NJC News

    Hawkesbury based senior jockey Grant Buckley returned to Newcastle for the first time in more than eight months to steer home a treble at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. Buckley, who has ridden more than 2500 winners, only returned...
    • Monday, February 17 2025
    Race 1 – Bonvilla Estate 2YO Maiden Handicap 900m Gaeilge the Godolphin 2-year-old is a speedy colt with clearly the best form. He was only beaten half a length by Comedy in the Kirkham at Randwick in October after leading....
    • Friday, February 14 2025
    In recent years James Cummings has chosen the spacious Newcastle track to kick off the careers of subsequent Group 1 stars Cylinder and Broadsiding and on Saturday he will send another promising two-year-old Gaeilge to the Newcastle Racecourse to contest...
    • Friday, February 14 2025
    The Gai Waterhouse-Adrian Bott trained blueblood Format pulled off a decent plunge for supporters when he narrowly defeated John O’Shea -Tom Charlton trained mare Ana Carolina in the opening event at the NJC’s race meeting on the Beaumont track on...
    • Tuesday, February 11 2025
    Blueblood colt Format from the Waterhouse-Bott stable travels to Newcastle for the NJC’s Beaumont track race meeting on Monday with connections hoping for better luck than his last start appearance in the city on January 21. The 3-year-old is a...
    • Thursday, February 6 2025
    Newcastle trainer Mark Minervini’s short course double at Saturday’s Newcastle Racecourse meeting rounded off a successful week for the popular trainer. The former South Australian who proudly calls Newcastle home these days saddled up Ocean Joy and Shall Be for...
    • Tuesday, February 4 2025