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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…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 05.10.24
Race 1 – Oporto Maiden Handicap 1500m Alice Mae is crying out for this longer trip and is racing well on this track. The mare was held up in the straight on this track on September 20 and two starts back she finished strong when…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 05.10.24
The James Cummings Godolphin stable are sending four of their team to the Newcastle Jockey Club meeting on Saturday and three of them have very good recent form on the Newcastle track. At the second day of the NJC’s Spring Carnival on September 21 the…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 01.10.24
Jason Collett’s decision to accept mounts at Tuesdays Newcastle meeting was vindicated when the former Kiwi rode three winners and two placings from a full book of eight mounts. Collett has had a flying start to the 2024-25 season with 25 winners in two months…
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DOYLE READY FOR MAIDEN GROUP 1 RUNNER
NATHAN Doyle has trained 271 winners in a relatively brief career to date, but never had a runner at racing’s elite level. But the Newcastle trainer, who has begun the new season in rousing style with 11 winners, is poised for his maiden Group 1…
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Gary Harley – Selections – 01.10.24
Gary Harley Selections- 01.10.24 Race 1- Red Funnel Food Distributors Provincial Maiden Plate 1250m Selections: 8- Lady Ichikawa 6- Frosty Jo 3- Jared Race 2 – Prince Of Merewether Provincial Maiden Plate 1250m Selections: 7- Rennata 13- Justice Please…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 01.10.24
Newcastle trainer Sam Kavanagh has called on top jockey Jason Collett to end a frustrating run of minor placings for Lady Ichikawa when she contests the 1250 metre Red Funnel Food Distributors Maiden Plate at the Newcastle race meeting on Tuesday. The mare has been…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – Saturday – 21.09.24
Under blue sky’s another huge crowd flocked to the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday for the second day of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s Spring Carnival. It was the traditional Charlestown Square Ladies Day with world powerhouse Godolphin’s trainer James Cummings landing a double, a feat also…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – Friday- 20.09.24
The 2024 Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup Day was one of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s greatest race days in the modern era with a huge crowd, perfect weather and track conditions and importantly the quality of horse flesh in the Group 3 events was exceptional.…
