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  • Gary Harley Wrap 24.11.20
    Gary Harley Wrap 24.11.20

    The regally bred filly Glowing Red is expected to spell after she broke through for her first win in her second start at Newcastle on Tuesday. It was a Cessnock meeting held on the course proper and all eyes were on Glowing Red, the half-sister…

  • Racing: Hot prospect Glowing Red arrives just in time for Kris Lees at Newcastle
    Racing: Hot prospect Glowing Red arrives just in time for Kris Lees at Newcastle

    Broadmeadow trainer Kris Lees is looking to the autumn with Glowing Red after the half-sister of In Her Time knuckled down late to break through at her second start on Tuesday at Newcastle Racecourse. Carrying the colours of two-time group 1-winning Newcastle sprinter In Her…

  • Racing: Confidence high in The Hunter after bumper meeting
    Racing: Confidence high in The Hunter after bumper meeting

    THE second annual The Hunter meeting at Newcastle Racecourse was a hit with punters after betting turnover increased almost 40 per cent on last year’s debut. The Saturday, November 14 program, which featured the $1 million The Hunter, group 3 Spring Stakes and the Max…

  • Gary Harley- Herald- 24.11.20
    Gary Harley- Herald- 24.11.20

    Leading Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has a full book of rides at the Cessnock meeting at Broadmeadow on Tuesday, and all six of his mounts are trained by Kris Lees. The most interesting of Avdullas mounts is the three-year-old half-sister to Group 1 winner In…

  • Gary Harley – Preview- 24.11.20
    Gary Harley – Preview- 24.11.20

    Race 1- The Prince Of Merewether Class 1 Handicap 1200m The early favourite Bat Pad raced at Gosford on Saturday and if she backs up, the filly is the one to beat. She won a 900 metre Maiden on this track on October 13 and…

  • Gary Harley- Wrap 14.11.20
    Gary Harley- Wrap 14.11.20

    The second $1Million TAB Hunter Race Day was another success story for the Newcastle Jockey Club on Saturday. Fine weather, a magnificently prepared track together with the top jockeys and horses, all the ingredients for a super Saturday. With crowds restricted during the pandemic, racegoers…

  • The Hunter horse racing: Hunter trainer Kris Lees edged out by ‘Sweet Deal’
    The Hunter horse racing: Hunter trainer Kris Lees edged out by ‘Sweet Deal’

    Sweet Deal has edged out Kris Lees-trained Special Reward to claim the $1million The Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The six-year-old mare finished stronger down the straight and took over the local hope after winning last year’s group 3 Tibbie Stakes at the same…

  • Sweet Deal Claims The Hunter
    Sweet Deal Claims The Hunter

    The $1 million The Hunter was run and won at Newcastle on Saturday and the trophy headed back to Randwick with the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. The genuine six-year-old mare took her earnings beyond $1.3 million when she and Nash Rawiller gunned down the local…

  • Sky Racing exclusive interview
    Sky Racing exclusive interview

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  • Gary Harley- Preview- The Hunter
    Gary Harley- Preview- The Hunter

    Race 1 – Sage Painting Max Lees Classic- 900m All of these two year oldโ€™s are having their first start but have had at least one barrier trial. The Godolphin filly Sliders was never off the bit in a recent Randwick trial and she has…

  • The Hunter rising fast as Newcastleโ€™s main event
    The Hunter rising fast as Newcastleโ€™s main event

    https://www.racenet.com.au/news/australian-bloodstock-boss-says-newcastles-new-race-has-become-a-major-spring-carnival-goal-20201112 Newcastleโ€™s $1 millionย The TAB Hunter meetingย has the potential to become a โ€œmini-Everest carnivalโ€ for the provincials. This is the prediction of Australia Bloodstockโ€™s Jamie Lovett who has three runners in Saturdayโ€™s big Broadmeadow race โ€“ Special Reward, Tactical Advantage and Chief Ironside. Lovett might…

  • Gary Harley- The Herald -14.11.20
    Gary Harley- The Herald -14.11.20

    Signore Foxโ€™s slashing recent trial win at Randwick on October 30 has convinced his co-trainer Peter Snowden that the five-year-old has an undeniable chance in Saturdayโ€™s The TAB Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle Racecourse. A crackerjack field of sprinters will line up in what is now…