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Race 1- Coca- Cola- Class 1 900m Venture Capital is a slick short courser which comes off a close second at Newcastle last start. She won a trial at Wyong last week. Lilith was narrowly beaten at Warwick Farm last start prep and she has…

Perfect weather conditions, quality horseflesh and Australia’s best jockeys attracted a big crowd to Newcastle Racecourse for last Friday’s 2018 Sharp Electronics Newcastle Gold Cup Day. With four Group 3 events on the eight-race program, Newcastle Cup Day boasts the finest days racing on a…

RACE 1 ASCOT VIP MAIDEN PLATE (900 METRES) 1 Oyster Bay 5 Dizzy Miss Lizzy 6 Handspun   RACE 2 QUICKVISAS.COM – RACING VISA SPECIALISTS CLASS 2 HANDICAP (900 METRES) 2 Il Bandito 3 Sweetest Eyes 1 La Renarde   RACE 3 BIDFOOD CLASS 1 & MAIDEN PLATE…

RACE 1 MACKA’S SOIL & SAND BENCHMARK 64 2300M Former Kiwi Whangamata was impressive in an easy Newcastle win on August 25. He led from the 400 and raced away in the straight. He carries 3kgs more here, but this is another winnable race. Former…

The Newcastle track stood tall again on Tuesday confirming its stature as one of the best wet weather tracks in the nation. After 70 millimetres of rain on the track on Monday and Tuesday morning the track was rated a soft 7 for the eight-race…

RACE 1 TEW PROPERTY CONSULTANTS CLASS 1 & MAIDEN 2360M Iron Duke steps up in distance after an easy win on this track on August 25. The win was over 1885 metres and he led all the way to win by more than four lengths.…

Newcastle trainers have found the going tough taking on the major Sydney stables at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s Saturday race meetings in recent years; However, on Saturday four local trainers each trained a winner on the eight-race program. In race order the Novocastrian trainers winners…

Members Preview RACE 1 MINCO TECH AUSTRALIA CLASS 1 & MAIDEN 2350M Former Kiwi Whangamata could open his Australian account in this race. He has been placed in two of his three starts in the country and the four-year-old gives the impression he will run…

Newcastle jockey Darryl ‘Digger’ McLellan rode his first winner in New South Wales since 2011 when he steered Oakfield General to victory in the 1500 metre Hungerford Hill Wines Class 1 at the NJC’s race meeting on Thursday. ‘Digger’ reminded racegoers of his glory days…

Stellar Season The 2017-18 was a career high for three participants based at Newcastle Racecourse.  Kris Lees trained a personal best 191 ½ winners for the season, Ben Smith trained his first Group 1 winner, while Aaron Bullock rode 107 winners despite missing three months…

RACE 1 HUNGERFORD HILL WINES CLASS 1 1500M Salsa Man has been racing well on metropolitan tracks and he is well placed here. Two starts back he finished second at Warwick Farm and last start he was held up at the top of the straight…

Group 1 winning trainer Ben Smith delivered a knockout blow to punters when he landed a long price double at Saturday’s Newcastle’s race meeting. Smith trained his first double on his home track when Lunar Spin and Kanavu were successful both at the juicy odds…