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Tamworth Jockey Club new appointments Tamworth Jockey Club administrator David Jewell has confirmed the appointment of the Club’s new General Manager and new Track Manager. Michael Buckley, 31, will be the Club’s new General Manager, while Mitch Robinson will take...

Race 1- Advanced Pest Control Maiden Handicap 1600m Winter Thorn is an imported stayer having his first Australian start for Kris Lees. He was placed in two of his five starts in England and he last raced in September. He...

Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup heads to Thursday’s Newcastle race meeting with three winning prospects and the popular trainer is hoping for a change of fortune. Only last Saturday, Widdup’s bonnie mare Icebath dashed to the lead inside the 100-metre point...

Irishman Lee Magorrian produced a career best performance at the NJC race meeting on Saturday when he rode four winners on the eight-race program. Magorrian, who is attached to the Chris Waller stable, rode the first four winners including a...

By Julieanne Horsman While Happy Clapper is famous for his impressive Group 1 victories at Royal Randwick, Newcastle was also a happy hunting ground for the people’s horse. He raced there twice for a win in the 2017 Group 3...

Race 1 PFD Food Services Maiden Handicap1865m Yellowstone was backed from double figures into $3.10 on debut at Gosford on March 27. After racing in second place, he tired to be beaten four lengths. He had been trialling well and...

Newcastle’s premier trainer Kris Lees left the Newcastle Racecourse a happy man and rightly so on Tuesday. His Doncaster Mile favourite Mugatoo galloped brilliantly between races and he took the lead in the Newcastle Trainer’s Premiership after saddling up two...

Race 1- Reward Hospitality 2YO Maiden Handicap – 900m Most of the field are on debut and there are a number of good triallists. Heavenly Field led in a recent Rosehill trial and was narrowly beaten by a horse that...

Mugatoo, the clear cut $4.50 favourite for the $3 Million Randwick Doncaster Mile on April 10, will have a track gallop between races at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Tuesday. The imported 6 year old with a 50%...

After a track inspection by Racing NSW Stewards this morning and with forecasts of heavy rainfall throughout the day, the decision has been made to postpone the Newcastle meeting scheduled for today due to the state of the track being...