NJC News

    A big field of 19 including the four emergencies will be chasing the last three available slots in Saturday’s final qualifying race in the rich $350,000 Sky Provincial Summer Series being run at Newcastle. Not surprisingly the Newcastle stables are...
    • Thursday, December 17 2020
    Newcastle trainer Kris Lees hopes a short break for Animate can help the Provincial Championship heat winner rediscover his best form in the Wyong Magic Millions 3YO/4YO Stakes (1200 metres) on Wednesday. The four-year-old Animal Kingdom gelding started his career...
    • Thursday, December 17 2020
    Veteran Sydney trainer Pat Webster chose Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting for his swan song to thoroughbred training and his lone runner Kosciusko went within three quarters of a length of providing his trainer with a fairy tale farewell. Webster, after...
    • Monday, December 7 2020
    150mm of torrential rain in the lead up and on the scheduled race day forced the postponement of the Jungle Juice and Cessnock Cups race meeting on October 26. Visibility and flooding of the club’s carparks prevented the meeting from...
    • Saturday, December 5 2020
    Last seasons New South Wales Jockeys Premiership winner Andrew Gibbons has a nice book of rides with five mounts at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. ‘Gibbo’ has ridden 23 winners in just over four months in the current season and Newcastle...
    • Friday, December 4 2020