Media & Press Releases

Inglis proudly bring you: Steve Hodge – Five Decades Of Racing Experience By John Curtis Steve Hodge – Five Decades Of Racing Experience TALK about being “in the swim” of things! STEVE HODGE has been involved in Newcastle racing for five decades, starting out as 12-year-old…

Hundreds of hoteliers and industry associates flocked to the Trackside Marquee on the 30th of April for the AHA Newcastle Hunter Charity Race Day. In its 8th year, the charity race day event is a key event in the Hunter hospitality industry’s social calendar. On…

The wet weather that has devastated most of our state has directed a lot of Race Days and non-Race Day events (transferred) to the venue. Despite not having any Saturday Race Days scheduled for the month, Newcastle welcomed two transferred meetings from Hawkesbury Race Club…

Article : Josh Callinan Photo: Peter Lorimer https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7675808/waller-rates-newcastle-in-top-class/ Australia’s premier trainer Chris Waller has described Newcastle as a “metropolitan-class track” and suggested the venue be utilised more often on what was a historic day for Hunter racing. Sydney-based Waller joined a chorus of other trainers,…

MEDIA RELEASE 21 March 2022 Newcastle Jockey Club, Hunter Water and City of Newcastle announce plans to investigate capturing stormwater for irrigation. The sun was out and the birds were chirping on the morning of Wednesday the 16th of March when Newcastle Jockey Club’s CEO…

Story: By Ray Hickson Kris Lees has struck the first blow in the $1.55m Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships and unearthed a major contender for the Final in the shape of Rustic Steel after a powerful win in the opening qualifier at Newcastle on Thursday. The four-year-old…

Story: Newcastle Weekly Photo: Peter Stoop The Newcastle Jockey Club (NJC) is gearing up for a big day of action when it kicks off the Provincial-Midway Championships this week. The organisation will host the opening qualifier, over 1400m, at the Newcastle Racecourse on Thursday 24 February at…

Vale Mr Jack Ashman (Funeral Details) – Racing New South Wales (racingnsw.com.au) Racing NSW has been advised of the passing of Mr Jack Ashman. Jack spent his early married life in Broken Hill where he and his wife were local school teachers. They moved to…

Story – Craig Kerry Sports reporter, Newcastle Herald Newcastle Jockey Club plan to decrease the number of boxes in their proposed multimillion dollar stable development to make the facility more user friendly for trackwork. The Newcastle Herald revealed the NJC’s plans in 2017 for an ambitious two-storey…

Jockeys Amelia Denby and Grace Willoughby, with the Kris Lees galloper False Step, ahead of the upcoming International Women’s Day luncheon. Photo: Peter Stoop “Girl power” has had such an impact on the Newcastle Jockey Club (NJC) in recent times, it will soon overhaul its…

Media Release Newcastle Jockey Club 4 February 2022 TOZER Air Race Day Post-Christmas Party Race Day with Tozer Air February 5th 2022 Newcastle Racecourse is pleased to hold their second Saturday Race Day of 2022, The Post-Christmas Party Race Day with TOZER Air this weekend.…