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RACE 1 STEEL CITY FINANCIAL PLANNERS CLASS 2 900M Kedah was impressive winning her only start at Muswellbrook in July. She won a Newcastle trial a month ago and the filly was given a quiet trial at Wyong on October 22. Buckin Beauty has been…

The Ronald McDonald House Raceday at the Newcastle Racecourse was again hugely popular for one of Newcastle’s favourite charities. Saturday marked the eighteenth successive year the Ronald McDonald House Race Day has been held. On the track, Kris Lees joined Chris Waller as the leaders…

Tim Clark had a day to remember at the Newcastle Racecourse on Tuesday when for the first time in his career he rode five winners at a meeting. Clark dominated the seven-race program with his five winners all trained by metropolitan trainers. They were Shadow…

RACE 1 – COASTLINE POOLS & SPAS MAIDEN 900M Shadow Bridge was narrowly beaten in a recent Rosehill trial after racing fiercely and travelling wide. He is a fast three-year-old which has had experience on the Newcastle track. The short course is ideal first up.…

Former Victorian Kentucky Flyer repaid his new owners in full when the six-year-old ran his opposition off their legs in Fridays $35,000 Cessnock Leagues Club Jungle Juice Cup. Heavily backed ($7 into $4 favourite), Kentucky Flyer with Chinese jockey Qin Yong aboard bounded out of…

Cessnock Jungle Juice Cup Taree trainer Wayne Wilkes is confident that his in-form gelding Sniponet can overcome a horror draw and notch up a hat-trick of wins in Friday’s $35,000 Cessnock Leagues Club Jungle Juice Cup (1350m). The famous Jungle Juice Cup is in its…

Race 1- Sharp Electronics Group Maiden Plate 1150m Akeed drops in class here and he has a nice barrier. He is a front runner and was placed in his first two starts at Newcastle before a last start failure at Wyong. He should lead and…

A welcome 33 millimetres of rain fell on the Cessnock Racecourse last week ensuring the track surface will be in fine condition for Friday’s 2018 Cessnock Leagues Club Jungle Juice Cup race meeting. The famous Jungle Juice Cup first run in 1981 has been Cessnock…

Central Coast Mare Our Winnie stretched her winning sequence to five at Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday, a far cry from early in her career when she failed to win in her first nine starts. Trained at Somersby by former Australian cycling champion Greg McFarlane, Our…

Preview- Saturday 29.09.18 Race 1- Jungle Juice Cup @ Cessnock Maiden Plate 900m Buckin’ Beauty has been placed in her past two starts over the 900 on this track. She is a fast filly and after sitting outside the lead she tired in the last…

Newcastle jockey Andrew Gibbons’ best ever start to a racing season continued on Saturday when he steered Gosford galloper Kotinos to victory the co-feature race at the second day of NJC’s Spring Carnival. It was the 1400 metre Newcastle Nobbys and Kotinos, which has a…

Sydney jockeys Chad Lever (3) James Innes Jnr (2) and Bobby El-Issa (1) rode six of the eight winners at Cessnock on Monday. Cessnock legend Robert Thompson and Newcastle apprentice Louise Day both rode a winner while Paul Perry took the training honours with a…