NJC News

    Randwick trainer John Thompson will send two early favorites to the Community Race Day race meeting at Newcastle on Sunday. Bobby Is King is the $2.40 early favourite with TAB in the Lexus Of Newcastle Maiden Handicap (900m), and he...
    • Friday, November 24 2023
    Newcastle jockey Ash Morgan rode 145 winners a couple of seasons back, and his double at Tuesday’s Newcastle meeting has skyrocketed the Welshman into second place with 44.5 winners in the 2023-24 NSW Jockeys Premiership. Tyler Schiller leads the premiership...
    • Thursday, November 23 2023
    Race 1 – Horsepower Feeds and Supplements Midway Benchmark 64 Handicap 1890m California Grass has won two races both on Soft 6 tracks and if there is give in the track, she is the one to beat. The mare won...
    • Monday, November 20 2023
      The Newcastle Jockey Club, on the back up from a sensational The Newcastle Herald Hunter day on Saturday have another race meeting on Tuesday. It is an eight-race program, and Kris Lees and his apprentice Dylan Gibbons combine with...
    • Monday, November 20 2023
    As far as race days go for thoroughbred quality, track surface, weather conditions and Sky Racings coverage, Saturday’s The Newcastle Herald $1 million The Hunter race day was up there with the Newcastle Jockey Clubs best of the modern era....
    • Monday, November 20 2023
    Picture: Mark Evans / Getty Images Proud Novocastrian Kris Lees has declared Newcastle the state’s best track as he prepares to defend home turf with Rustic Steel in Saturday’s $1m The Hunter (1300m). Lees, a multiple premiership and Group 1...
    • Saturday, November 18 2023