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Racing Wrap 12.03.26
In form Newcastle apprentice William Stanley rode his fifth winner in twelve days when successful on gallopers for Newcastles Hunter Hall of Famer trainers Kris Lees and Paul Perry at Thursdays Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Backing up from success at Warwick Farm aboard Mark…
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Race Day Preview – 12.03.26
Gary Harley Peter Snowden, fresh from training last Friday’s Group 3 Newcastle Stakes winner Tuileries on the Newcastle track will send four of his team up the M1 for Thursday’s race meeting. All four of Snowden’s team have genuine chances however I am keen on…
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Racing Wrap – 06.03.26
Gary Harley Newcastle – Hunter Hall Of Fame trainer Peter Snowden trained his fourth Newcastle Stakes (formally Newcastle Newmarket) winner when talented mare Tuileries won the Group 3 Horsepower sponsored event on Friday. Tuileries ($5.50) had to overcome a wide barrier however jockey Chad Schofield…
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Race Day Preview – Newcastle Stakes – 06.03.26
Gary Harley The first of six Group events scheduled for the Newcastle Racecourse during 2026, the 1400 metre Horsepower Newcastle Stakes, a Group 3 event will be held on Friday. Newcastle track specialist Coal Crusher will carry the topweight of 60½ kilograms in the Group…
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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…
