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  • Steve Hodge- Part of the Broadmeadow “Furniture” for 50 years
    Steve Hodge- Part of the Broadmeadow “Furniture” for 50 years

    STEVE HODGE – PART OF THE BROADMEADOW โ€œFURNITUREโ€ FOR 50 YEARS STEVE HODGE is โ€œback in the swimโ€! One of Newcastleโ€™s longest-serving trainers who also manages Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s equine swimming pool, he won his first race in nine months with Sebring Sun filly Lika…

  • Race Day Fundraising Success for Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Community
    Race Day Fundraising Success for Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Community

    Race Day Fundraising Success for Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Community Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis supporters filled the Trackside Marquee with red roses on Saturday 10th June with the Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Race Day, supported by major sponsor Peabody. The Trackside Marquee at full capacity, nearly 400 guests…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 19.06.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 19.06.23

    Lightly raced mare Golden Gate will appreciate a drop in class when she contests The Prince Of Merewether Benchmark 66 Handicap (1350m) at the WCRC meeting to be run on the Beaumont track on Monday. Trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, the mare has…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 10.06.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 10.06.23

    Aaron Bullockโ€™s amazing season continued at the weekend when he rode half of the eight-race program at Tamworth on Friday and followed that up with a double at Newcastle on Saturday. The half a dozen winners took his season tally to 157ยฝ, which places him…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 10.06.23
    Gary Harley – Preview – 10.06.23

    Race 1 โ€“ Kalanโ€™s Memorial Maiden Plate 900m Misty Legend is an odds-on favourite after two recent trial wins at Randwick and Rosehill. The colt was only beaten 2 lengths in a strong 2yo Maiden on the Kensington track in February. Exolent Choice is on…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 10.06.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 10.06.23

    Local trainer Mark Minervini, who trained five winners in the space of three days recently, is expected to continue his winning run at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting. Minerviniโ€™s lone runner is his stable star and track specialist Super, who runs in the Shane Wilson Painting…

  • Launch of Beanies for Brain Cancer month a success at Burwood Inn Race Day
    Launch of Beanies for Brain Cancer month a success at Burwood Inn Race Day

    Launch of Beanies for Brain Cancer month a success at Burwood Inn Race Day 1500+ patrons attended ย the 2nd edition of the Burwood Inn Race Day supporting the Mark Hughes Foundation on Saturday June 3, 2023.The Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) was formed in 2014 by…

  • Keeping It In The Family
    Keeping It In The Family

    Article by Provincial Racing NSW MOST Newcastle racegoers probably didnโ€™t realise it, but they witnessed a very unusual occurrence on Saturday! Father and daughter Cliff Parker and Candice Carroll worked as clerks of the course at the seven-race meeting. Whilst a female clerk of the…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.06.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 03.06.23

    Newcastle filly Overriding landed a confident plunge in the opening race at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting. The three-year-old drew the outside of the field in the seven horse Palmieri Conveyancing Benchmark 68 Handicap (1250m), however the barrier did not deter punters from snapping up the…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 03.06.23
    Gary Harley – Preview – 03.06.23

    Race 1- Palmieri Conveyancing Conditional Benchmark 68 Handicap 1250m Overriding is promising and won impressively first up. She is unbeaten on this track and will be fitter for the first up run. Piraeus was very good last preparation and has had two trials, while Surfers…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 03.06.23-MH
    Gary Harley – Herald – 03.06.23-MH

    Bjorn Bakerโ€™s two-year-old filly Line Of Law, a close third on debut in the Max Lees Classic on this track in November is ready to break through for her first win in the NAC Services 2yo Maiden Plate (900m) at the Newcastle race meeting on…

  • Members letter from the CEO 2023 Renewals
    Members letter from the CEO 2023 Renewals

    Dear Member, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of the Newcastle Jockey Club. This year has seen a great response after Covid with good growth in our race day attendances which exceeded our expectations. We will continue…

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