarket is the Newcastle Jockey Clubs major Autumn event and it was first run in 1955,…

Newcastle’s premier trainer Kris Lees is quietly confident that former West Australian four-year-old Special Reward can give him back to back Suez Newcastle Newmarket’s when the gelding lines up in the $160,000 Group 3 event on Friday. Australian Bloodstock race Special Reward and the Hunter…

Port Stephens mare Oakfield Missile snatched victory in the shadows of the post in Saturday’s Provincial Qualifier at Newcastle Racecourse. Th 1400-metre Newcastle Qualifier was the first of the 2020 series and it produced the closest finish in the history of the race. Oakfield Missile…

The 2020 Polytrack Provincial Championship Series kicks off at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday with two-time winning trainer of the series final, Kris Lees, stepping out two of his ‘big guns’ for the Newcastle Qualifier. Lees had accepted for four of his team for Saturday’s $150,000…

Race 1- Newcastle Master Builders Apprentices 2YO Maiden plate 900m Snitzari is a promising filly well placed over the short course. She debuted when three-wide throughout in the listed Lonhro Plate two weeks ago. She wound up in fifth place and that is good form…