Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 06.02.24
    Gary Harley – Preview – 06.02.24

    Race 1 โ€“ Sharp Office Class 1 & Maiden Plate 1900m Fioprospero races well on this track where he has had three starts. He came from well back when a runaway winner in a 1400m Maiden on this track on November 21. He was placed…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 06.02.24
    Gary Harley – Herald – 06.02.24

    The Wine Country Race Club meeting on Tuesday, originally scheduled for the Beaumont track will be held on the course proper. The Arrowfield training partnership of Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich, fresh from a brilliant run by their undefeated youngster Perennial on the track on…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.02.24
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.02.24

    Sconeโ€™s Arrowfield Stud and its trainers Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich have another promising galloper in three-year-old Perennial which maintained his unbeaten record when successful at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. Perennial, a son of Japanese sire Mikki Isle which stood at…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 03.02.24
    Gary Harley – Preview – 03.02.24

    Race 1- The A Team Ryan Chad Cherie Heather Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Prince of Arendell is in career best form and looks the winner with Mitchell Bell aboard. He raced on the speed when an easy Kembla winner on January 3, and…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 03.02.24
    Gary Harley – Herald – 03.02.24

    Three-year-old filly The Hawkesbury, a daughter of two champions is arguably the most interesting galloper racing at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting. The fillyโ€™s sire Frankel is recognized as one of the worlds best while her dam More Joyous won 21 of her 33 starts, including…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 27.01.24
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 27.01.24

    Chris Wallerโ€™s Kiwi gelding Unusual Legacy confirmed his staying potential when he outclassed the opposition in the Harrison Painting – Jack Newton Benchmark 64 Handicap (1850m) at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Legends race meeting on Saturday. The lightly raced four-year-old owned by the trainerโ€™s wife…

  • Media Release: Newcastle Racecourse Launches Community Support Program
    Media Release: Newcastle Racecourse Launches Community Support Program

    In a dedicated effort to foster community development, Newcastle Racecourse is excited to launch its Community Support Program, a new initiative aimed at providing financial grant funding support to charities and community groups in the Greater Newcastle area. This initiative complements the Newcastle Jockey Club’s…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 11.01.24
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 11.01.24

    Talented Wyong apprentice Anna Roperโ€™s double at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Thursday took her season tally to 45. The young lady is currently in seventh place in the New South Wales Jockeys Premiership. Roper produced a well-judged front running ride on seven-year-old…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 11.01.24
    Gary Harley – Preview – 11.01.24

    Gary Harley โ€“ Preview- 11.01.24 Race 1 โ€“ Lees Racing Provincial 2&3yo Maiden Plate 900m Toyger has had many chances placed in four of nine starts but he is pretty quick, and the shorter trip is a positive. He has been placed in three of…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 11.01.24
    Gary Harley – Herald – 11.01.24

    James Cummings will send two lightly raced, talented three-year-olds to Thursdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Club meeting โ€“ their first of the year, and the stables gun apprentice Zac Lloyd will ride both geldings. The meeting is back on the course proper, and the first of Cummingsโ€™…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 26.12.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 26.12.23

    Speedy local sprinter Kingโ€™s Duty can provide Newcastle trainer Mark Minervini and his owners with a nice Christmas present by winning the Prince Of Merewether Midway Benchmark 64 Handicap (1150m) at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs Boxing Day Race meeting on the Beaumont track. Bred and…

  • Vale Mr Alan โ€˜Jockโ€™ Gollogly
    Vale Mr Alan โ€˜Jockโ€™ Gollogly

    Vale Mr Alan โ€˜Jockโ€™ Gollogly The Thoroughbred Racing Industry is today mourning the loss of Mr Alan โ€˜Jockโ€™ Gollogly who passed away overnight following a long illness, aged 72. โ€œJock Gollogly was a unique character who was well known and respected throughout the industry,โ€ said…