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Members Preview- 30.11.18   Race 1- Gary Harley Benchmark 64 2300m Allzin is the clear stayer and will carry 60 ½ kilograms after the claim. He was runner up in the Taree Cup in August and he hit the line well to win over 166…

Cessnock Cup Wrap Warwick Farm pair Keep Up and Hirokin engaged in a two horse war in the final 200 metres of the 2018 Hungerford Hill Cessnock Cup at Newcastle on Wednesday. Former Kiwi Keep Up ($2) prevailed by a short neck from Hirokin ($5.50)…

Members Preview- Race 1- XXXX Gold Showcase Class 2 900m Designer Maid and Rouge Runner clashed in a recent Gosford barrier trial and there was little between the pair. Designer Maid led in the trial with Rouge Runner in second place and they crossed the…

The $50,000 Sky Racing Spring Provincial Series Heat 4 was held at Newcastle on Sunday and local trainer Kris Lees had the numbers and collected the $22,000 first prize. Lees saddled up four of the eight runners, however Kim Waugh’s King Hewitt was the heavily…

Race 1- Sharp Electrical Group Class 2- 900m The unbeaten New Zealand bred filly Kedah will be at short odds and it is hard to go past her. First up from a spell, Kedah careered away in the straight to easily win a Class 2…

Jungle Juice Cup Graham Payne a former Cessnock sporting hero returned to his home town to achieve a lifetime ambition when his sprinter Kentucky Flyer blitzed a classy field in the Cessnock Leagues Club Jungle Juice Cup on October 12. The famous Jungle Juice Cup,…

Leading Provincial jockey Mitchell Bell landed a treble and the evergreen Robert Thompson a double at the Pacific National Westpac Rescue Helicopter Race Day at Newcastle on Saturday. Bell a previous Newcastle Premiership winner, steered home the first two winners for the powerful Snowden stable.…

RACE 1 WITH LOVE FOR ZAC 2YO MAIDEN PLATE 900M A very competitive field of two-year-olds on debut, with a number of leading Sydney stables represented. The two that caught the eye in the trials, were the Mark Newnham filly Blazing Miss and the Snowden’s…

Newcastle jockey Andrew Gibbons’ dream start to the current racing season continued on his home track on Saturday when he rode three winners and two placings. Gibbons for the first time in his career lead the New South Wales Jockeys Premiership with 47 winners, three…

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…