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THE BIG FELLA’S MAIL
THE BIG FELLA’S MAIL THURSDAY 18, MARCH 2021 Race 1 COASTLINE POOLS AND SPAS MAIDEN HANDICAP 900M 5 Gravity Zero 1st Start. Impressive Trials 4 Excelness Fast Filly- Big Player 9 Silver Lass Has Led Both Starts- Has No Weight 7 Invitare 1st Up-…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 18.03.21
The prospect of a wet track has enhanced the confidence of Wyong trainer Kristen Buchanan who has promising three-year-old Earl Of Sandwich heading to Newcastle on Thursday. The gelding is the early favourite for the 1400 metre Minder Cloud Services Maiden Handicap in which Sam…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 18.03.21
Race 1 – Coastline Pools & Spas Maiden Handicap 900m Gravity Zero is on debut from the Waller stable and the filly comes off a nice recent trial at Rosehill. She went to the line under no pressure when runner up to Star Cherie in…
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Newcastle star Mugatoo makes most of lucky breaks to win All-Star Mile
Australian Bloodstock director Luke Murrell believed his syndication’s colours and their main trainer, Newcastle’s Kris Lees, were due some luck in a big race. So on Saturday at Moonee Valley when All-Star Mile favourite Arcadia Queen was scratched, then the heavens, and a gap in…
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Kris Lees and the success of Mugatoo serves as a reminder of the Lees family racing legacy
Take a seat in the trainers’ stand at the back of Broadmeadow Racecourse’s grandstand, ask Kris Lees why he hasn’t left Newcastle for the big smoke and he will tell you. “I grew up there,” pointing towards the red brick cottage near one end of…
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Gary Harley – Newmarket Wrap- 05.03.21
Group 3- SUEZ Newcastle Newmarket Newcastle’s Hall of Fame trainer Kris Lees recent domination of the Group 3 Suez Newcastle Newmarket continued on March 5 when the richly talented Gem Song came with a storming finish to snatch victory in the shadows of the post.…
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2021 Newcastle Newmarket: Race History
2021 NEWCASTLE NEWMARKET – RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND The Newcastle Newmarket Handicap is Group 3 conducted at Broadmeadow racecourse by the Newcastle Jockey Club. First run in 1955, the Newcastle Newmarket is run over 1400m and is the premier autumn race conducted by the Newcastle…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 05.03.21
Race 1- Australian Bloodstock Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Chenin Blanc is knocking on the door after placings in her last three starts at Goulburn, Newcastle and Scone. She made a long searching run from the tail of the field when beaten a length…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 05.03.21
Newcastle’s famous Lees family has tasted success in five Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket’s and come Friday afternoon it may be six. The time-honoured Newcastle Newmarket was first run in 1965 when the TJ Smith trained Seacraft was successful. It has always been a ‘good horses’…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 02/03/21
Newcastle 12-time Group 1 winning trainer Paul Perry struck the first blow in the 2021 Polytrack Provincial Championship series when his four-year-old Pandano careered away to win the opening qualifier at Newcastle on Saturday. In an all-Newcastle trained trifecta, Pandano which was backed from $5.50…
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Gary Harley – Preview 27.02.21
RACE 1 – NEWCASTLE MBA APPRENTICE SCHEMES MAIDEN PLATE 1200M In Flanders has been placed in all four starts this prep and she has drawn ideally. The filly was runner up in a very strong Gosford Maiden last start and she will appreciate the longer…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 27.02.21
Successful Wyong trainer Damien Lane is hopeful his Polytrack Provincial Championship aspirant Bombasay can cause an upset in Saturday’s Newcastle Qualifier over 1400 metres. The Newcastle Qualifier is the first of five at the provincial circuits, with Gosford, Wyong, Hawkesbury and Kembla Grange staging their…
