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Kris Lees has had a flying start to the 2019/20 season and will saddle up three live chances at Tuesday’s Newcastle meeting. Newcastle’s premier trainer has notched up 32 winners in the first 32 days of the current season. Lees trained 191½ winners in 2016/17.…

Race 1 The $1M Hunter – November 16 Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2335 Metres Imported Stayer Urbino will be all the rage after finishing a close second in his first Australian start on this track on August 15. That was his first start for…

Former South Australian trainer Mark Minervini was determined to win with his first starter in his new home town of Newcastle and on Saturday his speedster Calipari did not let the likable trainer down. Minervini disillusioned with South Australian Racing because of disappointing prizemoney levels…

Race 1 MINCO Tech Australia Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2360 Metres Breakdance is knocking on the door with seconds in his past two starts at Kembla. He raced in the first two both times and four starts back he was only beaten by 1.7…

Local jockey Aaron Bullock bookended Thursday’s Newcastle meeting and Tim Clark also landed a double on the day. Bullock has ridden 11 winners in the first 15 days of the new season while Clark leads the Australian Premiership with 13 winners. Bullock was off to…

Kris Lees is off to a flying start in the first two weeks of the new racing season and his winning run is set to continue at Thursday’s Newcastle race meeting. After a record breaking 249 winners in the 2018-19 season Lees has trained 14…

Race 1- Sharp Electronics Group Maiden Plate 1890m Former European stayer Urbino has not raced for 45 weeks and he turns up here for his first Australian start for Kris Lees. The five-year-old has not had a trial however he has been backed in from…

Newcastle’s premier jockey Andrew Gibbons landed a double at the first Newcastle race meeting of the 2019-20 season on Saturday. The 2950 metre Hunter Stayers Cup was the feature event and Gibbons who won the inaugural Cup in 2018 made it back to back victories…

Race 1- Kalans Memorial Newcastle Nobby’s 900m Hibiscus Lady is a brilliant speedster with three wins and a second from five starts. She was awesome first up at Gosford recently when she led all the way over 1000m. Last prep the mare bolted in on…

Newcastle based apprentice Samantha Clenton continued her very successful comeback when she landed a double at the Cessnock meeting on Tuesday. Clenton was aboard the Jason Deamer trained Myboycolly in the Senpos Class 2 Handicap and despite a betting drift the three-year-old stormed home to…

Race 1- Hungerford Hill Wines- Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2125m Lucitor should break through after a close second on this track last meeting. He has been placed in three of his four starts and he will race on the pace. Don’t expect any fancy…

Hawkesbury based jockey Chad Lever brought up his one hundredth winner for the season when he landed a double at Mondays Cessnock race meeting. The speedy Billy Piu Style in the Sharp Electronics Group 2yo Maiden Handicap (900m) was the first of Lever’s two winners.…