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Newcastle’s $1m sprint: ‘You always want to win your feature race at home’
KRIS Lees has just about done it all on his hometown track. The trainer has ticked off the Newcastle Cup, Cameron Handicap, the old Newmarket and, only 12 months ago, the race named in honour of his late father Max. However, victory in what’s now…
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Miss International Australia, aspiring actor: Meet the faces of The Hunter races for 2025
A college basketballer-turned-Miss International Australia and an aspiring actor. Meet the official ambassadors for The Hunter in 2025. Selina McCloskey, 24 of Eleebana, and Ben Blackler, 20 of Belmont North, have been unveiled as the faces of Newcastle’s $1million horse race, which is scheduled for…
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Pat Farrell’s 62-year career: 920 winners and a profound legacy
PAT Farrell was a champion racehorse trainer and a master mentor. In a passion that started 62 years ago, Farrell trained 920 winners and was renowned as an astute horseman. He also guided the careers of champion jockeys Wayne Harris, Neil Rae, Paul Sylvester and…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 01.11.25
On a day that Arrowfield Stud celebrated the win of freakish mare Autumn Glow at Randwick, their colours were first past the post in a Class 1 Handicap at Newcastle with a potential Group 1 contender. It was the annual Maitland Rugby Club race day,…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 1.11.25
The consistent Gosford trained Orthie’s Boys is ready to notch up his fourth win in the 1500 metre Maitland Rugby Cup at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. Trainer Greg McFarlane has called on 1.5 kilogram claiming apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald to reunite with the five-year-old…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 27.10.25
Newcastle apprentice William Stanley completed a busy four days when he steered home two winners at the Wine Country race meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday. Stanley apprenticed to Kris Lees flew to Melbourne to ride his boss’s sprinter Power Of The Brave at…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 27.10.25
In form jockey Alyshia Collett had only been booked for three mounts when riders were declared for Mondays Newcastle meeting and all three will be well fancied. It is a seven-event country class meeting to be held on the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Beaumont track. Collett…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 18.10.25
Frenchman Nicim Dilmi in his third month since securing a trainer’s licence saddled up lightly raced 4-year-old Oceanfront to win Saturday’s TLE Electrical Cessnock Cup (1890m) at the Newcastle Racecourse. On a perfect Spring Day with a hefty crowd the two feature events were…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 18.10.25
The Jungle Juice Cups and Cessnock Cups were the Newcastle Jockey Clubs major races when the club owned the Cessnock Racecourse for more than 30 years and on Saturday for the first time the Cups will be run on the same program at Newcastle. The…
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The Hunter Race Day takes flight at Newcastle Airport
Tourism activation celebrates regional racing, lifestyle, and community Visitors arriving at Newcastle Airport are now greeted by a striking new tourism and racing activation that celebrates the Hunter region’s world-class Thoroughbred industry and vibrant lifestyle. The collaborative project between Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle Airport, and regional…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 07.10.25
Newcastle Jockey Club will host their fourth race meeting in the space of 18 days on Tuesday. John Sargent’s three-year-old filly Autumn Blonde ($3 favourite on TAB) is well placed in the NZB Ready To Run 12 & 13 Nov Class 1 Handicap (1250m). A…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 2.10.25
French-born Nacim Dilmi trained his first Newcastle winner when former top local apprentice Dylan Gibbons produced a masterly ride on Oceanfront at the NJC’s midweek meeting. Oceanfront was a $5 chance in the provincial benchmark 64 handicap (1850 metres) after a close third placing in…
