Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Racing Wrap  31.03.26
    Racing Wrap 31.03.26

    Gary Harley โ€“ Kris Lees will have three of his team in the $1 million Racing NSW Provincial Midway Final at Randwick on April 11th after Lord of Biscay and Imposant, qualified the Wild Card at Newcastle on Tuesday. The first three placegetters in the…

  • Race Day Preview 31.03.26
    Race Day Preview 31.03.26

    Gary Harley – The last three spots in the $1 million Racing NSW Provincial-Midway Championship Final at Randwick on April 11th are up for grabs at the Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting tomorrow. The 1400 metre Wild Card is the last of the qualifiers with…

  • Racing Wrap- 23.03.26
    Racing Wrap- 23.03.26

    Gary Harley Newcastleโ€™s premier trainer Kris Lees winning treble at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Monday took his current season tally to 83 winners in two states with a week short of four months remaining in the 2025-26 season. Lees stands in tenth…

  • Race Day Preview – 23.03.26
    Race Day Preview – 23.03.26

    Gary Harley The beaten 2024 Breeders Plate favourite Tuscany resumes from a six-month spell in the opening event the 1150 metre Highlander Central Coast 18-19 April maiden at Mondays Wine County meeting at Newcastleโ€™s Beaumont track. Originally purchased by China Horse Club, Newgate and others…

  • Racing Wrap 12.03.26
    Racing Wrap 12.03.26

    In form Newcastle apprentice William Stanley rode his fifth winner in twelve days when successful on gallopers for Newcastles Hunter Hall of Famer trainers Kris Lees and Paul Perry at Thursdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Backing up from success at Warwick Farm aboard Mark…

  • Race Day Preview – 12.03.26
    Race Day Preview – 12.03.26

    Gary Harley Peter Snowden, fresh from training last Fridayโ€™s Group 3 Newcastle Stakes winner Tuileries on the Newcastle track will send four of his team up the M1 for Thursdayโ€™s race meeting. All four of Snowdenโ€™s team have genuine chances however I am keen on…

  • Racing Wrap – 06.03.26
    Racing Wrap – 06.03.26

    Gary Harley Newcastle โ€“ Hunter Hall Of Fame trainer Peter Snowden trained his fourth Newcastle Stakes (formally Newcastle Newmarket) winner when talented mare Tuileries won the Group 3 Horsepower sponsored event on Friday. Tuileries ($5.50) had to overcome a wide barrier however jockey Chad Schofield…

  • Race Day Preview – Newcastle Stakes – 06.03.26
    Race Day Preview – Newcastle Stakes – 06.03.26

    Gary Harley The first of six Group events scheduled for the Newcastle Racecourse during 2026, the 1400 metre Horsepower Newcastle Stakes, a Group 3 event will be held on Friday. Newcastle track specialist Coal Crusher will carry the topweight of 60ยฝ kilograms in the Group…

  • Racing Wrap – 28.02.26
    Racing Wrap – 28.02.26

    Gary Harley Newcastle trained 3-year-old Buffalo and Wyong mare Oakfield Jupiter will contest the $1million Racing NSW Provincial-Midway Championship Final at Randwick on April 11 after the pair quinellaed the Newcastle Qualifier on Saturday. Buffalo which had performed very well against the high quality two-year-olds…

  • Race Day Preview
    Race Day Preview

    Gary Harley Article – Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has won five of the seven Provincial Midway Championship Finals and he has the number one seed for the 2026 series, Lord of Biscay, who resumes from a three-month spell in the 1,400 metre Racing NSW Provincial…

  • Racing Wrap – 16.02.26
    Racing Wrap – 16.02.26

    Gary Harley Kris Lees has moved into the top 10 in the Australian Trainers Premiership following the gutsy win by blueblood mare Trounce in the 1150 metre New Zealand Bloodstock F&M Benchmark 58 Handicap at Mondayโ€™s Beaumont Track meeting. The win took Lees tally to…

  • Racing Wrap – 14.02.26
    Racing Wrap – 14.02.26

    Gary Harley The Kris Lees trained two-year-old filly, Sheโ€™s Extra, landed a huge plunge when she blitzed her opposition in the opening event at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. It was her trainerโ€™s birthday on Saturday and the youngster gave Lees plenty to celebrate…