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Newcastle’s richest race, The Hunter, is set to jump again
TICKETS are selling fast for the Newcastle Herald Hunter, Newcastle’s stand-alone November meeting that offers $1 million for the taking.With the expected increase in crowd numbers, an extra general admission precinct has been created with a big screen, pop-up bars and food stalls for the race’s sixth…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 02.11.24
Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle’s striking colt Private Harry was the shining light at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race program on Saturday. It was the 3-year-olds debut in the 900 metre First National Super Maiden Plate after four impressive barrier trial wins. The TAB priced…
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PERRY HOPING “SKY” CAN LAUNCH AT RANDWICK
PAUL Perry is hoping “the sky’s the limit” when he attempts to win Tuesday’s $3m Big Dance (1600m) at Royal Randwick. But the master Newcastle trainer will be watching from afar when Sky Lab becomes his first representative in the third running of the annual…
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Gary Harley – Members Preview – 02.11.24
Race 1 – First National Super Maiden Plate 900m The unraced Private Harry is very fast and has won his past four trials. He led all the way and bolted in with a recent Newcastle trial. He has a nice barrier and top jockey, and…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 02.11.24
Nathan Doyle’s Newcastle who’s stable is off to a good start in the first three months of the season with 14 winners, commences the busiest and most exciting five days of his six-year career at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. Doyle has…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 19.10.24
Scone trained Crop Duster’s dominate win in Saturdays TLE Jungle Juice Cup (1350m) at Newcastle could secure the gelding a start in the $250,000 Barn Dance at Randwick on November 5. The iconic Jungle Juice Cup Cessnock’s famous race from 1981 until the track was…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 19.10.24
Race 1- Schneider Electrical Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2260m Impunity has a good record on this track, and he is ready to win third up. He finished midfield in the VRC St Leger in April and he was a close third over 1800m at…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 19.10.24
The iconic TLE Jungle Juice Cup staged at Cessnock from 1981 until that track was sold to Racing NSW in 2019. The event is the feature race on an attractive eight race program at Newcastle on Saturday. This will be the fifth Jungle Juice Cup…
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Newcastle Racecourse has attained Group 2 status for The Hunter
Newcastle will stage its first Group 2 race in more than two decades next month. Newcastle Jockey Club’s major sprint, the $1m The Hunter (1300m), has attained Group 2 status. The Australian Racing Board’s Pattern Committee, as well as giving The Hunter an important upgrade,…
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Racing careers on display to students at Newcastle Racecourse
As part of a wider partnership with Training Services NSW Regional Industry Partnerships (RIEP), the Team Thoroughbred NSW Training Academy together with Newcastle Racecourse hosted a Racing Industry Showcase Day for more than twenty selected local Newcastle and Hunter school students in late August. To…
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Gary Harley Wrap – 05.10.24
Taree apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald’s amazing start in the 2024-25 season continued at Newcastle on Saturday when the 22-year-old rode her 32.5 winner in only two months and five days of the season. The daughter of former jockey Malcom Fitzgerald rode the Gosford trained Procrastinator ($7.50)…
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IMPORTANT UPGRADES FOR PROVINCIAL FEATURES
Important Upgrades NEWCASTLE will stage its first Group 2 race in more than two decades next month. Newcastle Jockey Club’s major sprint, the $1m The Hunter (1300m), has attained Group 2 status. The Australian Racing Board’s Pattern Committee, as well as giving The Hunter an…
