Racecourse News

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 23.08.25
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 23.08.25

    Talented Wyong based trainer Denim Wynen will remember the most successful month in her nine-year training career after 4-year-old mare Alabama Blitz, a new addition to her small stable impressively won the 1600 metre The Prince of Merewether Class 1 Handicap at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 25.08.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 25.08.25

    The Newcastle Jockey Club has an eight-race program set down for Tuesday on the back up from Saturdayโ€™s race meeting which attracted over 4000 racegoers through the turnstiles. Chris Waller has accepted with five of his team with three of them well fancied in early…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 23.08.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 23.08.25

    Yulong Studโ€™s cast-off Alabama Blitz now in Denim Wynenโ€™s Wyong stable can provide her new connections with a healthy return on their investment when she lines up in the 1600 metre The Prince Of Merewether Class 1 Handicap at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting.…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 14.08.25
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 14.08.25

    Classy 3-year-old filly Savvy Hallie is set to contest the prestigious Princess Series at Randwick following her effortless 5.48 length win in the 900 metre Newcastle Master Builders Apprentices Super Maiden Plate on Thursday at Newcastle Racecourse. In her first start since placings in the…

  • Newcastle Racecourse calls on riders for sponsorship in the Equimillion
    Newcastle Racecourse calls on riders for sponsorship in the Equimillion

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Dates have been announced for Racing NSW & Equestrian Australiaโ€™s Equimillion for 2025, with the competition set to start on Friday, 3 October 2025 and take place across the October long weekend at Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Over $1 million in prize money is…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 14.08.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 14.08.25

    Hawkesbury filly Savvy Hallie runner up in the Group 2 Baillieu in the Autumn is set to resume from a spell at the Newcastle Jockeys Clubs race meeting on Thursday. Yet to win in four starts in which she accumulated $253,800 in prizemoney from three…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 09.08.25
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 09.08.25

    Newcastle racetrack absorbs heavy rain as good as any in the nation and despite 200 millimetres of rain on the track during the last week, Saturdayโ€™s eight race meeting went ahead without incident. Gosford trainer Adam Duggan finished the day with a winning double however…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 09.08.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 09.08.25

    The prospect of a rain affected track will enhance the chance of Peter Snowdens 4-year-old Homeric in the 1400 metre The Pavilion Carrington Benchmark 64 Handicap at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting. The lightly raced Homeric has only had one win and two placings…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 02.08.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 02.08.25

    Gary Harley โ€“ Herald โ€“ 02.08.25 The Newcastle Jockey Club will host the annual Master Builders Association Race Day on Saturday and during the race meeting will officially open the recently renovated Jockeys Rooms. The NJC will honour Australiaโ€™s winningest jockey ever by naming the…

  • Newcastle Racecourse celebrates business partnerships at Annual Hunter Club Gala Dinner
    Newcastle Racecourse celebrates business partnerships at Annual Hunter Club Gala Dinner

    Newcastle Racecourse hosted its annual Hunter Club Gala Dinner on Friday 18 July, celebrating the strength of its business partnerships and the vital role they play in supporting the regionโ€™s premier racing events. Held in the Trackside Marquee, the Gala brought together members of the…

  • STARS of Newcastle Dance for Cancer and Newcastle Racecourse unite
    STARS of Newcastle Dance for Cancer and Newcastle Racecourse unite

    Celebrate 10 years of glamour, generosity and giving back for The Stars of Newcastle Dance for Cancer One of Newcastleโ€™s most beloved charity events, The STARS of Newcastle Dance for Cancer is back and bigger than ever on Saturday, 1 November 2025 at NEX. The…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 15.07.25
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 15.07.25

    New Zealand trainer Richard Collett who moved his stable of horses from the Auckland region to Warwick Farm in 2022 trained his second Newcastle winner at the Port Stephens Cup Race Day on Tuesday. Collett, father of top jockeys Jason and Alysha Collett trained 688…