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Three from three for Tim Clark and a double and three placings for Tommy Berry made the car trip up the M1 worthwhile as the two leading jockeys had a day out at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Wednesday. Clark one of Australia’s…

Race 1 – TAB APP Class 1 Handicap 1850m Squeezebox and Hardpoint stand out and the pair clashed in a 1400 metre Kembla Super Maiden two starts back. Squeezebox was clearly superior finishing second, four lengths from the winner by 2.5 lengths in front of…

The eagerly awaited debut of three-year-old’s Shropshire Lad and Overtook is expected to be one of the highlights of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race midweek meeting on Wednesday. The recent trial winners clash in the 900 metre Dailey Family Funerals Maiden Handicap. The pair…

Saturdays Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day attracted 6000 people, the largest crowd in the six-year history of the richest race day on the provincial program. Outstanding promotion of the day by the NJC, Sky Channel and the media saw more than 5000 bookings prior to…

Joe Pride is confident that he will be holding the $1Million Group 2 The Hunter trophy aloft for the second year in succession on Saturday. The Newcastle Herald sponsored The Hunter will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse and the race is the highlight of…

Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle’s striking colt Private Harry was the shining light at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race program on Saturday. It was the 3-year-olds debut in the 900 metre First National Super Maiden Plate after four impressive barrier trial wins. The TAB priced…

Race 1 – First National Super Maiden Plate 900m The unraced Private Harry is very fast and has won his past four trials. He led all the way and bolted in with a recent Newcastle trial. He has a nice barrier and top jockey, and…

Nathan Doyle’s Newcastle who’s stable is off to a good start in the first three months of the season with 14 winners, commences the busiest and most exciting five days of his six-year career at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. Doyle has…

Scone trained Crop Duster’s dominate win in Saturdays TLE Jungle Juice Cup (1350m) at Newcastle could secure the gelding a start in the $250,000 Barn Dance at Randwick on November 5.  The iconic Jungle Juice Cup Cessnock’s famous race from 1981 until the track was…

Race 1- Schneider Electrical Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2260m Impunity has a good record on this track, and he is ready to win third up. He finished midfield in the VRC St Leger in April and he was a close third over 1800m at…

The iconic TLE Jungle Juice Cup staged at Cessnock from 1981 until that track was sold to Racing NSW in 2019. The event is the feature race on an attractive eight race program at Newcastle on Saturday. This will be the fifth Jungle Juice Cup…

Taree apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald’s amazing start in the 2024-25 season continued at Newcastle on Saturday when the 22-year-old rode her 32.5 winner in only two months and five days of the season. The daughter of former jockey Malcom Fitzgerald rode the Gosford trained Procrastinator ($7.50)…