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Gary Harley – Herald – 29.08.24
Copacabana placed in a strong field on this track on August 8 is well placed in the 1400 metre Team Thoroughbred NSW Maiden Plate at Newcastle on Thursday. The 4 year old was placed at Warwick Farm, Bendigo and Sandown in his first three starts…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 24.08.24
Scone apprentice Braith Nock and Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle combined for a double at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Nock who finished runner up to Zac Lloyd in the New South Wales Apprentices Premiership last season with 89 winners had a day out at…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 24.08.24
Race 1 – Cessnock Engineering Maiden Plate 900m Sharpen The Knives has been placed in all five starts this preparation and this is a suitable race for the mare. She should settle behind a fast pace and be strong late on a track where she…
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The Hunter to receive an iconic performance from The Screaming Jets
In what will be a showcase of Newcastle icons, Newcastle Racecourse have announced The Screaming Jets will be performing at this year’s The Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day on Saturday the 16th of November. The event, which is in its sixth year in 2024, is…
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The Newcastle Herald backs The Hunter again at Newcastle Racecourse
For the second year in a row, The Newcastle Herald and The Herald’s publisher ACM have partnered with Newcastle Racecourse to back ‘The Hunter’. The event, which is in its sixth year since establishment, will be known again as The Newcastle Herald Hunter in 2024…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 24.08.24
Scone based apprentice Braith Nock after 89 winner’s last season has seven mounts at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday and the best of them appears to be Mondo in the final event the Titan Containers Benchmark 64 Handicap (1400m). The gelding was…
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Newcastle feature beckons for Kris Lees mare after Rosehill win
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will consider a shot at the group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at home with Hellavadancer after she relished soft ground to score the biggest win of her career. The five-year-old, raced by Hunter syndication company Australian Bloodstock, was strongest late to win…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 15.08.2024
Popular Newcastle trainer Steve Hodge won his first race in more than a year on the Newcastle track when the Hong Kong owned Bourbon Flyer a $21 outsider powered home from last 200 metres from home in the 900 metre Davali Thoroughbreds Class 1 Handicap…
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Trainer Steve Hodge eyes more success with Hong Kong connection
Newcastle trainer Steve Hodge is eyeing more success with his Hong Kong connection after breaking the three-and-a-half-year drought of Bourbon Flyer at home on Thursday. Bourbon Flyer ($21), a six-year-old Flying Artie gelding, came from last to win race two, a 900m class 1 handicap,…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 15.08.2024
Race 1 – New Zealand Bloodstock Super 3YO Maiden Plate 900m Extreme Diva clearly has the class having performed well in group races in the Autumn. She was beaten 1.61 lengths in The Pierro, placed in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace and beaten 2 lengths…
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JOHN BANNISTER – YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
John Bannister- You Snooze, You Loose THE early bird catches the worm! It’s a well-known saying which infers that those who start the day early and are pro-active are more likely to succeed in their endeavours. John Bannister can surely be included in the above…
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Anthony Cummings’ 3 year old filly Extreme Diva placed behind two of the best two year olds earlier this year and kicks off her spring campaign at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Thursday. The Extreme Choice filly had five starts in her first…
