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Hawkesbury based senior jockey Grant Buckley returned to Newcastle for the first time in more than eight months to steer home a treble at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. Buckley, who has ridden more than 2500 winners, only returned to race riding at Kembla…

Race 1 – Bonvilla Estate 2YO Maiden Handicap 900m Gaeilge the Godolphin 2-year-old is a speedy colt with clearly the best form. He was only beaten half a length by Comedy in the Kirkham at Randwick in October after leading. Mednyi finished midfield in a…

In recent years James Cummings has chosen the spacious Newcastle track to kick off the careers of subsequent Group 1 stars Cylinder and Broadsiding and on Saturday he will send another promising two-year-old Gaeilge to the Newcastle Racecourse to contest the opening event the 900…

The Gai Waterhouse-Adrian Bott trained blueblood Format pulled off a decent plunge for supporters when he narrowly defeated John O’Shea -Tom Charlton trained mare Ana Carolina in the opening event at the NJC’s race meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday. When bookmakers framed the…

Blueblood colt Format from the Waterhouse-Bott stable travels to Newcastle for the NJC’s Beaumont track race meeting on Monday with connections hoping for better luck than his last start appearance in the city on January 21. The 3-year-old is a son of champion sire Frankel…

Newcastle trainer Mark Minervini’s short course double at Saturday’s Newcastle Racecourse meeting rounded off a successful week for the popular trainer. The former South Australian who proudly calls Newcastle home these days saddled up Ocean Joy and Shall Be for impressive wins after the pair’s…

Race 1 – Girls Day Out Women In Sport Maiden Plate 900m Barracuda is resuming for his new trainer after two very impressive trials. His only start was in a $1/2 Million 2-year-old event in the Gold Coast when beaten 2 lengths in January 2024.…

The opening event at Saturdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting, the 900 metre Girls Day Out- Women In Sport Maiden Plate is a cracker with speed galore. The Warwick Farm trained colt Barracuda, Blanc De Noir, Ocean Joy and Flying Argyle all possess genuine speed…

Brazilian jockey Jose Severo based in Newcastle these days continued his impressive strike rate since moving to Australia when he delivered a knockout blow to punters in the opening event at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Clubs Legends Race Day. Severo was aboard Newcastle trainer Rodney Ollerton’s…

Race 1 – Craig Philpotts Consulting ‘Kurt Fearnley’ Maiden Plate 900m Ocean Joy is a fast filly resuming after placings in hot maiden fields on this track in the spring. She led when placed behind subsequent Randwick winner Zoubaby on September 21 and she was…

Inform locally trained mare Rubi’s Serve racing in great form on the two Newcastle tracks should win again when she contests the 1400 metre Benchmark 64 Handicap at the Velich Brother’s Memorial ‘Legends’ Race Day at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. Trained by Mark Minervini…

Two visiting Irish jockeys Ronan Whelan and Harry Davies rode their first Newcastle winners at Tuesdays Gosford Race Club meeting held at Newcastle Racecourse. Both jockeys are based in Sydney and are highly regarded in their own country. Racing Australia statistics indicate Whelan rode a…