Racecourse News

  • Media Release – Taking a great relationship to the next level
    Media Release – Taking a great relationship to the next level

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2nd July 2021 Taking a great relationship to the next level. In a massive vote of confidence for the continued growth and future direction of local thoroughbred racing, the newly named Sharp Office (formerly Sharp Electronics Group) have extended their major sponsorship of the Newcastle…

  • Gary Harley – Preview- 03.07.21
    Gary Harley – Preview- 03.07.21

    Race 1- Beresfield Bowling Club Maiden Plate 900m As expected the race will be a cracker over the short course with all but a couple possessing genuine speed. Xpresso is unbeaten in two trials since joining the Nathan Doyle stable and he is quick. He…

  • Gary Harley wrap – 26.06.2021
    Gary Harley wrap – 26.06.2021

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]19 year old Newcastle apprentice jockey Dylan Gibbonsโ€™ masterly ride on 4yo Significant Rule at Newcastle on Saturday impressed one of Australiaโ€™s leading trainers in Adrian Bott. Bott co-trains the gelding with Gai Waterhouse and it was Gibbonsโ€™ first ride for the powerhouse stable. Significant…

  • Gary Harley – Preview- 26.06.21
    Gary Harley – Preview- 26.06.21

    Race 1- New Zealand Bloodstock 2YO Maiden Plate 900m Mura Mura is a fast filly who sat outside the leader before hanging badly on the home turn when beaten 3 lengths first up on the Kensington track on June 16. She was placed in a…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 26.06.21
    Gary Harley – Herald – 26.06.21

    New South Wales countryโ€™s boom apprentices Reece Jones and Dylan Gibbons will be both riding at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race meeting on Saturday. It will be the first race meeting in which the NJCโ€™s $4 Million race day stables will be in operation. Jones,…

  • IMPORTANT NOTICE: USE OF NEW NJC TIE-UP STALLS
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: USE OF NEW NJC TIE-UP STALLS

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Friday 26 June 2021 IMPORTANT NOTICE: USE OF NEW NJC TIE-UP STALLS From Saturday June 26, 2021 the Newcastle Jockey Club will commence using the new race day tie- up stalls situated off Darling St. This complex contains: 126 tie-up stalls (four of which are…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 12.06.21
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 12.06.21

    27 year old Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett rode a career best five winners at the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday. A member of the famous New Zealand racing family, Collett the sister of one of Sydneyโ€™s best jockeys Jason Collett, has settled in the Sydney…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 12.06.21
    Gary Harley – Herald – 12.06.21

    Gosford trainer Adam Duggan is confident his talented 5yo Fantastic Baby is spot on and ready to win on his return to racing at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting. He will contest the final event, the 1400m New Zealand Bloodstock CG&E Benchmark 64 Handicap.…

  • Gary Harley – Preview- 12.06.21
    Gary Harley – Preview- 12.06.21

    Race 1- Prosperity Advisors Group Maiden Plate 900m Highly Ambitious is a highly well-bred 2 year old filly in the Lees stable. She is on debut after a nice trial at Gosford recently, she has drawn well and has speed. Arimathea is first up and…

  • Gary Harley – Racing NSW – June 2021
    Gary Harley – Racing NSW – June 2021

    Hall Of Fame The Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame recognises the contribution of legendary horses and humans in shaping our thoroughbred racing industry in the Newcastle and Hunter region over the past 115 years. The inaugural induction into the Hall of Fame took…

  • Gary Harley – Review- 05.06.21
    Gary Harley – Review- 05.06.21

    Boom 2yo filly Satin Ribbons overcame a three wide run without cover to narrowly win the 900 metre Australian Bloodstock 2 Year Old Maiden at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. The Snowden trained daughter of Golden Slipper winner Capitalist has had a boom on her…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 05.06.21
    Gary Harley – Preview – 05.06.21

    Race 1- Sharp Office Maiden Plate 1200m Orbital Express is talented but she has a bad habit of walking out of the barrier. On debut at Scone on April 20 she was second last in a field of fourteen at the top of the straight…