Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 30.03.23
    Gary Harley – Preview – 30.03.23

    Race 1 โ€“ Sharp Office Midway 2 YO Maiden Handicap 900m The Escape led on debut at Gosford recently only to be run down and beaten a length. The colt trialled well and the track at Gosford was slow. Rapt won a recent trial and…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 30.03.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 30.03.23

    The last of the qualifiers for the $500,000 Polytrack Provincial Midway Championship Final will be held at Newcastle this Thursday. It is the Wildcard and the first three placegetters will head to Randwick for the final on April 8, the second day of the Championships.…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap- 21.03.23
    Gary Harley – Wrap- 21.03.23

    John Sargentโ€™s three-year-old filly Jolted gave herself a chance of making the field for the upcoming ATC Oaks when she outstayed her opposition to win the Class 1 & Maiden Plate (2100m) at the Wine Country Race Clubโ€™s Beaumont track meeting on Tuesday. A maiden…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 21.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Preview – 21.03.2023

    Race 1 โ€“ New Zealand Bloodstock Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2100m Jolted is the one to beat in an open race. The filly was only beaten a length at Canterbury two starts back and she finished fourth in an 1850m at Newcastle last start.…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 21.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Herald – 21.03.2023

    Promising Gosford trained three-year-old Karedada must contend with an adverse barrier when he returns to racing at the Wine Country Race Club Beaumont track race meeting on Tuesday. Trained by the astute Angela Davies, the gelding has only had two starts – both on Newcastle…

  • NEW FM chat’s to CEO Duane Dowell.
    NEW FM chat’s to CEO Duane Dowell.

    Newcastle Jockey Club CEO Duane Dowell (pictured left) chats all things racing and footy with New FM's Joel Gosper. https://www.newcastleracecourse.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Duane-1.mp3 ย 

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 09.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 09.03.2023

    Wyong trained gallopers quinellaed the Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championship Qualifier at the Newcastle Racecourse on Thursday. Kim Waughโ€™s three-year-old True Crime went into the race with good form, but surprisingly drifted in betting markets to $9.50 when the barriers opened. Sydneyโ€™s leading apprentice Tyler Schiller is…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 09.03.2023
    Gary Harley – Preview – 09.03.2023

    Race 1 โ€“ Jennings Print Maiden Plate 900m Mellissa is a fast filly resuming after finishing down the track at Hawkesbury in October. She led by 6 lengths in a recent Randwick trial before being eased down win easily. She has a soft draw an…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 09.03.23
    Gary Harley – Herald – 09.03.23

    Kris Lees has won four of the eight Provincial or Provincial Midway Championship Finals and Newcastleโ€™s premier trainer is confident one or two of his team will qualify for the 2023 final on Thursday. Lees has four runners in the Newcastle Jockeys Clubs Polytrack Provincial-…

  • 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…