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The annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter race day will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. The highlight of the race meeting is the high-quality 1200 metre Benchmark 70 Handicap. The race features the clash of three very promising and...

Newcastle Review-  01.12.19 Former South African jockey Keagan Latham took out the feature double at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s annual Legends Raceday on Sunday. The NJC honours its Legends Robert Thompson and Gary Harley at this race meeting each year....

Herald- 01.12.19- Gary Harley Newcastle’s reigning premier jockey Andrew Gibbons claims that victory in Sunday’s Robert Thompson Cup (1200m) at Newcastle Racecourse would be another highlight in a career that has seen him ride more than 1100 winners. Gibbons will...

Race 1- Thanks Jack Ashman 2 YO Maiden Plate 900m Sole Heir from the Waterhouse-Bott stable is on debut after a smart Hawkesbury trial win. He is bred for speed and the 900m is ideal. Titan Star finished down the...

Gary Harley- RNSW- Stand Alone- Hunter Raceday and Cessnock Two Cups  The Newcastle Jockeys Club’s first Saturday stand-alone race meeting since the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the first million-dollar race to be run outside of Sydney, went off without a...

This article was written by Ray Thomas and originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph.  Champion jockey James McDonald summed up the mood after winning the inaugural $1 million The Hunter (1300m) on Savatiano at the Newcastle stand-alone meeting on Saturday....

This article was written by Chris Roots and originally appeared in The Age. The never-ending spring hit a high note on Saturday with The Hunter and Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys has ideas to make it better in 12...

This article was written by Craig Kerry and originally appeared in the Newcastle Herald.  It didn’t reach the lofty goal of a 10,000-strong crowd, but the inaugural The Hunter race meeting on Saturday was a “bloody good start” in the...

Racing NSW today announced Neighbour’s star Tim Robards as The Hunter ambassador! Tim will be heading to Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday for Newcastle’s richest ever horse race – the $1M Pages Event Hire Hunter. Robards was born and raised in...

In the lead up to Newcastle’s richest ever horse race – the $1M Pages Event Hire Hunter – the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service and Newcastle Jockey Club (NJC) have announced they will join forces to raise vital funds to support...