Gary Harley’s Updates

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...