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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…
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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…
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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 Monday’s Beaumont Track meeting. The win took Lees tally to…
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Racing Wrap – 14.02.26
Gary Harley The Kris Lees trained two-year-old filly, She’s Extra, landed a huge plunge when she blitzed her opposition in the opening event at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. It was her trainer’s birthday on Saturday and the youngster gave Lees plenty to celebrate…
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Race Day Preview – 14.02.26
Gary Harley Keagan Latham has won the past three NSW Provincial Jockeys Premiership, and the popular hoop heads up the M1 to Newcastle on Saturday where he has seven mounts. Latham has the mount on the O’Shea -Charlton Kiwi bred 3-year-old Cellamaster which is arguably…
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Racing Wrap – 02.02.26
Gary Harley The Gai Waterhouse-Adrian Bott trained 3-year-old colt God Save The King a $775,000 buy at the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sales in the Gold Coast was one of five favourites to salute at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs seven race Wine Country meeting on…
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Easy as one, two, three for Bullock at Newcastle
Singleton jockey Aaron Bullock rode a treble at Newcastle Jockey Club’s seven-race meeting on Saturday. Bullock, who claimed the NSW jockey’s premiership in both 2022-2023 and 2024-2025, has ridden 60.5 winners during the first half of the current season. The Singleton boy, who resides in…
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Some big events are coming to Newcastle Racecourse
Anticipation is building at Newcastle Racecourse The Hunter’s home of racing, events and entertainment has long been synonymous with quality thoroughbred racing, bold fashions, top-tier events, and the region’s most memorable social occasions. But this season, something even bigger is on the horizon. As Newcastle…
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Racing Wrap – 31.01.26
Gary Harley Winning trebles to provincial based jockeys Aaron Bullock and Keagan Latham highlighted Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club seven race meeting. Bullock won the NSW Jockeys Premiership in 2022-23 and 2024-25 and has ridden 60.5 winners in the first half of the current season. The…
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Race Day Preview – 31.01.26
Gary Harley Newcastle’s premier trainer Kris Lees has enjoyed a successful first half of the current racing season with 55 winners in two states and he is expected to add to that when the stable saddles up his consistent but unlucky 4-year-old Etoile Filante at…
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Racing Wrap – 24.01.26
Gary Harley Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker currently in seventh place in the Australian Trainers Premiership with 73 winners for this season sent four gallopers to the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Legends Race Day meeting on Saturday and the stable went home with two winners. And…
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Race Day Preview- 24.01.26
Gary Harley – Herald – 24.01.26 The Newcastle Jockey Club will stage its annual Legends Race Day honouring local Legends on Saturday. Newcastle racing reverts to the course proper on Saturday after a renovation to the track that has taken place during the summer months.…
