A college basketballer-turned-Miss International Australia and an aspiring actor. Meet the official ambassadors for The Hunter in 2025. Selina McCloskey, 24 of Eleebana, and Ben Blackler, 20 of Belmont North, have been unveiled as the faces of Newcastle’s $1million horse...
- Wednesday, November 12 2025
PAT Farrell was a champion racehorse trainer and a master mentor. In a passion that started 62 years ago, Farrell trained 920 winners and was renowned as an astute horseman. He also guided the careers of champion jockeys Wayne Harris,...
- Monday, November 10 2025
On a day that Arrowfield Stud celebrated the win of freakish mare Autumn Glow at Randwick, their colours were first past the post in a Class 1 Handicap at Newcastle with a potential Group 1 contender. It was the annual...
- Tuesday, November 4 2025
The consistent Gosford trained Orthie’s Boys is ready to notch up his fourth win in the 1500 metre Maitland Rugby Cup at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Trainer Greg McFarlane has called on 1.5 kilogram claiming apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald...
- Friday, October 31 2025
Newcastle apprentice William Stanley completed a busy four days when he steered home two winners at the Wine Country race meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday. Stanley apprenticed to Kris Lees flew to Melbourne to ride his boss’s sprinter...
- Tuesday, October 28 2025
In form jockey Alyshia Collett had only been booked for three mounts when riders were declared for Mondays Newcastle meeting and all three will be well fancied. It is a seven-event country class meeting to be held on the Newcastle...
- Friday, October 24 2025