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Gary Harley – Preview – 15.09.23
Race 1- GTS Lawn Pride Australia 3&4yo Benchmark 68 Handicap 1600m Last Straw disappointed first up so the blinkers go on this time. She was an easy Warwick Farm winner in her only other start in March. Stablemate The Seven Seas’ all three wins were…
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Gary Harley – The Herald & RNSW 15.09.23
Newcastle trained horses dominate early betting markets for Friday’s $300,000 Group 3 Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m). The Kris Lees pair Cleveland (TAB $4) and Kalapour (TAB $4.80) head the markets with Mark Minervini’s Hosier (TAB $5) third favourite. The trio have all drawn…
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Newcastle Spring Racing Carnival 2023
In a coup for the Newcastle Jockey Club and Newcastle’s premier trainer Kris Lees, Australia’s most successful jockey Damian Oliver, and another of racings best Ben Melham will ride at Fridays Sharp Office Newcastle Gold Cup meeting. Both jockeys will ride Lees trained stayers in…
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Vale Normie Rose
Sad news yesterday with the passing of former Newcastle Racecourse based jockey Normie Rose. Normie was a young Aboriginal jockey who moved to Newcastle from Dirrabandi in Queensland to forge a career in racing and support his mother and siblings back home. He became a…
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NJC Equimillions Sponsorship Announced
Newcastle Racecourse is excited to announce that Hannah Hopkins and Makaylah Fenwick have been successful in receiving a sponsorship to compete in the upcoming Equimillion event to be held on the October long weekend at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Equimillion is an equestrian event…
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Name the Marquee Competition
Our Stables Marquee has been relocated to an exciting new area closer to the track and from November we will be providing a different and unique race day experience featuring a fresh new style. In celebration of this revamp, we are asking you “What…
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Newcastle Racecourse to sponsor 2 riders in the Inaugural Equimillion Equestrian Competition
Racing NSW & Equestrian Australia have joined forces to create the inaugural $1M Equimillion competition, exclusively for retired NSW Thoroughbred racehorses! Over $1 million in prize money will be distributed across 4 disciplines; Eventing, Showjumping, Dressage & Show Horse and awarded to Junior, Amateur and…
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Registrations Open for $1 million Equimillion Competition
Racing NSW and Equestrian Australia today announced that registrations were officially open for the inaugural $1 million Equimillion equestrian competition exclusively for retired Thoroughbred racehorses. Equimillion will be held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre on the October Long Weekend – September 30 to October…
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Fundraising Record For Pink Race Day
Pink Race Day, a long-standing tradition held on Saturday 8th July, supported by Clubs in the Community and Newcastle Racecourse, aims to promote breast cancer awareness while fostering community support for those impacted. Fundraising for the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation (HBCF), a leading non-profit organisation…
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Mark Minervini – “Pinching Myself A Bit At Season Results”
WHAT a few seasons and a change of State makes? Former South Australian trainer Mark Minervini in four consecutive racing years between 2013-14 and 2016-17 won 21 races at home, and his horses collectively earned just over $356,000. In a breakout year from his now…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 24.06.2023
Rising five-year-old Ruby Flyer, enjoying his best preparation made a one act affair of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s feature race on Saturday. It was the annual Port Stephens Cup over 1600m, and the talented Ruby Flyer was not popular with punters, drifting to $7.00. The…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 24.06.2023
Three-year-old filly Announcing, unlucky first up on this track on June 10 can atone in the Klein Tools Benchmark 64 Handicap (1200m) at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. The John O’Shea trained filly has only had four starts and she kicked off her career with a…
