Gary Harley’s Updates

Highly promising Newcastle filly Café Royal will be on trial for a trip to Brisbane when she contests the 1300 metre Benchmark Handicap at Newcastle on Saturday. The three-year-old was hailed as a future Group filly when she won three...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Newcastle jockey Andrew Gibbons’ win on 2-year-old Meadow Land at Tuesday Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting was his one-hundredth win for the season. Gibbons had a career-best season of 137 winners in 2018-2019 but he wasn’t that confident of reaching...

Race 1 – NBN News Class 1 Handicap 1985m Small field but five real chances. Soul Purpose is well weighted with only 54 kilograms on her back after Tom Sherry’s claim. The filly broke through for her first win at...

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...

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...

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...