Racecourse News

  • NEWFM 105.3: $46K raised for local charities at Newcastle Stakes
    NEWFM 105.3: $46K raised for local charities at Newcastle Stakes

    $46K raised for local charities at Newcastle Stakes The annual International Womenโ€™s Day Luncheon at Newcastle Racecourse raised a huge $46,844 yesterday. Each year the luncheon supports two local charities who share in the proceeds of the event. This year EquiEnergy Youth and Mosaic Multicultural…

  • Vale Mr Robert โ€œPudโ€ Davies.
    Vale Mr Robert โ€œPudโ€ Davies.

    https://www.facebook.com/fromthetrack.com.au/posts/pfbid0DhxCU4P6CtQ5JdPsKmoJpNVDFdtPrFNUxzFwxWiygs7WZHrqmjT8FspNQMcgujvGl Sad news with the passing of popular trainer Robert โ€œPudโ€ Davies. A gentleman & a larrikin, Pud was a popular figure in racing, having trained more than 550 winners in his long career from his base at Cessnock. Among his winning brigade were Sandrio,…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.03.2023

    Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bottโ€™s bold front runner Cross Talk courtesy of a familiar โ€˜catch me if you canโ€™ ride by Tim Clarke was too classy for the opposition in Fridayโ€™s Group 3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes (1400m). Declared a weighted good thing by form experts…

  • Daily Telegraph: Newcastle Stakes Race Day
    Daily Telegraph: Newcastle Stakes Race Day

    Written by Ray Thomas. The Group 3 $200,000 Newcastle Newmarketโ€™s name change to the Newcastle Stakes might catch some unawares at Broadmeadow on Friday. But the Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s decision is in line with the clubโ€™s to โ€œbecome a more modern and progressive club.โ€ โ€œWe…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 03.03.23
    Gary Harley – Preview – 03.03.23

    Race 1 โ€“ Novocastrian Electrical Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Don Quixote is in good form, and he steps up to this trip for the first time. He was an easy winner over 1850m on this track three starts back and he has been…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 03.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Herald – 03.03.2023

    Gai Waterhouse and Kris Lees have both won four Group 3 Newcastle Newmarketโ€™s, and the pair will have representatives in Fridayโ€™s $200,000 Group 3 Newcastle Stakes, formerly the Newcastle Newmarket – the major event in the first half of the year for the Newcastle Jockey…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap- 25.02.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap- 25.02.23

    Scone filly More Than A Star landed a long priced plunge for connections when she led all the way to win the MBIB 2yo Maiden Plate (900m) at Saturdays Newcastle race meeting. Donโ€™t be fooled by More Than A Starโ€™s starting price of $31 as…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 25.02.23
    Gary Harley – Preview – 25.02.23

    Race 1- Master Builders Association Provincial 3YO & Up Maiden Handicap 900m Lazulite is on debut after an all the way trial win on the Beaumont track. The three-year-old, bred and owned by Gerry Harvey is very quick and has drawn nicely. Ash Morgan trialled…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 25.02.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 25.02.23

    Impeccably bred three-year-old filly Petersham, who was responsible for an eye-catching debut performance on this track on February 4 is set to atone in the Coastline Cleaning and Maintenance F&M Maiden Handicap (1400m) at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle meeting. The filly is a blueblood, being a daughter…

  • Media Release: International Women’s Day event at Newcastle Racecourse
    Media Release: International Women’s Day event at Newcastle Racecourse

    Media Release 23 February 2023 International Womenโ€™s Day Event Coinciding with Newcastle Stakes Race meeting, the sold-out International Women’s Day (IWD) event on Friday, 3 March at Newcastle Racecourse will raise money for local charities Equi Energy Youth and Mosaic Cultural Connections and has again…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 13.02.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 13.02.23

    There were excited trainers young and old celebrating at the Wine Country Race Clubโ€™s Beaumont track race meeting on Monday. The racing kicked off with the NHN Group F&M Benchmark 58 Handicap (1350m), and what a result for young Wyong trainer Nikki Hodgson. Hodgson only…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 11.02.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 11.02.23

    Hunter Valley mare Apache Jewel caused a huge boilover at the Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s race meeting on Saturday when she won her first race at her 21st start. With her trainer Ben Lees absent from the meeting as he was inspecting yearlings at the Inglis…