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  • Peter Snowden humbled to join Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame
    Peter Snowden humbled to join Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame

    Peter Snowden has risen to the top echelon of Australian racing, winning 41 group 1s and two Everests. But he’s never forgotten where he’s from. Snowden was honoured and humbled to be included in the Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame on Tuesday as…

  • Gary Harley – Preview- 18.05.21
    Gary Harley – Preview- 18.05.21

    Race 1- 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees Class 1 (1600)ย  New Zealand filly Comme Bella Fille will improve after a creditable performance first up in Australia. She had a win and a placing in three New Zealand starts. The 3yr old now with Johnย Oโ€™sheaย had her…

  • Gary Harley – Herald 18.05.21
    Gary Harley – Herald 18.05.21

    Johnย Oโ€™Shea isย enjoying a very successful season having trained 61 winners in New South Wales and will send three winning prospects to Newcastleโ€™s โ€˜Hall of Fameโ€™ meeting on Tuesday.ย The trio include Comme Bella Fille ($4.60 FAV TAB) and Scream and Shout ($4ย TAB.) The New Zealand bred…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 08.05.21
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 08.05.21

    Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan is eyeing off at a crack at a Group 1 race during the Brisbane Winter Carnival with his talented 2-year-old colt Sinba following the youngsters brilliant debut win at Newcastle on Saturday. The gelding, a son of former New Zealand star…

  • Gary Harley- Preview – 08.05.21
    Gary Harley- Preview – 08.05.21

    Race 1- Aaron Walter Century 21 Edgeworth Maiden Plate 1400 The unraced Sinba has trialled nicely and the way he finished off from last in a recent Rosehill trial, the 1400 is ideal. The long straight will suit him and he has drawn well. Papadum…

  • Gary Harley- Herald- 08.05.21
    Gary Harley- Herald- 08.05.21

    Former Adelaide trainer Jeremy Gask, based these days in Scone, heads down the Hunter Expressway to Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday with a filly destined for bigger things. Orbital Express, a three-year-old daughter of successful sire Zoustar and former crack sprinter Avoid Lightning, lines up for…

  • Racing NSW COVID-19 update
    Racing NSW COVID-19 update

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The NSW Government announced yesterday that one person had tested positive for COVID-19. The person is from Sydneyโ€™s Eastern Suburbs. Following contact tracing that has been conducted, the NSW Government has ordered that any person who has been to the venues listed below during…

  • NJC step up stable plans with new raceday stalls
    NJC step up stable plans with new raceday stalls

    NEWCASTLE Jockey Club (NJC) has proudly completed the first major step in its grand plan towards new on-course stables with the unveiling of $4 million raceday stalls. The club officially opened the 130 tie-up stalls, carpark and bridle path on Sunday. The new complex, located…

  • Gary Harley- Wrap- 01.05.21
    Gary Harley- Wrap- 01.05.21

    Andrew Gibbons double at Newcastle on Saturday has the Novocastrian in sight of Newcastle Jockey Premiership leader Christian Reith with three months of the current season remaining. Gibbons, winner of last seasons New South Wales and Newcastle Premiership has won his hometown Premiership three times.…

  • Gary Harley – Herald 01.05.21
    Gary Harley – Herald 01.05.21

    Newcastle jockey Andrew Gibbons, winner of last seasons NSW and Newcastle premiership, can improve his current seasons tally of 58 winners when he rides at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle meeting. Gibbons has six mounts at the meeting including the well fancied trio Trophies Galore, Vibrant and Eighth…

  • Gary Harley – Preview 01.05.21
    Gary Harley – Preview 01.05.21

    Race 1 โ€“ Pivotal Business Systems Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2350m Rodrickโ€™s Secret was unlucky when a strong finishing third over this trip on this track on April 15. He had been placed at Wellington and Canberra in his previous two starts. Insider Trader…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 22.04.21
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 22.04.21

    The Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s race meeting on Thursday was of high quality with a couple of promising youngsters confirming their potential. The Snowden training partnership produced two winners on the day with three-year-old colt Adelaideโ€™s Light maintaining his unbeaten record this campaign. The son of…